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Most psoriasis patients taking immunosuppressants survive COVID-19

Written by | 14 Nov 2020

Patients with psoriasis who are taking drugs that affect their immune system have high rates of survival from COVID-19. According to the first findings from a global registry […]

Practice pharmacy services during the covid pandemic and in the future

Written by | 4 Nov 2020

Practice pharmacists were able to adjust and simplify drug treatment to ensure continued effective treatment during the covid pandemic – and could do more of this type of […]

Coronavirus tests – findings amongst laboratory staff and implications for herd immunity

Written by | 28 Oct 2020

Testing of hospital laboratory staff for antibodies to covid-19 revealed some interesting findings and led to questions about herd immunity. At the beginning of the covid pandemic Mr […]

Coronavirus tests – how should they be used?

Written by | 27 Oct 2020

People often ask if there a case for using both the molecular test and the antigen test. International Medical Information (IMI) interviewed two pathology experts – Mr Michael […]

Coronavirus tests – the basics

Written by | 26 Oct 2020

Understanding what the different tests mean and how they can be used most appropriately underpins the test and trace process. International Medical Information (IMI) interviewed two pathology experts […]

Hesitancy about a COVID-19 vaccine is linked to beliefs about origin of the virus

Written by | 25 Oct 2020

More than a third of people (34%) in Turkey and one sixth of people (17%) in the UK are ‘hesitant’ about a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study by UCL […]

Could BCG vaccine protect against COVID-19?

Written by | 22 Oct 2020

A largescale global trial designed to test the theory that the widely-used BCG vaccine could help protect against COVID-19 will soon recruit healthcare staff and care home workers […]

Indomethacin for early covid-19

Written by | 22 Oct 2020

Indomethacin reduces the severity and duration of covid-19 symptoms and the need for hospital admissions There is mounting evidence to support the use of indomethacin to control covid-19 […]

Balancing the response to covid-19

Written by | 18 Oct 2020

As politicians grapple with the idea of a lockdown or a more stringent lockdown GPs have called for an end to the ‘one-track’ response – using covid deaths […]

The middle path to covid control

Written by | 15 Oct 2020

As the number of signatures on the Great Barrington Declaration nears half a million, support for the focused protection that it advocates appears to be growing There are […]

Scarlet fever’s re-emergence

Written by | 14 Oct 2020

A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged “clones” of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes are to blame for the resurgence of the disease, which has caused high death […]

Lessons from covid-19: Future development of oncology pharmacy services

Written by | 29 Sep 2020

During the pandemic the oncology pharmacy service at Velindre Cancer Centre demonstrated its ability to react rapidly to service demands and to patients’ needs, according to Rhiannon Walters-Davies, […]

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