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[ad_1] The Oxford team that produced a successful coronavirus vaccine is about to enter the final stage of human trials in its quest for an inoculation against malaria. The director of the Jenner Institute, Professor Adrian Hill, said the malaria vaccine will be tested on 4,800 children in Africa next …

[ad_1] C.Colleagues paid tribute to a “kindhearted” clinical psychologist who died after contracting Covid-19, reports the BBC. Dr. Kalli Mantala-Bozos, 50, who has four children, worked at the Laura Mitchell Health and Wellbeing Center in Halifax, Calderdale, and died on November 26. Dr. Mantala-Bozos, who was also a well-known figure …

[ad_1] Government ministers should stop politicizing the Covid-19 vaccine by bragging that they were the first to license it, the head of a major research group said. Heidi Larson, director of the London-based Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP), said the government should instead focus on building support for the jab or …

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[ad_1] Education secretary Gavin Williamson said the UK was the first country in the world to clinically approve a coronavirus vaccine because the country has “much better” scientists than France, Belgium or the US. Now that the UK has cleared the first Covid vaccine, who will get it first? The …

[ad_1] Cancer discoveries are being missed because “moments of light” among scientists are less likely during virtual conferences, experts warned. A study from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) estimated that major advances, such as drug discovery, have been delayed for 17 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions …

[ad_1] NHS leaders plan to enlist celebrities and “influencers” with a large social media following in a major campaign to persuade people to have a Covid vaccine amid fears of poor membership. Ministers and NHS England are compiling a list of “very sensitive” famous faces in the hopes that their …

[ad_1] Nearly a third of UK hospital trusts have passed the peak of the first wave of Covid patients undergoing treatment, as scientists have warned that unwinding or tearing down the three-tier system too quickly could further hamper the NHS. The Guardian’s analysis shows that hospital trusts in South Somerset …

[ad_1] The government has tried to reassure consumers that the UK’s supply of Christmas turkeys is unaffected by an avian flu outbreak in North Yorkshire which will lead to the culling of over 10,000 birds. All 10,500 birds at the Northallerton turkey fattening site will be slaughtered humanely to limit …

[ad_1] The chief executive officer of an organization supported by Matt Hancock to promote “digital transformation” in the NHS remains in office one year after the health secretary appointed him, without an interview, on a temporary basis. NHSX was heavily promoted by Hancock, who created it in 2019 to spur …