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Over-50s and vulnerable urged to join antiviral Covid-19 trial

Adults over the age of 50 and people with underlying health problems who get Covid-19 are being urged to join a trial testing antiviral drugs. Officials have said that antiviral drugs – which can help alleviate symptoms and prevent people from ...

25 Jan 2022 at 07:25

Over 50s and vulnerable urged to join antiviral Covid-19 trial

25 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Dozens of hot air balloons take to the skies above Bristol

Dozens of hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes have filled the skies above Bristol for the city’s annual fiesta. Around 90 balloons took part in a mass ascent at Ashton Court Estate, where the popular event takes place, on Friday ...

08 Aug 2025 at 16:55

Derry News

Thousands raised at Derry football tournament for local charities

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Don Bosco's Football Club, the club hosted a charity football tournament at the Brandywell last month. A total of £4756 was raised at the Palmer/McDaid football tournament for Cystic Fibrosis ...

05 Aug 2022 at 19:33

Health

‘Doctors kept saying I would be lucky to live to adulthood due to cystic fibrosis, now I’m 60 and enjoying every second’

A 60-year-old entrepreneur with cystic fibrosis, who has spent his life being told he does not have “many years to live”, wants to encourage others to “grab” every opportunity after defying expectations. Jonathan Farrow, a managing ...

14 May 2024 at 06:30

Health

Parents of boy with cystic fibrosis and rare gene that makes him ‘one of 50 in the world’ fundraising to fight condition

The parents of a four-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis whose rare gene makes him “one of 50 known cases in the world” have raised more than £30,000 to help fight the currently incurable condition. Duane and Deborah McCreadie’s ...

25 Nov 2024 at 07:03

Health

Mother diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, anorexia and incurable cancer says she ‘doesn’t feel afraid of dying any more’

A mother who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) just days before her 30th birthday and later told she has myeloma – an incurable type of blood cancer – said she has “taught (herself) a whole new script for death” and, ...

11 Aug 2023 at 07:00

Health

Boy with cystic fibrosis whose rare genes make him ‘one of four in world’ needs treatment to live ‘close to normal’ life

A baby who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at just 20 days old and has a rare one in two billion genotype – meaning “there’s probably more chance of him winning the lottery twice in one go” – needs funds for new ...

03 May 2023 at 12:18

Having cystic fibrosis ‘is like living through Covid lockdowns’

A woman who says having cystic fibrosis is like living in a continuous lockdown has helped launch a new campaign to raise awareness. Caitlin Rich, 25, from Hadfield in Derbyshire, is working with the Cystic ...

07 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Hundreds of cystic fibrosis patients become eligible for ‘life-changing’ therapy

Hundreds of people with cystic fibrosis are to be offered a once-a-day pill which has been hailed as “life changing” by health experts. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has ...

15 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Family

‘I’d still be none the wiser’, says man born with cystic fibrosis but not diagnosed until 40s after fertility struggles

A man born with cystic fibrosis but not diagnosed until his 40s has said he would “still be none the wiser” about his condition if he had not experienced fertility struggles. Simon Wade said his life ...

19 Aug 2025 at 06:30

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