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Vaccine politics

For a moment there, I thought that COVID19 would bring the best out of all nations. The arrival of the vaccines brought with it a global sigh of relief. Knowledge that no one in the world is safe, unless we are all protected, I imagined an unprecedented coming together especially because for once, the burden of deaths from an infectious disease was being felt in wealthy nations. When these wealthy nations started a speedy vaccination program, the world was pleased

BBC World Service Health Check – 9th June

I was guest on the BBC World Service Health Check radio program on the 9th June. The main guests talked about two very interesting topics: The treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and the menopause. I highly recommend that you listen to the whole program as it was illuminating in many ways Health Check – FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug – BBC Sounds I have attached here the bit where I spoke about a recent study published from research undertaken in long-term

BBC World Service Health Check – 28th April

I was a guest on the BBC World News health check program, presented by Laura Hammond on the 28th April. The main guests talked about Covid19 in India and fitness. I talked about the new malaria vaccine – designed by the same group at Oxford University that came up with the Covid19 vaccine that is now being produced by AstraZeneca. Here is the link to the podcast: Health Check – New malaria vaccine is most effective to date – BBC

Happy New Year …..

I hope your year has started well. This is a rather belated ‘happy new year’ wish – but better late than never. Let me be upfront – this is not my usual evidence-based health research piece of work. This is how I am getting through this rather trying time….. proceed if you love books. I have been a member of a book club for a couple of years since being resident in the UK. The thing with a book club