COVID-19 PCR test The London General Practice is delighted to be able to offer a COVID-19 PCR test with same day results. This test can be used for fit to fly and is available by a self-administered swab orally and nasally, which can then be couriered back to...
An interesting study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal April 9th 2021 by Rama Krishnan and others looked at this issue. It has been noted idiosyncratically that patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 were under represented if they had...
An interesting study by Chong and others published in the International Reproductive Health Journal of Contraception on March 26, 2021 looked at this subject. They performed the study at 10 sites providing a termination service in 13 states and Washington...
An interesting preprint in medRxiv by Milman and others posted March 31, 2021 explores this issue. Mass vaccination has the potential to curb the current COVID-19 pandemic by protecting vaccinees from the disease and possibly lowering the chance of...
An interesting article in the Scientific American by Josh Fischman examines this issue. So how the SARS-CoV-2 virus start? In an interview with CNN that aired on March 28 a prominent scientist speculated, without evidence, that the origin was when the...
1. What are the risks associated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine? This is clearly a fast-moving subject and I can only comment from a general practice point of view not a consultant haematologist or researcher. The risks, as with any vaccine, include allergy, pain...
