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Fewer births in the first two months of this year By TPN/Lusa, in Health · 11-03-2021 15:44:00 · 0 Comments All districts in Portugal recorded fewer births in the first two months of this year, a total of 11,248, 2,694 less than the same period last year, based on data from the Teste do Pezinho (that all babies do) released by INSA on 11 March. In January, 5646 babies were examined under the National Neonatal Screening Program...

The UK’s top scientists as well as a host of inventive entrepreneurs were honoured for their work helping the nation through the crisis.

The UK’s top scientists as well as a host of inventive entrepreneurs were honoured for their work helping the nation through the crisis.

Dozens of people coming up with solutions to the myriad of problems created by the coronavirus pandemic have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Elite research scientists developing vaccines, effective therapies and also monitoring the secondary impacts of the crisis on public have received gongs as well as the medics helping the NHS adapt. Professor Wendy Bickmore head the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Human Genetics Unit was honoured for the centre’s work identifying genes that put some people at greater risk of developing the most serious symptoms of Covid-19. She was made a ...

The UK’s top scientists as well as a host of inventive entrepreneurs were honoured for their work helping the nation through the crisis.