British scientists have hailed the “tremendously exciting” news that a US coronavirus vaccine may prevent 94.5% of people from getting Covid-19. Interim data from the US firm Moderna suggests its
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A major breakthrough has been announced in the search for a coronavirus vaccine, with the jab from Pfizer found to be more than 90% effective. The pharmaceutical giant and its
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The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved several drugs, including one for a form of multiple sclerosis (MS). The organisation has published advice on the new treatments to be used by
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Cheap and readily available steroids have been found to reduce the risk of death in critically ill coronavirus patients by 20%, according to a study. An international team of researchers
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An initiative to stop the use of the continued prescribing of potentially harmful medicines to older patients will be trialled across hospitals in England. Half of older people admitted to
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Helping frail elderly people manage multiple medicines safely is the focus of a new research project led by Dr Beth Fylan, Senior Lecturer in Patient Safety in the Faculty of Life Sciences at
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The Government has signed a deal with pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. If the vaccine proves successful, the UK
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The Government is aiming to double its winter flu vaccination programme in England to 30 million people, with free jabs for those aged 50 and over and 11-year-olds. Last year,
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The Covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford is safe and induces an immune reaction, “encouraging” preliminary results of the study suggest. Researchers say their tests have revealed
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The Government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising Covid-19 vaccines, with more in the pipeline. The latest deal is for vaccines being developed by an alliance between
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