Thirty million will be offered free flu jabs to help NHS fight coronavirus second wave
They hope a dramatic cut in the number of people who catch flu will avoid any danger of the NHS...
Day: July 23, 2020
Holidaymakers could face quarantine on return to Britain under new ‘red list’ alert system
The review is understood to make very few changes to the 74 destinations exempted from the 14-day quarantine in the...
Advertising of unhealthy food faces curbs as Boris Johnson prepares to reveal obesity strategy
Phil Smith, the chief executive of ISBA, which represents leading advertisers, said: "We are deeply concerned by reports that the...
Warning of ‘cancer deaths tsunami’ as disease claims almost 1,000 more lives at home in lockdown
There have been 950 excess cancer deaths in Scottish homes during the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show. The weekly release from...
Don’t buy face coverings for babies, parents are told
Parents are being warned not to buy face coverings for babies and young children, after health officials found retailers targeting...
NHS contact-tracing app Ethics Board scrapped
The NHSX Ethics Board had previously provided advice to Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, on ethical and practical challenges surrounding the...
City dwellers will be within a 30-min walk of Covid testing centre, under plans to expand Test and Trace
The plans come amid increasing concern that the NHS Test and Trace system is failing to reach adequate numbers of...
Solo camping is the perfect tonic if you’ve been cooped up with your family for too long
As a result, I’ve been literally dreaming of being in isolated places: swimming in the sea, walking in mountains, running...
from heart health to weight loss (yes, really)
In times of stress, times of sadness, times of celebration, happiness, boredom, Friday night, any night – many of us...
When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready? Latest news on UK trials
The findings, led by the National Institutes of Health, have not been peer-reviewed or published, but Professor Robin Shattock, Professor...
How the Precision Medicine Project can Speed up Covid-19 Treatment?
Nowadays, the world is going through an exceptional calamity of a different virus known as COVID-19. This originated at the...
Limiting TV time to two hours could minimise health risks
Adults could minimise their exposure to health risks associated with watching TV if they limit viewing time to two hours...
