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• Being right-brained or left-brained comes down to molecular switches

  14-04-2020 23:37
  Scientists may have solved one of the most puzzling and persistent mysteries in neuroscience: why some people are 'right-brained' while others are 'left-brained.' The answer lies in how certain genes on each side of the brain are switched 'on' and 'off' through a process called epigenetic regulation. The findings may explain why Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders frequently affect one side of the body first, a revelation that has far-reaching implications for development of pot
  
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• Steve Bell on coronavirus in UK care homes – cartoon

  14-04-2020 21:30
  
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• UK care providers allege Covid-19 death toll underestimated

  14-04-2020 21:22
  
  Care operators warn coronavirus may already be in more than 50% of nursing homesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare home leaders have accused the government of vastly underestimating the deaths of the elderly from coronavirus, as they warned the disease may be circulating in more than 50% of nursing homes and mortality is significantly higher than official figures.Operators of several large care providers accused the government of not paying enough attention to
  
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• Ministers urged to raise pay for care home staff during Covid-19 crisis

  14-04-2020 20:59
  
  Government should fund £11.50 minimum wage for frontline staff, says care home providerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWorkers in care homes need an urgent pay rise and more robust protection against the coronavirus, union leaders and employers have told government ministers.Many care home networks are operating with absence rates of about 10% as staff self-isolate. This is stretching already strained rotas because even before the epidemic, there were abou
  
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• The Guardian view on the care home crisis: culpable neglect | Editorial

  14-04-2020 20:21
  
  The government knew that elderly people were most vulnerable to Covid-19. But it failed to adequately shelter the social care sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn an open letter sent by Care England and four other leading charities to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, one shocking paragraph stands out. “We’re seeing people in [care homes] being abandoned to the worst that coronavirus can do,” it reads. “Instead of being allowed hosp
  
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• UK coronavirus: Sunak warns of 'unprecedented challenge' as questions persist over economy and care homes – as it happened

  14-04-2020 20:06
  
  UK hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107 amid questions over care home figures; forecast says unemployment could soar by 2 millionCoronavirus global updates – liveCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record high
  Rishi Sunak ‘deeply troubled’ by OBR warning of 35% fall in UK GDPCoronavirus latest: at a glance
  See all our coronavirus coverage6.48pm BST Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with tips and suggestions – your input is invaluable. That’s i
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Sunak warns of 'unprecedented challenge' as questions persist over economy and care homes

  14-04-2020 19:09
  
  UK hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107 amid questions over care home figures; forecast says unemployment could soar by 2 millionCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record high
  Downing Street lobby briefing: summaryCoronavirus latest: at a glance Coronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 6.05pm BST Following the UK government’s insistence that the supply of PPE is a “four nations strategy”, and that no nation was being prioritised o
  
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• Care homes and coronavirus: why we don't know the true UK death toll

  14-04-2020 18:36
  
  Government figures only tell part of the story as they only cover hospital deaths Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage The UK death toll has risen past 12,000 deaths, yet we know that the figure is not the complete picture, as it excludes deaths occurring in other settings, including care homes.One care home told the Guardian a third of its residents had died, but deaths in care settings may not be captured in official figures for weeks after they occur. What does t
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Rishi Sunak gives government briefing as OBR says lockdown could shrink GDP by 35%

  14-04-2020 18:19
  
  UK hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107 amid questions over care home figures; forecast says unemployment could soar by 2 millionCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record high
  Downing Street lobby briefing: summaryCoronavirus latest: at a glance Coronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 5.19pm BST Q: Have people in care homes been forgotten?Absolutely not, says Sunak. 5.15pm BST Q: Tonight there are warnings of 2m extra people losing their jobs. Wil
  
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• Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effects

  14-04-2020 16:55
  Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.
  
