A leader in medical diagnostics is reporting huge demand for coronavirus home test kits after the government's free lateral flow testing programme ended earlier this month. Liverpool-based DAM Health, which specialises in COVID-19 testing and carries out work in other areas of medical diagnostics, says it has been inundated with requests ... Read More...
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Famous buildings in Liverpool will be lit up with spectacular projections next week as part of a unique visual arts project highlighting how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted and united communities. ‘Visible Virals’ will see pop-up works in public spaces and venues in neighbourhoods, bringing to life the city’s Public Health Annual ... Read More...
One of the North West’s top doctors, Professor Frank Joseph, was bestowed with a prestigious honour at the 2021 European Diversity Awards last night (11 November). Professor Joseph is a world-leading physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Countess of Chester Hospital and was named Lifetime Achievement Award winner. He has also ... Read More...
Liverpool FC star Thiago Alcantara and LFC legend Robbie Fowler have joined an initiative called Football For Change, which is aiming to provide opportunities for the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. Thiago, who signed for the Reds in 2020 from German giants Bayern Munich, said he was “proud to ... Read More...
People involved in Liverpool’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be honoured at a civic thank you event at the Town Hall tomorrow (Wednesday 13 October). Around 100 guests will be at the ceremony, from hospital staff and care home workers, through to those who delivered food parcels and took to ... Read More...
Channel 4’s new drama Help, starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, reveals the devastating reality of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of a fictional Liverpool care home. Both Comer and Graham had approached writer Jack Thorne (The Virtues, His Dark Materials), keen to work together in a piece set and ... Read More...
Scottish Premiership champions Rangers have welcomed DAM Health as the club’s official COVID-19 testing partner. DAM Health, which started on Merseyside but now operates testing sites across the UK and Europe, will provide Rangers with a range of different coronavirus testing solutions - including for staff and players at the club. James ... Read More...
Bollywood actress Amy Jackson has praised a Liverpool health firm which responded to an urgent call for help from India. India has experienced a catastrophic surge in coronavirus cases this year and infection rates are the highest ever seen, nearly tripling the peak in 2020. It is currently the world’s second ... Read More...
A young scientist from South Wirral has invented a spray being touted as a "groundbreaking solution" for COVID-19 that could pave the way for a better and safer future. Sadia Khanom, 26, has created a new formula called Voltique that attracts and kills all pathogens on any surface it is applied ... Read More...
Plans are being put in place for Liverpool to mark one of the most unforgettable years in history. On Tuesday 23 March, the city will stage an emotive event - Liverpool Together - exactly one year on since the start of the first lockdown in England. Working in partnership with BBC Radio ... Read More...