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Pharmacists ‘are unsung heroes in Covid-19 fight’
By Priyankur Mandav
As stocks of hand sanitisers, face masks, thermometers, paracetamol, painkillers and vitamins are depleted from shops, pharmacists across the UK are working...
PHE advises pharmacy teams to use masks if they are unable to maintain 2-metre social distancing
Public Health England (PHE) has advised community pharmacy teams to use face masks if they are unable to maintain social distancing of two metres.
In...
Two generic drugs being tested in race to find COVID-19 treatment
US researchers, following the lead of scientists in other countries, have launched studies to see whether widely-available, low-cost generic drugs can be used to...
Clinical trials start, but COVID-19 vaccine at least a year away
US and China have reported first human trial for a possible vaccine against COVID-19, and drugmakers are scrambling for a breakthrough. Yet it could...
NICE appoints Prof Gillian Leng new chief executive
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) today named Professor Gillian Leng as its new chief executive.
She will take over on 1...
Why are we not sleeping
One in three people in the UK are suffering from sleeplessness at some point. It is said that humans are the only species that...
