US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected the Stanford University-trained physician and economist to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s biggest government-funded biomedical research entity. Bhattacharya became the face … Read more
Anna Samuel | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Anna Samuel gifted her a father-in-law a potted succulent on his birthday. He kept it on a shelf with his collection of cacti. “When it was time to cut the birthday cake, I brought it to the table. That is when he realised it was a cake!” says … Read more
Gething is asked about local lockdowns – which began in Caerphilly in early September 2020, following local rises in infections. He says they led to an immediate impact “but didn’t mark a decisive turning back”. Most of country ended up in a local lockdown at some stage. “It was the right thing to try to … Read more
The ex-health secretary also said a “toxic culture”, driven by Dominic Cummings, hindered the Covid response. Source link
But the minister apologises for the government’s “errors” during the pandemic at the Covid inquiry. Source link
“So, I was very aware that we essentially had two different things we were trying to balance – the risk of going too early, in which case you get all the damages from this with actually fairly minimal impact on the epidemic, and the risk of going too late, in which case you get all … Read more
The former PM says only a vaccine or drugs – unavailable at the time – could have averted the curbs. Source link
The Court of Appeal reduces Carla Foster’s sentence for illegally obtaining abortion tablets. Source link
The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry. Source link
The lead lawyer questions the approach taken, saying the impact of lockdowns had not been fully considered. Source link