Pfizer’s COVID pill will cut the risk of hospital admission and virus deaths. The science editor of the Times, Tom Whipple published a review of this. He suggests that the new antiviral pill will slash the risk of hospital admission and death...
Why is my tongue yellow? Daily Express November 2021 Dr Paul Ettlinger speaks to the Daily Express online about the causes of yellow tongue. Discover the causes from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth and jaundice to the more serious possibilities such as diabetes or...
An interesting article published in Nature by Rimal and Patterson looks at this issue. As we age, we are more likely to develop aging related illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Yet centenarians, those who are over the age...
An interesting article published by Cromer and others in The Lancet, November 15 discusses this issue. Several SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have been identified which partly escape serum neutralisation elicited by the current...
The Shingrix vaccine, shingles vaccine appears to give benefit and help to reduce the risk of COVID-19 in older adults. An interesting preprint published in medRxiv by Bruxvoort and others suggests that vaccines may elicit long term boosting of innate immune responses...
A personal view published by Milne and others in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine October 21st 2021, looks at this. It is further discussed by Altmann and others in a comment published October 21st 2021. Many nations are pursuing the rollout of SARS-CoV-2...
