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For the first time in months, pub gardens, shops and hairdressers are reopening in England, as rules are also eased in the rest of the UK. Some pubs and salons opened at midnight, with one landlord saying there was a “sense of celebration”, and shoppers queued outside Primark stores. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged […]
PA Media Coronavirus cases are down to less than a sixth of the January peak, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS said infections were “likely level” in England and Northern Ireland in the week up to 3 April, but decreasing in Scotland and Wales. Overall just under 0.3% of the […]
Virtual primary care startup Firefly Health is starting to look a little bit more like a managed-care organization. After raising $ 40 million in new funding, the startup is looking to build out a health plan benefit built on its network, with the idea of incentivizing members and employers for care navigation choices with […]
Transitioning to value-based healthcare requires collaboration across the various sectors of the industry. To that end, healthcare stakeholders in Oregon are signing a pact to support the implementation of value-based payment models. Forty-one healthcare entities — including Oregon Health & Science University, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon and the Oregon Medical Association — have signed […]
Eric Church delivered a powerful statement about COVID-19 vaccinations this week with a wink to none other than Elvis Presley. The country singer-songwriter was photographed receiving a COVID-19 vaccine for the cover of Billboard magazine’s April 3 issue. In the accompanying interview, he describes the vaccines as “a godsent miracle” and urges fans from both sides of the political […]
The formation of the NHS after World War Two should serve as a template for how healthcare is delivered post-Covid, the head of the NHS has said. Sir Simon Stevens says the demands of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic led the NHS to change rapidly and find new ways of working. “People have said this […]
Getty Images About one in five people have symptoms of long Covid five weeks after an initial infection and one in seven after 12 weeks, an Office of National Statistics (ONS) survey suggests. It estimates that 1.1 million people were affected in the UK in the four weeks from 6 February. About 20% of people […]
Getty Images Pfizer says trials of its Covid vaccine in children aged 12 to 15 show 100% efficacy and a strong immune response. Initial results from trials in 2,260 adolescents in the US also suggest the vaccine is safe with no unusual side-effects. The drug company says it will submit its data to the US […]
How do you top a watch called the T-Rex that boasts all manner of certificates to prove its toughness? You build it to qualify for even more certificates and call it a Pro. That’s what Amazfit has done with the T-Rex Pro outdoor smartwatch, which has passed 15 military-grade tests for toughness (compared with the […]
Getty Images Where people live, how poor that area is and their level of education explains only a fraction of the difference in Covid vaccination rates between ethnic groups, the Office for National Statistics has concluded. The ONS highlighted higher vaccination hesitancy among some ethnic groups. White people were the most and people of black […]
Three colleges at the University of Cincinnati partnered on a project to develop a telehealth drone that health professionals can send to a patient’s home. Pictured from left are Professor Victoria Wangia-Anderson, Associate Professor Seung-Yeon Lee, Director of Telehealth Debi Sampsel and Professor Manish Kumar (Photo: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative) Telehealth delivery appears to be […]
An early, stricter, more consistent approach to mask mandates, social distancing and testing protocols could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives that have been lost to COVID-19, a new research study concludes. The death toll from COVID-19 could have been less than 300,000, estimated Andrew Atkeson, an economics professor at the University of California, […]
After the rain, comes the rainbow; after the night there’s morning; and, after an ending there’s a new beginning – or so we hope. As the world resets from the aftermath of Covid-19, pharmaceutical industry leaders are taking stock in what they have learned, hoping it will lead to major strides forward and we will […]
YinYang via Getty ImagesWaking up with a grumbling stomach? Experts say it’s worth getting to the bottom of your late-night hunger. Anyone who’s woken up at 3 a.m. with their stomach growling has probably wondered, what gives? Is it even normal to be this hungry at this hour? Hunger levels, which are regulated in part […]
GlaxoSmith Kline has fired Moncef Slaoui from the board of directors of a company it controls following an inquiry into a sexual harassment claim dating to his tenure at the pharmaceutical giant. The termination of Slaoui’s position as chair of the board of directors of Galvani Bioelectronics is effective immediately, GSK said in a statement […]