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PROFESSOR STEPHEN POWIS
HMPV may worsen UK's 'quad-demic' crisis of flu, norovirus, RSV, and COVID-19The UK is facing a challenging 'quad-demic' of flu, norovirus, RSV, and COVID-19. The situation is exacerbated by rising HMPV cases in Chin...
NHS gears up for record-breaking junior doctors' strike amidst government stand-offNHS faces historic six-day junior doctors' strike, set to be the longest in 75 years. Amidst a standoff between the government and doctors ...
NHS 'Winter War Rooms' launched to manage on-going pressure on hospitalsNHS launches winter war rooms to tackle emergency healthcare needs and ease pressure on hospitals. As the future is expected to be a little...
UK lowers COVID-19 alert level from ‘rising exponentially' to ‘general circulation'As Britain moves through its roadmap of easing lockdowns, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to confirm that more restrictions on indoor...
UK COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to over-60s in latest phaseAlmost 2 million people aged 60 to 63 will be invited after over 64s had been covered in the previous phase and letters will start arriving...
All over-70s urged to get COVID-19 jabs as UK nears vaccine targetOver 12 million people in England have now received jabs to protect against coronavirus and the government is expected to expand the criter...
Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England's chief medicEngland's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, also warned that there is no clear evidence yet to show that vaccinated people cannot transmit the ...
UK's vaccination programme expands to cover over-70sThe NHS has so far been working to vaccinate the first two priority cohorts recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisat...
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to GP services in UK“The biggest vaccination programme in NHS (National Health Service) history is already off to a strong start with around 1 million people a...
UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shotUK regulators say people who have a "significant history'' of allergic reactions shouldn't receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vacc...
87-year-old Indian-origin man first to get COVID-19 vaccine in UKHari Shukla from Tyne and Wear said he feels it is his duty to receive his first of the two-dose vaccine, a moment UK Prime Minister Boris ...
UK prepares for 'historic moment' of vaccination against COVID-19Frontline healthcare staff, people over the age of 80 and care home workers will be among the first to get the vaccine as part of Phase 1 o...
United Kingdom unveils 3-level lockdown plan; Liverpool at highest riskPM Boris Johnson told lawmakers that the goal of the new system was to save lives without ``shuttering our lives and our society'' through ...
UK will recover 'quickly and strongly' after COVID-19 crisis: Rishi SunakThe economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis would be "significant, but temporary", UK's Indian-origin finance minister Rishi Sunak has said,...
Indian-origin UK medics chief warns doctors' lives being put at riskAccording to a recent survey, more than half of doctors working in high-risk environments said there were either shortages or no supply at ...