Mortgages reach a 13-year high: More than 100,000 loans for house purchases got the go-ahead in November, marking highest monthly figure for more than three years Some 105,000 loans for house purchases got the go ahead, the BoE said This was up from 98,300 in October and marked the highest monthly figure since August 2007 … Read more
Britain could vaccinate 24million people against coronavirus by Easter after the game-changing Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab was approved this morning and its makers promised to deliver 2million doses a week. In a massive boost to ending the pandemic within months, the UK medical regulator green-lit the vaccine, which is cheap, easy to transport to care homes … Read more
The groundbreaking Oxford vaccine is expected to be approved for use within days – giving Britain a massive New Year boost in the fight against coronavirus. There is growing optimism within the Government that the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give the green light to roll out the vaccine before the end of … Read more
Coronavirus vaccinations have started in care homes in the UK, Matt Hancock confirmed today. Care home residents are top of the priority list for the vaccines because they’re so at risk from Covid-19, but logistical problems meant the jabs couldn’t taken out into homes at the start of the roll-out. The Health Secretary said this … Read more
Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine on track to be approved ‘shortly after Christmas’, top scientist says as he says study data looks ‘better than ever’ UK regulator the MHRA has been analysing study data since November 27 Testing suggests the vaccine is either 62% or 90% effective, depending on doses Either dosing regime looks good enough for … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine is expected to be approved within days of Christmas, raising hopes that millions of people a week could soon be being inoculated. Senior Whitehall sources are said to believe that the Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency will authorise the vaccine on December 28 or 29. They are waiting for the final … Read more
The crime for which Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death is about as horrific as one can imagine. In December 2004, she strangled a pregnant dog breeder, Bobbie Jo Stinnett, having pretended to be interested in buying one of her puppies, and used a kitchen knife to cut her baby out of her belly, whom she … Read more
Scientists on the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee are finally discussing whether or not to approve it and are questioning how long it will protect people for against the virus and whether or not trial participants who were given a placebo should receive it. The independent advisory committee is meeting today to discuss the findings of … Read more
FDA scientists say the Pfizer vaccine is effective and have recommended it for approval in the first piece of analysis before it will be officially green-lit. Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer and BioNTech´s COVID-19 vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19 — offering the world´s first detailed look at the evidence behind … Read more
A healthcare worker who died two days after a new coronavirus vaccine became available was told it was too late for her to take the life-saving jab. Healthcare assistant Adela Baldwin-White, 47, from Grimsby, died in an intensive care unit on Thursday after her condition rapidly worsened in a matter of days. Two days before … Read more