With government support, three coronavirus vaccines are expected to be studied in large-scale clinical trials in the next three months. “The best we’ve ever done is measles, which is 97 to 98 percent effective,” said Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “That would be wonderful if we get there.… Read More »
The city of Leicester may be facing a localised lockdown after a rise in coronavirus cases, Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, she said it was “correct” that the government was considering the move, reported in the Sunday Times. Figures on June 16 showed about 25% of the… Read More »
Demi Lovato and her rumored boyfriend Max Ehrich just went Instagram official. Demi posted a clip of her and Max in the “Stuck With U” music video, captioning, “Happy to be a part of something so special right now.” While some celeb couples have broken up during quarantine (see: Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler, Cara… Read More »
Robyn Smyth’s devoted mother has revealed she always hoped there would be a cure one day for the brave teenager who lived the majority of her life with a rare cancer. ernadette Dornan said that Robyn, who died on April 23, was her life, and she hopes to set up a programme that will help… Read More »
But pandemic experts say reopening the country is a “big mistake.” “You’re making a big mistake. It’s going to cost lives,” Dr. Irwin Redlener, a pediatrician and disaster preparedness specialist at Columbia University Medical Center, told CNN on Friday. Redlener and Joseph Fair, a senior fellow in pandemic policy at Texas A&M University, sent a… Read More »
Dive Brief: Operating margins at the nation’s hospitals have plummeted due to large-scale volume and revenue declines coupled with flat to rising expenses, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. Based on March data from more than 800 U.S. hospitals, average operating margins dropped 150% year over year, plunging non-profit hospitals, which historically operate… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said. The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk by working without adequate protection. It comes as the health secretary said 19 NHS workers had died… Read More »