PM and Sec of State promise action over targeting of people with Epilepsy online
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Secretary of State Oliver Dowden have promised that action will be taken to address the issue of internet trolls sending malicious tweets to trigger seizures in people with epilepsy.
Vimpat 50mg X 14 tablets back in stock
Back in June we reported a short-term stock outage of Vimpat (lacosamide) 50mg x 14 tablets. This was due to delays in production at the pharmaceutical company’s external manufacturing site.
Exemption Cards For Face Coverings
In England, you now must wear a face covering by law in many indoor settings. This is to help control the spread of the Covid-19 virus. There are exemptions to this, for example if you feel it will cause you distress. If this is the case for you, you may wish to carry an exemption card with you.
Dame Cheryl Gillan asks Matt Hancock to commit to free flu and covid vaccines for people with epilepsy
On Thursday 16 July 2020 during the Ministerial Statement Coronavirus Update Dame Cheryl Gillan asked Matt Hancock if the Department for Health and Social Care would consider including people with epilepsy in the clinically vulnerable category for coronavirus and the flu
Wearing a face mask with epilepsy
Wearing a face covering or mask is to become mandatory in shops in England from 24 July 2020. It is already mandatory on public transport. So what does this mean for people with epilepsy?
Epilepsy Society welcomes Twitter’s ban of GIF search terms
Twitter have taken the decision to ban three key search terms, ‘epileptic, photosensitive and photosensitivity’ from its GIF search function, after internet trolls persistently used them to access flashing images with the intent of triggering seizures in people with epilepsy.