11 Mar, 2021
Covid: The ‘working poor’ are hardest hit, Sheffield study finds
The fact Covid infection rates have been higher in poorer communities has been well documented. But analysis from one major UK city reveals it is not the most deprived who have borne the greatest burden – rather the so-called working poor.
9th Nov, 2020
Covid-19: Vaccine candidate may be more than 90% effective, interim results indicate
A vaccine candidate developed by Pfizer and BioNTech may be more than 90% effective in preventing covid-19 in participants without prior infection, the first interim analysis of the phase III trial shows. The research team evaluated the results after 94 cases of covid-19 had been confirmed. The stu…
26th Oct, 2020
Seven months of Covid: reflections from healthcare workers in England
Increasing frustration, exhaustion and PTSD symptoms are some of the challenges facing those at the pandemic’s frontline
16th Oct, 2020
Coronavirus: Higher ethnic death risk ‘not linked to health’
Where people live and the jobs they do are more likely to explain the differences, research shows.
9th Oct, 2020
Covid: South Asian hospital patients ‘at greater risk of dying’
Biology is a more important factor than poverty or underlying health, research suggests.
7th Oct, 2020
Sugar reduction in food well below target of 20%
Between 2015 and 2019 it fell by just 3% overall, according to a Public Health England report.