Millions suffer from hay fever, and many will be acutely aware that the time of sneezes, itchy eyes and runny noses is upon us.
With warnings that the hay fever season is getting longer and worsening and concerns about the confusing similarity between hay fever and Covid symptoms here, experts explain everything you need to know..
Is this the worst ever year for hay fever?
The pollen season so far has been a bad one, thanks to the recent dry weather.
Normally, rain dissipates pollen, but in dry conditions it blows straight into the air, where it can then easily get into the eyes and nose.
Meghan Markle, 39, appeared as campaign chair for starstudded Vax Live gig
Duchess of Sussex wore £1,200 Carolina Herrera dress for appearance last night
Added a glitzy look with Princess Diana s £17,800 Cartier watch and gold jewels
Royal also wore £5,000 Cartier Love bracelet and a £2,361 gold bracelet
Known for her love of symbolic jewellery and wore a woman s power necklace
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MEGHAN posed in bling worth £25,000 as she showed off her baby bump for the first time.
The Duchess of Sussex, whose jewellery included a women’s power necklace, cradled her tum on a US celeb TV fundraiser.
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Meghan paid a sweet tribute to Princess Diana by wearing her watch for her TV speechCredit: oprahdaily / instagram
She told how she and Prince Harry were thrilled to be having a girl in an address to highlight how Covid-19 has “disproportionately affected” women.
Meghan, 39, on a bench at her £11million Montecito home in California, wore Princess Diana’s £17,800 Cartier watch, a £5,000 Cartier love bracelet and a £2,361 gold bracelet.
Only one week left to enter the Patient Partnership Index 2021
7th May 2021
With the entry deadline of Friday 14
th May fast approaching, there’s just one week left to tell us about your work with patient groups and be part of the Patient Partnership Index 2021. If your company isn’t already taking part, there’s still time to enter and help set the standard for patient partnerships.
As the UK’s leading initiative to showcase communications and advocacy partnerships between biopharmaceutical companies and patient groups, the Index is an exciting opportunity for companies of all sizes to not only share examples of their work, but to define best practice for the entire industry.
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