Scientists find cancer-linked chemicals in popular hair extensions
A sweeping new investigation by the Silent Spring Institute has found dozens of potentially harmful chemicals in widely sold hair extensions, including those made from human hair. The findings represent…
Cats may hold clues for human cancer treatment
The household cat could hold the key to understanding certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. Source link
Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears
Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients. Source link
One day of planning went into Covid school closures, inquiry hears
The decision about what services to close or open “often prioritised adults or the economy over children’s wellbeing” with “playgrounds closed in some areas while pubs were open”, Steve Broach…
'Since having Covid my life has completely changed'
A teenager has told the Covid-19 inquiry she often feels “left out” after missing so much school. Source link
Boris Johnson left Inquiry in a hurry – he'll be pleased not to come back
School closures seemed the only option but lockdowns probably went “too far” , former PM tells Covid Inquiry. Source link
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020. Source link
Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings
While the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 undoubtedly saved lives, they also “left lasting scars on society and the economy, brought ordinary childhood to a halt, delayed the diagnosis and…
Radio 1’s Life Hacks: Mental Health Special
Greg James and a panel of guests sensitively discuss male mental health and suicide. Source link
Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say
Pulendran told the BBC: “This vaccine, what we term a universal vaccine, elicits a far broader response that is protective against not just the flu virus, not just the Covid…
















