Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine is effective at preventing the disease in fully immunized people, two new studies find. In one report, just 0.4 percent of healthcare workers in Israel who received both shots of the COVID-19 immunization later tested positive compared to 7.2 percent of unvaccinated employees. This means healthcare workers who … Read more
A university director who had faced calls to resign after he used the N-word in a video meeting will keep his job after students campaigned to get him sacked. The director of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Professor Adam Habib, had said the word as he explained that action would be taken … Read more
Barbers, nail bars and beauty salons could have stayed open during lockdown as there is ‘no evidence’ that having a haircut raises the risk of getting Covid, studies show ‘No statistical evidence’ personal care settings increase Covid risk, study claims Paper showed all clusters in barbers and hairdressers were ‘relatively small’ he paper broke down … Read more
Barbers, nail bars and beauty salons could have stayed open during lockdown as there is ‘no evidence’ that having a haircut raises the risk of getting Covid, studies show ‘No statistical evidence’ personal care settings increase Covid risk, study claims Paper showed all clusters in barbers and hairdressers were ‘relatively small’ he paper broke down … Read more
London School of Oriental and African Studies tells director to step aside as it probes his use of N-word in video call Adam Habib, 56, used the N-word during a webinar with his students last week There has since been widespread outrage with many calling for his dismissal SOAS’ chairwoman has agreed with Mr Habib for … Read more
Britain faces another tax hike due to a £4billion black hole in Rishi Sunak’s Budget spending plans, an influential think tank warned today. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the shortfall for the 2022−23 financial year went ‘entirely unmentioned’ in the Chancellor’s speech to the Commons on March 3. If the spending plan is followed … Read more
Spanish regulators BAN £51 nasal spray that studies show may cut the risk of catching Covid ‘because there is no proof it is safe’ Taffix’s nasal spray product is sold in packs of four for as much as £51 on Amazon But the Spanish medicines agency has withdrawn the product from shelves They say there … Read more
Spanish regulators BAN £51 nasal spray that studies show may cut the risk of catching Covid ‘because there is no proof it is safe’ Taffix’s nasal spray product is sold in packs of four for as much as £51 on Amazon But the Spanish medicines agency has withdrawn the product from shelves They say there … Read more
Covid vaccines being used in Britain are working ‘spectacularly well’ at slashing hospital admissions in Scotland and preventing even mild infections among health workers in England, the first real-world data revealed today. Public Health England and top researchers in Scotland have published two separate papers linking up coronavirus data with vaccinations, revealing that jabs are … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK AFTER by Dr Bruce Greyson (Bantam £16.99, 272 pp) One Monday morning, at the age of 56, lorry driver Al Sullivan turned up for work and had a massive heart attack. The next thing he remembers is looking down at his own body on an operating table. He was interested, in a … Read more