City-dwellers are encouraged to take a 20 minutes walk in local green spaces to improve their mood and stay well during winter.
Category: Health
How vegans and vegetarians can keep their bones healthy
A new study has linked a vegan diet with increased risk of bone fractures. Here is how you can ensure your bones maintain optimum health.
The Kingston Cycling Campaign: Boosting bicycle use in the local area
Cycling infrastructure in Kingston has improved massively since 2014, when Transport for London awarded the borough with a £32 million grant to encourage bicycle riding.
Kingston university students campaign to raise £5,000 for men’s health this Movember
This year, a range of Kingston University (KU) sports clubs, societies and individuals have been working to raise £5,000 pounds for the campaign.
Prime Minister faces backlash as MPs vote on new coronavirus measures
On Tuesday December 1, MPs will vote on prime minister Boris Johnson’s three Tier system which is to come in to force on Wednesday, after the current lockdown ends.
COMMENT: Scotland’s free access to period products is the best thing to come out of 2020
Scotland’s decision to make sanitary products free and available to all is arguably the best things to come out of 2020. Now it is about time the rest of the world follows suit.
Covid-19: PM’s winter plan for coronavirus
Boris Johnson has put forward his plan to reduce the spread of coronavirus this winter, as England leaves national lockdown in early December. The latest
The Good Food Co-Op: Making healthy fruit and veg accessible for all
Driven by the issue of food insecurity that coronavirus either exacerbated or brought to light, every box purchased by Kingston residents has subsidised a box of fresh fruit and/or veg for local individuals and families in need. Order online at www.goodfoodcoop.org.uk
Covid-19 mass testing to take place in Kingston
Kingston is set to become one of the 67 areas chosen for mass testing of Covid-19 the health secretary Matt Hancock announced last week.
Can we trust a coronavirus vaccine?
It has been an exciting few weeks. First Pfizer announced a 90 per cent efficacy of its vaccine candidate, then Moderna one-upped it with 94 per cent. Then, in the early hours of Monday morning, November 23, the Oxford vaccine was shown to have 70 per cent effectiveness – increasing to 90 if people were given an initial half dose followed by a booster. The Oxford vaccine also has the advantage of being by far the cheapest and easiest to store of the three.
