Catharine Gale, a trustee of Hampshire Swifts charity, with one of the nesting boxes that she has donated to Winchester Hospice THE sight and sound of swifts will become a regular feature at Winchester Hospice thanks to a generous donation and project that will bring benefits to people and the birds. Catharine Gale, a trustee of the Hampshire Swifts charity, has donated a dozen nesting boxes, and the handover meant that these have been installed on Burrell House, which is being transformed into Winchester Hospice, as the scaffolding comes down on the building. Simon Cramp, a trustee of Winchester Hospice Fundraising Charity, said: “The charity is grateful to Catharine for this kind and generous donation of 12 nesting boxes which will add to the natural and calming ambience of the Winchester Hospice environment.
1 in 3 women with Covid pneumonia at lung damage risk: Lancet
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London, May 7 : Most patients hospitalised for Covid-19 infection return to full health, but one in three may develop lung damage even after a year, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
People are most commonly hospitalised for Covid-19 infection when it affects the lungs termed Covid-19 pneumonia.A The study showed that even after a year, a third of patients measures of lung function were reduced, particularly how efficiently oxygen is transferred in the lungs into the blood. This was more frequently found in women than in men.
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A couple wearing protective face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, walk past a sign for a Polling Station beside the marina in Hartlepool, north-east England on May 6, 2021. AFP pic
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LONDON, May 7 Prime Minister Boris Johnson today welcomed early election results in Britain’s first major vote since Brexit and the pandemic, including a stunning by-election victory for his Conservative party in an opposition Labour stronghold.
The “Super Thursday” local and regional contests could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in Scotland, where voting for the devolved parliament was also held, bid to break away.
However, the risk of the rare brain clot from the vaccine is eight times less than the risk of a clot caused by Covid-19, an Oxford University study has found.
Regulators, including the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK and the European Medicines Agency, say the overall benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks for all age groups.
However, for younger people, and particularly when Covid-19 transmission is low, the balance is more complex, as the charts below show.
2/ First up, HIGH infection rates. Take the jab, no question, unless under 30 with a quick choice of another jab. A lower risk of clots than of hospitalisation and ICU for all ages. For death, relative risk of vax is higher for under 30s only. pic.twitter.com/ycde9lUK9M Paul Nuki (@PaulNuki) April 23, 2021
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