Coronavirus Featured Health Internet Lifestyle News Politics Science Fighting the Covid-deniers, one fact at a time 15 Feb 2021 Tannice A new website vows to tackle what it calls Covid scepticism in whatever form it takes. Run by a team including a psychologist, a Conservative MP and a Superforecaster, Covidfaq.co
Children Coronavirus Featured Health Mental Health News Parenting Politics Science Women Teaching Tier 4 – should kids go back to school? 29 Dec 2020 Tannice It’s less than a week before children across England are due to return to school. With the government steadfast in insisting they will all go back, what are teachers feeling
Children Coronavirus Featured Health News Parenting Politics Science Women Sophie’s choice – continue breastfeeding or protect myself from Covid-19? 10 Dec 2020 Tannice Join me in lobbying to encourage the government to seek further advice on giving the vaccine to anyone who is breastfeeding
Children Featured Health News Parenting Science Television Emmerdale: prenatal testing and Down’s Syndrome storyline under fire 9 Nov 2020 Tannice Down’s Syndrome is often far from a life-limiting condition: is Emmerdale perpetuating archaic attitudes and setting back disability advocacy with its upcoming Down's Syndrome storyline?
Children Coronavirus Featured Health Mental Health News Science Women In defence of home birth: hippy, dangerous lifestyle choice, or the safest place from a killer virus? 28 Oct 2020 Tannice “Wow, you’re brave”, she winced at me. Nine pounds? Really? Just gas and air? I didn’t tell her that the majority of my 11 hour labour didn’t even feature entonox
Children Coronavirus Environment Featured Health Lifestyle Mental Health News Politics Science Women Fighting obesity against the backdrop of Coronavirus – what’s the answer? 27 Jul 2020 Tannice Fat-shaming, body positivity and stigma, obesity is a Public Health issue and those with a High BMI are in danger from Covid-19. Is weight loss surgery the answer? A perspective…
Coronavirus Featured Health Mental Health News Politics Science The long and difficult road to recovery – why Coronavirus isn’t always over in a fortnight 12 Jul 2020 Tannice More and more evidence is coming to light that “long Covid”, as it’s commonly known amongst people battling it, is not just in their heads. Despite the stigma of the…
Children Culture & Lifestyle Health Mental Health News Science Women “Women’s issues” – written off, ignored and mocked for too long 9 Jul 2020 Tannice Women are used to being called hysterical. The very word itself comes from the Greek word, hysterika, meaning uterus. If you’re hysterical, your behaviour is marked by “uncontrollable, extreme emotion”.
Business Children Coronavirus Culture & Lifestyle Election Health Internet News Politics Science Television Videos Are you being gaslit by your own government? A million ways to tell 1 Jun 2020 Tannice The British public are being held in contempt by those who deign to rule us. Dominic Cummings and his employee, Boris Johnson, have already been held in contempt once by
Brexit Coronavirus Culture & Lifestyle Environment Facebook Featured Gallery Health Lifestyle Mental Health News Politics Science Coronavirus conspiracy crackdown: how are we dealing with misinformation? 13 May 2020 Tannice With Trump advocating anything from injecting Dettol right through to most likely shooting viruses in a petri dish, other conspiracies might seem to pale in comparison. In the UK, more…