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How to support employee wellbeing within local authorities
Grainne Elliott, CMO of Thrive, describes four things that employees of local authorities need to support their wellbeing both on and off the job and can be delivered via this new emphasis on digital tools.
Scientists use machine learning to identify likelihood of severe COVID
The research team believe that some people have a genetic predisposition that increases likelihood of severe COVID, which may be crucial to understanding how mutations could change outcomes.
What happens when the workplace loses its gravitational pull?
Tushar Agarwal, CEO and Co-founder, Hubble, discusses how 2020 broke all the rules around the way society makes life-changing decisions revolving around our proximity to work and how on a macro-level this will fundamentally affect cities, countries and continents.
Back to school: Making school safety a priority with smart technology
Smarter Technologies examine how smart technology can assist facilities managers and headteachers in making school environments as safe as possible.
A national strategy for social care could save the NHS £1 billion every year
Research found that the supported housing and integrated mental health system could save the NHS £950 million if used as a national strategy for social care.
Pfizer vaccine can reduce COVID hospitalisation and death by 75%
Early stage data from the vaccine rollout in the UK appears to show that COVID hospitalisation and death are reduced by over 75% in people with the Pfizer vaccine.
The science behind how loneliness can create internet addiction
The highest risk revealed by this research is for adolescent boys aged 16, who face a strong chance of becoming temporarily addicted to the internet.
Can employers only hire new workers who have been vaccinated?
Alan Price, employment law expert and CEO at BrightHR, offers his advice on whether employers can only hire new workers who have been vaccinated.
Stress is the most common reason that teachers change careers
With COVID-19 limitations, the profession of teaching has changed in unprecedented ways - however, public school teachers experienced high levels of stress even before the public health crisis.
EU allocates additional €500 million to COVAX facility
The European Union has allocated an additional €500 million to the COVAX facility, bringing its total contribution to €1 billion.
Science needs to overcome “structural racism” to end the HIV epidemic
A new report published in The Lancet investigates why 43% of HIV deaths in 2018 happened in the Black community, with policy solutions for the ongoing HIV epidemic.
University challenge: Remote cash recovery
Rockford Associates Limited walks us through a challenge for Royal Holloway – University of London, remote cash recovery.
Hong Kong approves the Sinovac COVID vaccine for use
The Sinovac COVID vaccine was revealed to be working at 50.4% efficacy by the Butantan Institute last month, but new data suggests that this could actually be 62%.
Can employers legally enforce compulsory vaccination on their workers?
Debbie Sadler, senior associate on the employment team at Blaser Mills Law, discusses whether or not employers are legally entitled to enforce compulsory COVID-19 vaccination on their workers.
The spike mutation makes COVID eight times more infectious
The spike protein mutation found in the Brazilian, South African and UK variants of COVID-19 can make the virus eight times more infectious.
Student nurse applications increase by one third in 2021
After COVID-19 hit the NHS, the public health crisis highlighted the poignant and essential nature of nursing work - leading to student nurse applications increasing to 60,130 for 2021.
New research studies to tackle Long COVID in the community
Four new research studies looking into Long COVID in the community will receive funding worth £18.5 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Can an mRNA vaccine be used to cure some types of cancer?
COVID brought the idea of mRNA vaccines to the attention of the world - now, cancer researchers are investigating how a similar vaccine could stop tumours in a single treatment.
Pfizer vaccine can still prevent death from the South African mutation
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine appears to be significantly less efficient against the South African mutation, but can still stop hosts from experiencing severe COVID and dying from the virus.
REACT study: COVID cases in hospitals “higher than at the peak of the first...
New data from the REACT study finds that the number of COVID cases in hospitals is higher than it was in April 2020, but that infection rates are substantially decreasing across the country.