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MCG Researchers Secure $5.7M in New BIH Grants

Nov 20, 2024 | augustaceo.com | Jennifer Scott

Two new National Institutes of Health grants, totaling $5.7 million, are aimed at helping scientists at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University better understand the mechanisms of two cardiovascular complications associated with HIV. Thanks to the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), which uses a combination of three or more drugs to stop the virus from replicating in the body, life expectancy of people living with HIV has dramatically increased.
Bibby Stockholm: 'Claustrophobic' asylum seeker barge risks human rights breach, MPs warn

Feb 2, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jennifer Scott

Asylum seekers being housed on a government-run barge are facing "claustrophobic" conditions that could amount to a breach of their human rights, MPs have warned. The Bibby Stockholm, moored at Portland in Dorset, has been used since last August as ministers sought to find alternatives to hotel accommodation for those waiting for decisions on their asylum applications.
Therese Coffey: Ex-deputy PM makes Rwanda gaffe in Commons

Jan 18, 2024 | mkfm.com | Jennifer Scott

Speaking in a debate on Rishi Sunak's controversial bill, the former deputy prime minister criticised Yvette Cooper for referring to the "Kigali government" in her remarks. But the Tory MP appeared to think the name of the nation's capital city was a different country altogether.
Oliver Dowden stands by PM's claim that immigration could 'overwhelm' Europe

Dec 17, 2023 | iwradio.co.uk | Jennifer Scott

The prime minister made the remark during a right-wing Conservative event in Italy on Saturday, claiming "enemies" could use immigration as a "weapon" by "deliberately driving people to our shores to try to destabilise our society".
What questions could Rishi Sunak face at the COVID inquiry?

Dec 10, 2023 | news.sky.com | Jennifer Scott

After appearances from Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and a range of Downing Street advisers, it is now time for Rishi Sunak to be questioned at the official COVID inquiry. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:42 Sir Chris Whitty says the first lockdown was 'a bit too late' Many of the hearings in this section of the inquiry have focused on whether the government locked down the country at the right time - or whether the decision was left too late.
David Cameron: 'No moral equivalence' between Hamas and Israel

Dec 6, 2023 | news.sky.com | Jennifer Scott

Lord Cameron has said there is "no moral equivalence" between the actions of Hamas fighters and Israel's military. Speaking to Sky News on a visit to Washington in his new role as foreign secretary, the former prime minister said the UK continued to tell Israel "it has to abide by international humanitarian law".
'Rishi thinks just let people die': Dominic Cummings' claim revealed in Sir Patrick Vallance's COVID diary

Nov 20, 2023 | iwradio.co.uk | Jennifer Scott

A diary entry from the government's former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said Mr Cummings made the remark during a heated meeting over whether to impose stricter pandemic measures back in October 2020. In the extract, shown to the official COVID inquiry on Monday, Sir Patrick said the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, had argued against any lockdown, saying he was for "letting it all rip" and that those who would die from contracting the virus had "had a good innings".
'Rishi thinks just let people die': Dominic Cummings' claim revealed in Sir Patrick Vallance's COVID diary

Nov 20, 2023 | mkfm.com | Jennifer Scott

A diary entry from the government's former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said Mr Cummings made the remark during a heated meeting over whether to impose stricter pandemic measures back in October 2020. In the extract, shown to the official COVID inquiry on Monday, Sir Patrick said the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, had argued against any lockdown, saying he was for "letting it all rip" and that those who would die from contracting the virus had "had a good innings".
Rishi Sunak promises to cut taxes as autumn statement looms

Nov 20, 2023 | mansfield103.co.uk | Jennifer Scott

The prime minister has been under pressure from many in his party to reduce the tax burden - which currently sits at a 70-year high - ahead of the next election, and rumours have been swirling that such policies could be announced in the autumn statement on Wednesday.
Rishi Sunak promises to cut taxes as autumn statement looms

Nov 20, 2023 | news.sky.com | Jennifer Scott

Rishi Sunak has promised he will cut taxes now the government has achieved its pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year. Making a speech in north London on his economic plans, the prime minister said his "argument has never been that we shouldn't cut taxes - it's been that we can only cut taxes once we have controlled inflation and debt".