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For more than a year, Dr. Andrew Wollowitz has mostly been cloistered inside his home in Mamaroneck, New York.

Vaccines Won’t Protect Millions of Patients With Weakened Immune Systems Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus. But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies. Dr. Andrew Wollowitz, an emergency physician at Montefiore Hospital and a cancer survivor, didn’t produce antibodies when he received the vaccine, as treatments have wiped out his immune system.Credit...Desiree Rios for The New York Times April 15, 2021Upda...

Axe Vale Netball Club have received funding from Rotarians - Credit: Axe Vale Netball Club Axminster Rotary Club members have been busy helping the community despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Press officer Martin King said: “From the very beginning of the crisis the club realised that our main fundraising events would be in jeopardy. Our Charity Golf Day was cancelled, the Axe Vale Show was cancelled and Stockland Fete, where we help every year, likewise. “But fortunately ...

Devon and Cornwall Police said the five deaths at Holmesley Care Home in Sidford, Devon, all took place since March 6 and were all believed to be related to an outbreak of coronavirus.

BLOOD clot fears over the AstraZeneca vaccine are being overblown - and suspending the jab WILL kill people, a top expert has warned.15 countries susp

Sidmouth care home covid outbreak: Staff devastated at deaths and spread of virus The majority of residents and staff are said to have shown either no symptoms, or mild symptoms only Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Reassurances have been given over the health of the majority of residents and staff at a care home in Sidmouth which is at the centre of a deadly Covid-19 outbreak. It has been confirmed that five residents have now passed away after testing positive for coronav...

‘The ketamine blew my mind’: can psychedelics cure addiction and depression? Words: Alexandra Jones Illustration: Frieda Ruh In the summer of 1981, when he was 13, Grant crashed a trail motorbike into a wall at his parents’ house in Cambridgeshire. He’d been hiding it in the shed, but “it was far too powerful for me, and on my very first time starting it in the garden, I smashed it into a wall”. His mother came outside to find the skinny teenager in a heap next to th...

‘The ketamine blew my mind’: can psychedelics cure addiction and depression? ‘We prepare a client for their drug experience; allow them to feel safe and warm.’ Illustration: Frieda Ruh/The Guardian ‘We prepare a client for their drug experience; allow them to feel safe and warm.’ Illustration: Frieda Ruh/The Guardian This week sees the opening of the first UK high-street clinic offering psychedelic-assisted therapy. Could popping psilocybin be the future of menta...

A cruel stepfather has been jailed after he left a 17-month toddler covered in bite marks and bruises.

Honitons Admiral Nurse Fay Valentine has earned high praise for her work - Credit: Tim Dixon Honiton’s pioneering initiative to improve the lives of people living with dementia – and those who live with them – goes from strength to strength. It is now two years since Admiral Nurse Fay Valentine began working with families in and around the town – her vital and inspiring work made possible by a community fundraising campaign supported by the Midweek Herald. And now long-time supporters t...