Health & Wellbeing Health minister who promoted 'Covid syrup' tests positive
Sunday, 24 January 2021 04:26A health minister in Sri Lanka who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid-19 has tested positive for the virus. Pavithra Wanniarachchi was said, by a media secretary at the Ministry of Health, to...
Health & Wellbeing Africa continuing long wait for Covid vaccine
Saturday, 23 January 2021 03:33Africa will have to wait "weeks if not months" before receiving Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization, according to various officials working towards getting doses for the...
Health & Wellbeing Pastor urging Black communities to take up Covid vaccine
Saturday, 23 January 2021 03:28More must be done to encourage African Caribbean communities to sign up for Covid vaccines, a pastor has said. Emmanuel Adeseko of the New Covenant Ministries, has taken part in a round-table event...
Health & Wellbeing Mosque used as Covid vaccine centre
Friday, 22 January 2021 01:00People in Birmingham received their Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine injection at the Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham as the renowned an well-respected place of worship began being used as...
Health & Wellbeing Testing lab data reveals spread of new covid variant across the country
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 01:59Scientists at the Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab in Cheshire have revealed the speed and scale at which the new variant of the COVID virus is spreading through communities across the country. The...
Health & Wellbeing New Every Mind Matters campaign launches to support nation’s mental health
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 01:57A new survey, commissioned by Public Health England at the start of the current Government restrictions, reveals the impact COVID-19 has had on adults' mental wellbeing across the country. The...
Health & Wellbeing Mental health support shared as Sandwell joins efforts to ‘turn Blue Monday green’
Sunday, 17 January 2021 04:38A range of mental health support is on offer for anyone in Sandwell who is struggling this month, with the council joining efforts to ‘turn Blue Monday green’ tomorrow. The third Monday in January...
Health & Wellbeing The Pontiff receives Covid vaccine
Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:04The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis has received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine. The pontiff has advocated that everyone should get the vaccine, calling it an “ethical option”...
Health & Wellbeing Exemplar Health Care secures ‘Good’ CQC rating for Scotia Heights
Friday, 15 January 2021 02:18Scotia Heights, an Exemplar Health Care complex needs care home in Stoke-on-Trent, has achieved a ‘Good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC rated Scotia Heights as ‘Good’ overall...
Health & Wellbeing One-stop mental health phone-line makes crucial debut
Thursday, 14 January 2021 04:57The call-line is part of a suite of early intervention methods, which also includes a Live Web Chat instant messenger service and an email address operated by trained staff to address mental health...
Health & Wellbeing Fewer things and avoid the screens for 2021 in the West Midlands, according to new research
Monday, 11 January 2021 00:11New YouGov research sponsored by Fibre One, the indulgent 90 calorie treat, has revealed that adults in the West Midlands would like fewer possessions, to spend less time worrying and prefer to...
Health & Wellbeing Is UVC the answer to UK infection control against COVID-19? LED Direct believes so
Saturday, 09 January 2021 05:50With the UK entering its third lockdown this week, the question many of the population are asking is ‘what more can we do?’ With the one year lockdown anniversary fast approaching, are we really at...
Health & Wellbeing Doctor tells people to grow up and take coronavirus seriously
Friday, 08 January 2021 02:42A hospital consultant has said that people needed to "grow up" and take coronavirus seriously after footage shared on social media showed supposed empty hospitals. Dr David Nicholl, who works in the...
Health & Wellbeing Millennium Point announced as a flagship mass vaccination centre
Thursday, 07 January 2021 03:55Millennium Point has announced that it will become the first Covid-19 mass vaccination centre to operate in the Midlands. The centre will be run by the NHS in Birmingham and Solihull as part of the...
Health & Wellbeing 1.3 million in UK already have Covid vaccine
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 23:09Some 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government. In England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable...
Health & Wellbeing India approves two Covid vaccines
Monday, 04 January 2021 04:12India has formally approved the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for one of the world's biggest inoculation drives. The drugs regulatory authority gave the green light to the...
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