As the World Health Organisation scrambles for a cure to the Coronavirus, a further crisis is simmering: The global dependence on China for the production of key ingredients in the global supply chain for antibiotics, diabetes drugs, painkillers and also many electronic components for medical devices.

More than 750 plaintiffs are suing Johns Hopkins University over its role in a series of medical experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s and 1950s during which subjects were deliberately infected with syphilis, gonorrhoea and other infections as part of study into sexually transmitted diseases (STD) without their consent.

An international group of consultants is to be appointed by the Government to examine the use of fluoride in the public water supply.

I WISH to respond to the series of utterly scandalous letters which you have published recently in respect of the cervical cancer vaccination, all of which have emanated from people with links to various conservative Christian organisations (Kathy Sinnott, Nora Bennis, Fr Eamon McCarthy, et al).