The NHS has warned that fears of a ‘twindemic’ have been realised as Covid and flu cases rise, continuing to pile pressure on overstretched healthcare services.

04 January 2023

Millions of us fully embraced the celebrations this Yuletide, after the pandemic put a stop to festivities for so many over the previous two Christmases.

02 January 2023

Exclusive The number of GPs taking part in the Covid vaccination programme has remained stable despite a drop in funding, Pulse has learned.

08 December 2022

People eligible for a Covid-19 booster jab are being urged to have it as soon as possible to protect themselves before meeting up with family and friends this Christmas.

08 December 2022

Screening all 40-70-year-olds for diabetes using a HbA1c test would find undiagnosed cases of diabetes more than two years earlier, say researchers.

22 November 2022

Over two-thirds of non-hospitalised patients infected with Covid in the first wave of the pandemic developed long Covid, according to a new study.

18 November 2022

The Covid pandemic appears to have negatively affected vaccine confidence in the UK, a study has found.

14 November 2022

Pfizer/BioNTech has started phase 1 trials of a combined jab that it hopes will protect patients against both flu and Covid.

10 November 2022

The Government has launched a new marketing campaign urging eligible people to come forward for their flu and Covid vaccines, amid a drop in uptake among some groups.

24 October 2022

An antiviral drug that the UK Government purchased millions of doses of has been shown not to reduce the risk of severe outcomes in at-risk patients in a major UK trial.

20 October 2022