Coronavirus

An appeal by British Airways relating to associative discrimination and its practice of ‘fire and rehire’ has been thrown out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

The government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced who will be eligible for NHS Covid vaccinations this...

Many people who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years...

British Airway takes on government and equalities watchdog at EAT over associative discrimination case relating to ‘fire and rehire’ during the pandemic.

A study suggests changes to statutory sick pay could help people with long Covid return or remain in work.

Offering flu jabs through the workplace could save employers as much as £87 a year per employee, research has suggested.

WRC describes decision by University College Cork to dismiss Wim Naudé as ‘astonishing’, adding its HR director had no authority to do so.

A clinical trial testing a potentially ground-breaking vaccine against skin cancer has recruited its first patients.

Current sickness absence and return-to-work policies are unfit for purpose for those living with long Covid, research has suggested.
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A successful clinical trial has raised hopes the creation of a vaccine against chlamydia.

People with long Covid have tell-tale, distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with...

Researchers are working to develop the world’s first vaccine against lung cancer, building on the ground-breaking Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Being vaccinated against Covid-19 can substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and blood clots associated with the virus, according...

A group of health workers with long Covid who believe they caught the virus at work are taking their claim...

Long Covid can have an ‘objectively measurable’ impact on brain function and ability for a year or even longer, research...