AI could speed up COVID-19 diagnosis in Emergency Departments

Artificial intelligence could help speed up COVID-19 diagnosis in Emergency Departments, thanks to the development of a new algorithm designed to identify the v... Read More...

Scottish study supports a third vaccine dose for those most vulnerable to COVID-19

Findings from a new Scottish study support offering a third vaccine dose to people previously on the shielding list and who are known to be clinically extre... Read More...

Scottish study finds vaccine offers protection for most clinically vulnerable to COVID-19

Findings from a Scottish study, published yesterday, show that a single vaccine dose offers as much protection from severe COVID-19 to people who were pre... Read More...

COVID-19 vaccination status scheme launches

A service that allows people travelling abroad to access their record of vaccination status themselves has launched. A vaccination status letter can be downl... Read More...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Commits $350,000 to Help Address Critical COVID-19 Needs in India

To help address the critical need for COVID-19-related resources during a surge in cases and deaths in India, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) ann... Read More...

New lease of life for Leo – thanks to mum!

Despite COVID-19, paediatric renal transplants continue at pre-pandemic levels An eight-year-old from Elgin who developed a rare and life-threatening disease... Read More...

Asymptomatic Testing Sites – Week commencing Monday 26 April

Rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing is now available for people without symptoms in Ayrshire. The community testing initiative, in partnership with the Scot... Read More...

Care home study highlights Covid‘s mental toll

Covid-related restrictions have caused mental distress to three out of four people who have relatives in care homes, a study shows. Being unable to see and t... Read More...

Latest COVID-19 vaccine study launches in Grampian

The latest COVID-19 vaccine study in the UK has opened in Scotland in NHS Grampian. Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company based in Canada, and GlaxoSmithKlin... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire sets out plans for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccination

NHS Lanarkshire is setting out plans for people to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.   So far, more than 45,000 people across Lanark... Read More...