what the Government’s 50-page roadmap means for you
Although the document says the reopening of sports stadia will come "significantly later" than the lifting of other restrictions, sporting...
Month: May 2020
Unicef warns lockdown could kill more than Covid-19 as model predicts 1.2 million child deaths
The risk of children dying from malaria, pneumonia or diarrhoea in developing countries is spiralling due to the pandemic and...
Genetic analysis of thousands of coronavirus patients may explain huge differences in case severity
The entire genetic code of up to 35,000 coronavirus sufferers will be analysed to find out why some people nearly...
Location data from NHS contact-tracing app could help avoid second lockdown, says former Health Secretary
“It may well be that the relaxation of lockdown or reimposition of lockdown requirements at some point in the future...
Dementia patients three times more likely to get severe coronavirus, study finds
Professor David Melzer, who led the research team, said: "These initial results suggest that some risky pre-existing diseases in older...
Scotland set to cut juror numbers for criminal trials to adhere to social distancing rules
Lady Dorrian, the senior judge who presided over Alex Salmond's trial in March, will lead the panel amid growing fears...
Age UK calls for clarity on what new coronavirus social distancing rules mean for grandparents
After first announcing the changes, the Government was forced to correct even its most senior ministers in their interpretation of...
Wuhan to test entire 11m population as new cases raise fears of second coronavirus wave
Another member of the cluster is an 89-year-old man with a history of hypertension and cerebral infraction, who began experiencing...
Care home deaths account for 40 per cent of UK coronavirus fatalities
Care home deaths now account for 40 per cent of coronavirus fatalities in England and Wales, official data shows, despite...
The over 70s can optimise their health by bridging the generation gap
In his television broadcast on Sunday, Boris Johnson made three important points about the health effects of the next, more...
what the new rules mean for you
Although the document says the reopening of sports stadia will come "significantly later" than the lifting of other restrictions, sporting...
Clergy to start streaming services from churches this week, Archbishop designate confirms
The guidance that churches must close completely was given on March 23 in response to the outbreak and has been...
Drug championed by Donald Trump to be trialed in UK among vulnerable groups
A trial of a drug championed by Donald Trump will be carried out in British communities, in an attempt to...
Coronavirus vaccine ‘may never be found’
Elsewhere researchers at Imperial have developed a candidate which, when injected, will deliver the genetic instructions to muscle cells to...
France adopts similar message to UK as Boris Johnson denies scientists did not back ‘Stay Alert’ slogan
On Sunday, before Mr Johnson gave his 7pm televised address to the nation, Ms Sturgeon condemned ditching the slogan that...
Meet the man who is giving free games to NHS workers
Although gaming is now a more mainstream activity than it has ever been, it’s a medium that devotees often feel is not given quite...
Scientists advising on NHS app say modelling reveals it may save more lives than Apple and Google version
Most of the countries using Apple and Google's model do not alert people to self-isolate until a user has a...
Government’s 50-page roadmap out of lockdown and what it means for you
Boris Johnson has published his plan to "give people hope" in the form of his long-awaited "road map" for getting...
Coronavirus no longer an epidemic in UK, Oxford study finds, with cases falling below threshold
Overall rates of respiratory infections fell from 20.4 to 3.3 per 10,000 after the lockdown was introduced. "Rates of upper...
Classic Disney films can improve chemotherapy patients’ emotional state, study finds
Classic Disney films can dramatically improve chemotherapy patients' emotional state, a study has found. Scientists at the Medical University of...
UK tourism bosses urge people to stay away after being ‘shocked’ by Boris Johnson announcement
Richard Leafe, the chief executive of the Lake District National Park, said the announcement could be "very difficult" for communities...
Nursery sector calls for clarity about whether to reopen as more parents set to return to work
As the leaders of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies rejected the new "stay alert" slogan and said they...
The UK professions carrying the highest risk of death from coronavirus
Security guards, taxi drivers and chefs are the workers most likely to die from coronavirus, facing a higher risk even...
‘Wild swimming has changed our lives’
“My second pregnancy was difficult; I was diagnosed with birth trauma from the birth of my daughter. I lacked strength...
British cybersecurity firm leads international alliance to defend the NHS
He went on: "There is a very broad range of attacks going on, from harvesting the details of individuals and...
The big lockdown foot health problem
Few things are greater levellers than a pair of feet, as proved by the Duchess of Sussex, who allegedly runs...
Protein may explain why men with heart disease have higher coronavirus risk than women
Men with heart failure appear to have higher concentrations of a protein in their blood that enables coronavirus to infect...
