How to fix your sleeping pattern and beat insomnia during lockdown
But here’s the dilemma: while we need sleep more than ever to bulletproof our immune systems in the face of coronavirus,...
Year: 2020
Unlike with Spanish flu, trek from the peak of coronavirus will be long
The second and most lethal wave of the 1918 Spanish flu swept through towns and cities in weeks. It peaked...
All care home residents showing coronavirus symptoms will be tested, ministers pledge
Every care home resident showing symptoms of coronavirus will be tested for the disease, ministers have promised after facing accusations...
Calls for names of Sage scientists to be made public amid fears over transparency around coronavirus
The identities of many of the scientists dictating Britain's strategy in combating coronavirus are being kept secret for their own...
Game-changing ventilators have yet to be given approval by medical regulator
None of the new life-saving mechanical ventilators ordered last month to cope with the increase in coronavirus patients has so...
Eamonn Holmes forced to ‘clarify’ 5G coronavirus comments as Ofcom receives over 400 complaints
Eamonn Holmes has "clarified" his comments after suggesting on ITV's This Morning programme that links between coronavirus and 5G should...
Almost 120 million children at risk of measles as coronavirus concerns interrupt vaccinations
A “staggering” number of children could be left vulnerable to measles as national immunisation campaigns are shut down to prevent...
The 10 days of Government prevarication that left care homes to fend for themselves in the coronavirus crisis
In care homes across Britain, a silent crisis is unfolding. While the Government has focused its attention and resources on...
Astronauts who spend too long in space return with greater dementia risk, study finds
Astronauts who spend too long in space without gravity return with bigger brains and a higher risk of dementia, a...
Coronavirus deaths 50 per cent higher than Government figures suggested, with deadliest week since records began
The true scale of the death toll from coronavirus in England and Wales is becoming clearer, with one in five...
How to fix your sleep pattern
The last time I interviewed the sleep doctor Dr Guy Meadows he reeled off some of the things that can...
How Britain planned for a pandemic but didn’t address chronically low PPE stocks
In hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses are facing an agonising dilemma. Do they continue to treat coronavirus patients...
could this soup speed up the Prime Minister’s recovery from coronavirus?
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperates at Chequers, like many who have escaped with their lives from Covid-19, he’ll be...
Fears half of coronavirus deaths may be in care homes as officials accused of ‘airbrushing out’ older people
UK death figures are "airbrushing out" hundreds of older people, Age UK claims, after a university study found that half...
Now official advice may be to wear face masks in public to fight coronavirus
People could soon be advised to wear masks in public after the country’s chief scientist said the current policy was...
A third of NHS and critical workers tested have coronavirus, figures show amid fears over PPE shortages
A third of NHS and critical key workers tested for coronavirus are infected, new figures show, amid fears that personal...
First person in world to trial coronavirus vaccine describes her experience
The injection, applied to the left shoulder, lasted only a few seconds. But with it came the hopes of a...
Spain starts to relax coronavirus lockdown as face masks handed out in public spaces
Spain relaxed some of its tough lockdown measures on Monday, with workers handed face masks at major transport hubs as...
Bus drivers shutting off front doors in coronavirus outbreak threatened with disciplinary procedures
Bus drivers have complained that they are being threatened with the sack for trying to protect themselves from coronavirus by...
horse racing trainer turned key worker driving supplies for the NHS
When Giles Bravery retired from the training ranks in 2017 after 26 years, the sport may have lost one of...
Fears for cancer care as up to 2,000 referrals are missed every week
Up to 2,000 cancer referrals are being missed every week, it emerged on Sunday , as the Government prepares to...
Hospital ignores national policy to allow loved ones to be with dying relatives
A hospital has become the first to adapt national policy around allowing loved ones to be with their dying relatives,...
Electrocomponents issues call to arms to use 3D printers for NHS masks
FTSE-250-listed distributor Electrocomponents is urging anybody with a 3D printer to start making masks for the NHS after healthcare unions warned...
everything we know about the search for a Covid-19 vaccine
As Covid-19 has rapidly spread around the world there has been a mad scramble to find a vaccine. On January 10, China shared the...
Thales defends Welsh NHS from hackers exploiting virus
Defence company Thales is providing cyber security protection for NHS hospitals in Wales, following attacks on health services around the...
Smaller countries that spend less on healthcare are doing a better job than Britain
Germany spends a few percentage points more than the UK on healthcare, but uses a compulsory social insurance-based system. Healthcare...
Intensive care units running short of drugs, warns Royal College of Anaesthetists
Anaesthetic drugs in intensive care units treating coronavirus patients are running short, specialists warned on Sunday. The Royal College of...
