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Fergus Walsh

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Fergus Walsh

@BBCFergusWalsh

Medical Editor for the BBC

London

bbc.co.uk/ferguswalsh

Joined May 2010

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Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Mar 16
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…. This documentary explores issues around assisted dying. We filmed in Western Australia, at a hospice in Wiltshire and with lawmakers at Westminster. Thanks to all those who took part, especially the patients who shared their stories with us.
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Panorama - Assisted Dying: What Next?
Will assisted dying ever happen in the UK, and how would it work if it did? The BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh, talks to leading supporters and opponents.
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Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Apr 26, 2020
Fake news has been circulating on social media that the first volunteer in the Oxford vaccine trial has died. This is not true! I spent several minutes this morning chatting with Elisa Granato via Skype. She is very much alive and told me she is feeling “absolutely fine”
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Jan 28, 2021
Breaking: Novavax Covid vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials. Half the cases on the trial were the new ‘Kent’variant so this is first vaccine to show it is effective against the new more contagious variant
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Feb 24, 2021
A flight carrying 600,000 doses of the Oxford/AZ vaccine has landed in Ghana. It's the first delivery under the global Covid vaccine sharing scheme COVAX. In a joint statement WHO/UNICEF called it a 'momentous occasion'. The doses were produced by the Serum Institute of India
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
May 29, 2020
Prof John Edmunds from LSHTM and a SAGE advisor says 8,000 current infections a day in community is high and many scientists would have preferred incidence down to lower levels before we relax lockdown measures.
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Mar 28, 2021
Over 95% of people aged 60+ have had a first dose of Covid vaccine in England. That is simply stunning. Uptake way beyond expectations. A pleasure to give some positive statistics on #bbcnewsten
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Jun 17, 2022
BREAKING: Around 1.4m people in the UK had coronavirus last week according to the latest ONS survey. That’s up 43% from around 930,000 the week before. ONS says it’s likely caused by the more contagious BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Apr 6, 2020
A special report from @uclh intensive care unit. The reality of coronavirus and it’s impact on patients and staff. A vitally important message for us all - social distancing really will save lives.
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Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Aug 14, 2020
After sixteen years as the BBC's Medical Correspondent, I'm delighted to be taking up the role of Medical Editor.
BBC News Press Team
@BBCNewsPR
Aug 14, 2020
Congratulations to @BBCFergusWalsh who’s been appointed as the BBC’s Medical Editor. This is in recognition of his insight & expertise & the scale & importance of the Covid-19 story which will continue to affect our audiences for many months & years to come. 📸 @sukidhanda
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Mar 22, 2021
BREAKING: Trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the United States, Chile and Peru have shown it is safe and highly effective. It was 79% effective against symptomatic Covid and 100% effective against serious disease
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
May 17, 2021
BREAKING: Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can be stored at fridge temperature for 31 days instead of 5 says the European Medicines Agency.
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Jun 16, 2020
Stunning results from UK Recovery trial show that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, cuts risk of death in ventilated Covid patients by a third
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Oct 11, 2020
There are now more Covid-19 patients in hospital in England than on the day the lockdown was introduced in March. 3,451 patients now compared to 3,097 on 23rd March.
Fergus Walsh
@BBCFergusWalsh
Apr 26, 2020
Replying to @BBCFergusWalsh
....and here is Dr Elisa Granato in person. Alive and well
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