LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has increased the amount of dexamethasone it has in stock and on order to 240,000 doses, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, after a preliminary trial result showed it reduced mortality in the most severe COVID-19 cases. Britain swiftly backed the steroid drug after University of Oxford researchers announced preliminary
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Britain’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, appears on BBC TV’s The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain, March 15, 2020. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will have the power to force people to quarantine if necessary as part of its strategy to fight coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers elected Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle as Speaker on Monday to take on the role of refereeing the next parliamentary instalment of the protracted struggle over Brexit. In the three years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the Speaker has played an increasingly influential role in the process of parliamentarians
BELFAST (Reuters) – The head of Northern Ireland’s influential Orange Order said on Sunday unionists in the province should avoid staging violent protests over British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal despite feeling that they had been let down. FILE PHOTO: Members of the Ballynafeigh Orange Lodge march away from the security barrier on the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will unveil an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the Medicare health program for seniors by seeking to improve its fiscal position and offer more affordable plan options, administration officials told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremonial swearing-in for Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia