Two NHS trusts in the Midlands will start delivering coronavirus vaccines round-the-clock from Thursday, it was claimed today. University Hospitals Birmingham and Sherwood Forest Hospitals in Nottinghamshire have been chosen to pilot the 24/7 method to see if it could work on a national level, the Health Services Journal reports. It’s not clear which of the trusts’ … Read more
Scientists need to start developing new Covid vaccines now to stop the coronavirus evolving to escape the immune system, an expert investigating new variants of the virus has warned. Professor Ravi Gupta, a Cambridge University microbiologist, fears there is a risk that mutations will ‘chip away’ at the efficacy of the current crop of vaccines … Read more
The 10 new coronavirus vaccine centres opening from Monday Bournemouth International Centre, Dorset Taunton Racecourse, Somerset Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire Salt Hill Activity Centre, Berkshire Norwich Food Court, Norfolk The Lodge in Wickford, Essex Princess Royal Sports Arena, Lincolnshire St Helens Rugby Ground, Merseyside The park-and-ride at Askham Bar, York Olympic Office Centre in Wembley, north … Read more
Boots and Superdrug started dishing out coronavirus vaccines this morning after No10 finally turned to the high street to deliver its lockdown-ending promise of immunising almost 14million people by mid-February. MailOnline revealed this week that the Boots store in Halifax and Superdrug branch in Guildford, Surrey, would be included in the first wave of high street chemists … Read more
Boots and Superdrug start dishing out Covid vaccines as six high street pharmacies are recruited to hit 13.9m target by mid-February — but independent chemists fear UK will fail unless it uses ‘many more, much sooner’ By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:38 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 08:40 GMT, 14 … Read more
Hospital admissions of Covid-19 patients peaked in London and the South East just days after England’s lockdown was imposed, according to MailOnline’s analysis of official figures that suggest Tier Four was thwarting the virus. Department of Health statistics show daily admissions in the capital hit their high point on January 6 — on day two … Read more
The ultimate ‘tell’: Liars start to mimic the actions of their interviewers when spinning a huge whopper, study finds Researchers used motion capture technology to monitor volunteer movements They had people tell the truth and increasingly complicated lies to interviewers As the lies became more complex the liars began to mimic interviewer motions This suggests … Read more
Britain’s High Street pharmacies won’t start dishing out coronavirus vaccines until Thursday, it was revealed today amid mounting pressure on Boris Johnson to launch round-the-clock inoculations. Superdrug and Boots will only have one site ready to dish out vaccines when the roll-out is finally expanded later this week, with dozens more sites on standby to ramp … Read more
Britain’s High Street pharmacies won’t start dishing out coronavirus vaccines until Thursday, it was revealed today amid mounting pressure on Boris Johnson to launch round-the-clock inoculations. Superdrug and Boots will only have one site ready to dish out vaccines when the roll-out is finally expanded later this week, with dozens more sites on standby to ramp … Read more
Before Covid, before our daily lives changed so dramatically, our immune system was not something most of us gave much serious thought to — while many people would express the desire for a trimmer waist, for example, or ‘to get healthier’, few would talk specifically about getting their immune system into shape. But there’s no … Read more