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Pharmacies to offer flu spray vaccination to toddlers in England
Posted onCatherine SnowdonHealth Producer Getty Images Thousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year. The vaccination is given via a child’s nose and two and three-year-olds could previously access them at their GP surgery. Around 4,000 pharmacies have signed up to deliver the vaccine…
Health Solutions webinar series brings attention to ‘forgotten nutrient’
Posted onWhen it comes to nutrition, there are a lot of factors to consider. From probiotics to protein, we spend a lot of time worrying about the things we should be getting more of. But water isn’t always on that list. College of Health Solutions Assistant Dean and ProfessorStavros Kavouras has kicked offWater Talks, a new…
MV Hondius ship: Three passengers now evacuated off Cape Verde
Posted onSome passengers have been evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship, off Cape Verde. The MV Hondius, which departed from Argentina on 1 April, had an outbreak of rodent-spread hantavirus on board. Three passengers on the ship have died and several more are either ill or displaying symptoms. The cruise ship is expected to depart…
Ed Davey urges US cancer scientists to come to UK
Posted onThe UK government should offer discount visas to US cancer scientists who have had their research cancelled by the Trump administration, Sir Ed Davey will say. “The UK should step up and say: If Trump won’t back this research, we will,” the Liberal Democrat leader will say in a speech to his party’s conference in…
NI health: Rural lives not an afterthought say campaigners
Posted onRural lives “cannot be an afterthought” when it comes to health transformation, campaigners have said. In a joint “letter of concern” to the Northern Ireland Executive, four hospital campaign groups have called for a cross-departmental working group on rural health access. The campaigners have warned that rural communities “face the real threat of being cut…