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• UK coronavirus live: lockdown could shrink GDP by 35%, says OBR, as hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107

  14-04-2020 16:20
  
  Unemployment could soar by 2 million; death tolls rise in England, Scotland, Wales and NI amid questions over care home figuresTwo of UK’s largest care home providers report 521 coronavirus deathsCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record highCoronavirus latest: at a glance Coronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage3.19pm BST The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has called on the government to introduce emergency laws to safeguard doctors from cl
  
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• UK coronavirus live: lockdown could shrink GDP by 35%, says OBR, as daily hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107

  14-04-2020 15:49
  
  Unemployment could soar by 2 million; death tolls rise in England, Scotland, Wales and NI amid questions over care home figuresTwo of UK’s largest care home providers report 521 coronavirus deathsCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record highCoronavirus latest: at a glance Coronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage2.48pm BST In addition to the virtual first minister’s questions, which started last Thursday, the Scottish parliament’s
  
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• Coronavirus UK live: Lockdown could shrink GDP by 35% and see unemployment rise by 2m, says OBR

  14-04-2020 13:53
  
  Coronavirus lockdown in the UK could last at least another month, as Dominic Raab says country has not passed the peakTwo of UK’s largest care home providers report 521 coronavirus deathsCoronavirus pushes England and Wales death rate to record highCoronavirus latest: at a glance Coronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage12.53pm BST12.48pm BST Following the OBR’s publication of coronavirus economic scenarios, the SNP has called on the government to delive
  
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• Clare in the community: Netflix panic

  14-04-2020 13:30
  
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• Organisations ask Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for support through COVID-19

  14-04-2020 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Along with Marie Curie, Age UK, Care England and Independent Age, the Alzheimer’s Society is calling for the Government to publish a comprehensive plan to support social care through the coronavirus pandemic. Dear Secretary of State, We are writing together as charity and care sector leaders on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of our […]
  
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• Council lobbies Government and asks businesses for help with PPE

  14-04-2020 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  City of York Council is appealing to the Government for additional personal protective equipment (PPE), and to local businesses for any spare PPE, so it can be used by the authority’s care workers. Although the council’s care teams currently have sufficient PPE, stocks nationally are running low, and priority is being given to NHS staff. […]
  
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• NICE strongly encourage patients to quit smoking- COVID-19

  14-04-2020 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rapid guidelines just published by NICE on the treatment of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ‘strongly encourage’ patients to quit smoking.   Dr Sanjay Agrawal, Consultant in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, and currently working on the frontline treating patients suffering from COVID-19 at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, says the NICE […]
  
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• Two of UK's largest care home providers report 521 coronavirus deaths

  14-04-2020 10:29
  
  Deaths of residents at homes operated by HC One and MHA indication of scale of fatalities outside NHSCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo of the largest providers of care homes in the UK have revealed the deaths of 521 residents from coronavirus in recent weeks, in the clearest sign yet of the rising scale of fatalities outside the NHS which are not yet being officially announced.HC One, which operates about 350 homes, said that as of 8pm on Monday there had been
  
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• Coronavirus UK live: Covid-19 much more prevalent in care homes than official figures imply, says expert

  14-04-2020 10:27
  
  Coronavirus lockdown in the UK could last at least another month, as Dominic Raab said the country has not passed the peak. Coronavirus latest: at a glance UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE Medical unions warn UK stock of protective gowns is critically low9.27am BST Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Jessica Murray.On the Today programme this morning Sir David Behan, a former chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, and now a non-executive dir
  
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• Social care job numbers rise by 17.6% as sector struggles with lack of available talent

  14-04-2020 08:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to the latest report from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, social care was one of the few key industries to experience an increase in job adverts last month, with vacancies rising by 17.6% year-on-year.   Interestingly, the study, which explores job market data from March 2020 and compares this with figures from February 2020 […]
  
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• North Yorkshire care group and baker rise to COVID-19 challenge

  14-04-2020 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A North Yorkshire care group has teamed up with a local baker to provide each of its staff with a hamper of food as a reward for their hard work during the coronavirus pandemic. Saint Cecilia’s Care Group called in Scarborough bakery Cooplands to create 160 hampers for each of its staff, who have been […]
  
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• Coronavirus has exposed the gaping holes in social care. But it is also a chance for change | Polly Toynbee

  14-04-2020 07:00
  
  This crisis might achieve one thing: voters supporting Andy Burnham’s plan to bring social care into the NHSCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen it’s all over they will build memorials to the doctors and nurses who died, overloaded with Covid-19 infection and often without sufficient protection. Will there be memorials to care workers, too, struggling in care homes and peoples’ own homes in far worse conditions, some wearing bin bags? Low-paid,
  
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