RPS in England welcomes to second part of PHE report on impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has welcomed the Public Health England report- 'Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups'.
The PHE review of disparities...
Hancock visits London pharmacy; thanks pharmacy teams for Covid-19 efforts
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has thanked the community pharmacy teams for their role during current Covid-19 pandemic.
During a visit to Market Chemist in London...
UK virus death toll hits 53,077
The UK’s Covid-19 death toll has hit 53,077, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underline the country's status as one...
Frontline staff, including pharmacists, to get psychological first aid training to fight Covid-19
All frontline staff, including community pharmacists and volunteers at the forefront of the national Covid-19 response across England, can now access a new psychological...
Steroid drug hailed as ‘breakthrough’ in Covid-19 as trial shows it saves lives
A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among Covid-19 patients in what...
MHRA suspends hydroxychloroquine trial recruitment
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has instructed UK clinical trialists using hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus to suspend recruitment of...
UK funds human trials of potential virus vaccine Â
Scientists at Imperial College London will start the first clinical trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine this week with more than £45 million in backing...
AstraZeneca to supply Europe with 400 million doses of virus vaccine
AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker's latest deal to...
Moderna Covid-19 vaccine appears to clear safety hurdle
A series of studies in mice of Moderna Inc's Covid-19 lent some assurance that it may not increase the risk of more severe disease,...
PDA launches toolkit to help reduce virus risk in pharmacies
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has launched a Covid-19 risk management tool to support pharmacy teams against an anticipated second wave of infections as...
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