Herd immunity could have saved more lives than lockdown, study suggests
It comes as thousands of scientists across the world signed the Great Barrington Declaration, calling for an end to lockdown...
Day: October 7, 2020
Life can go back to normal if we make it our common goal to achieve herd immunity
When asked how it all began for me, the image that returns is of the 90 year-old street vendor walking...
Britain’s sweet tooth defies government sugar crackdown
Sales of chocolate and sweets have increased in the past year, according to a new report showing the government’s plan...
Specialist ‘long-Covid’ clinics to be set up, says boss of NHS England
Long-Covid centres are to be established by the NHS to care for people suffering long-term effects of the virus. The...
Gender clinic offers ‘fairytale’ promises to children over transitioning, court hears
A transgender clinic offers “fairytale” promises to children because they are unable to give their consent to the sex-change process,...
Apple rolls out health records on iPhones across the UK
The service has been available in the US since 2018, where it is used by more than 500 healthcare institutions...
Scores of surgeries close as 350,000 patients lose their GP
Around 350,000 patients have lost their GP following the closure of almost 100 surgeries in the last year, research suggests. Around...
Internet watchdog sees sharp rise in self-generated child abuse images during lockdown
There has been a steep surge in the number of children being tricked into making indecent images of themselves online,...
