Living with Lupus: My Mother and I
My name is Gio'vanna Thompson and in 2005 my life changed forever, when my mother Audrey was diagnosed with SLE Lupus. She'd been ill for months always tired, aching, losing weight.
Then one night she collapsed on the stairs and...
How did medical students cope during Covid-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic was ‘scary’ for medical and nursing students as they felt their education being compromised.
The first wave of the pandemic hit the nation with fear and uncertainty.
With advice to not leave our homes and a ban on...
Latest issue of our sister magazine MerseyNewsLive available now
Keeping a healthy body and mind is very important to everyone, across Mersey News Live’s website and magazine we’re bringing you everything to do with health, writes health reporter LUKE POLLITT.
To kick things off this week, Ellie reports on...
Family’s joy as statue of the ‘fifth Beatle’ is commissioned
The family of Brian Epstein have thanked everyone who has helped commission a statue of the Beatle's manager also known as the fifth member of the band.
In a post on the Brian Epstein Project website, they wrote: "Thank you everyone...
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital offers Covid-19 vaccine clinic
Alder Hey children’s hospital will host a Covid-19 vaccination clinic for five to 11-year-old who are at high risk of complications from Covid-19 infection.
The next clinic is March 5, between 9am and 4pm. At Institute in the Park, Alder...
Liverpool ‘Save the NHS’ activists protest over new health and care bill
NHS activists, trade union officials and members of the public marched through the streets of Liverpool to protest against the Health and Care Bill.
A National Day of Action on Saturday saw Liverpool city centre emblazoned with banners, impassioned speeches...
Mayor of Liverpool urges black men to be ‘prostate cancer aware’
A special event will be held this week to raise awareness about the risk of prostate cancer within the black community.
The event, organised by Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA), will take place at Liverpool’s Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre...
City’s healthcare help and support for homeless
The number of vulnerable rough sleepers has increased in Liverpool as a result of the pandemic and as people were in their homes for extended periods of time homeless people were left completely abandoned.
Fewer people out and about meant...
At-home chemotherapy treatment ramps up in North Liverpool
A chemotherapy treatment centre has opened up in Aintree, allowing patients in North Liverpool to receive at-home treatment.
Patients from Sefton are also set to benefit from the new facility, as it is much closer to them.
Chemotherapy can be an...
Police urge community groups to apply for cash fund as deadline nears
Merseyside Police are reminding anyone interested in applying for funding for community projects to get their applications in soon as the closing date is getting nearer.
The Community Cashback Fund scheme, which was launched in February, invites local community groups...
