Covid-19: Medical research charities lose nearly £300million since start of the pandemic

Medical research charities have lost nearly £300million since the start of the Covid pandemic, MPs were told today. Experts fear the blackhole will threaten the development of future treatments for all diseases, including dementia and heart disease.  The Association of Medical Research Charities, which represents more than 150 non-profit organisations, has now appealed for emergency funding. … Read more

EU buys 300million more doses of Pfizer vaccine amid mounting anger at slow roll-out across bloc

The EU today announced it had bought another 300million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and approved a plan to scrape an extra dose out of each vial as the bloc tries to catch up to the faster rollouts in the US and Britain.  With Israel still leading the global race – having given jabs to … Read more