Vaccine passports have landed in the UK as the International Air Transport Association trials an app with an airline between Singapore and London. The phone software from IATA stores evidence of a negative Covid test as well as the facility to store evidence travellers have had coronavirus vaccinations. It is being trialled over the next few … Read more
Cleaning ROBOT that can tell jokes is being trialled on hospital wards to ‘put a smile on patients’ faces and help in the fight against Covid-19 The cleaning robot named Ella was demoed at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent She kept reception ‘spick and span’ while also communicating with visitors Ella had a short trial on … Read more
Coronavirus passport trials are taking place at Heathrow this week to test technology to let people travel the globe without risk of being quarantined. Passengers on United Airlines and Cathay Pacific are trying out an app called the CommonPass. The phone software is a digital health pass which can hold a certified COVID-19 test status … Read more
More than 1,200 studies looking at treatment and prevention of coronavirus are often too small to provide conclusive results and are focusing too much on one potential therapy, a new analysis reveals. Commissioned by STAT News, the report found that one in every six clinical trials studied the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine despite thin … Read more
Inhaler that ‘lets Covid-19 victims treat themselves’ will be rolled out across UK in a nationwide trial An inhaler which could treat coronavirus in its early stages is now being trialled The nebuliser was developed by scientists at the University of Southampton Anyone who tests positive and fits the age profile can register for the … Read more
A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more
Bemcentinib Who makes it? It’s a tablet developed by the Norwegian company BerGenBio. It’s known as an AXL kinase inhibitor. What have studies shown? Bemcentinib is likely to have been chosen because lab tests have shown it has potent anti-viral activity against several enveloped viruses, including Ebola and Zika virus. Preliminary data suggest bemcentinib is … Read more
New ‘iron lung’ ventilator endorsed by Stephen Hawking’s family is due to be trialled with the NHS Exovent was modelled on the ‘iron lung’ used to battle 20th century polio crisis The device is set to be trialled at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle first It can be used on a ward where patients … Read more
Coronavirus patients in the UK have started to receive an anti-malaria drug that US President Donald Trump has labelled a ‘game-changer’. And early signs of whether a British coronavirus vaccine works – or doesn’t – may be only weeks away, a leading expert has said. Professor Sarah Gilbert said yesterday she was ’80 per cent confident’ a … Read more