RAF Lakenheath: USAF nurses work in NHS hospitals
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RAF Lakenheath: USAF nurses work in NHS hospitals

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47229266 By Nikki Fox and Nic Rigby at BBC East news Patients are being seen “more quickly” after US airmen and women started working at NHS hospitals in England in a bid to refresh “rusty” skills. The USAF nurses, from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, started working alongside staff at five hospitals this winter….

Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/08/hunt-alzheimers-cure-suffers-heavy-blow-pfizer-pulls-research/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor  The search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease suffered a ‘heavy blow’ after Pfizer, the world’s largest drugs company, announced it was halting research efforts into finding new treatments. The US based company is expected to cut 300 jobs globally including many British researchers based at labs…