Operations reportedly scrapped as NHS gears up for coronavirus fight
Urgent operations, including for cancer, have reportedly been cancelled and "unstable" patients sent home in order to free hospital space...
Year: 2020
what to do if you think you’re infected
The new coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading fast. More than 135,000 people are known to be infected, and more than 4,900 deaths have...
Women who gain weight before the menopause cut their risk of developing breast cancer
Women who put on weight from early adulthood are less likely to develop breast cancer before they reach menopause, a...
Mystery of the transplanted hands which changed to match their new owner
When surgeons offered Shreya Siddanagowder new hands a year after she lost her own in an accident, there was a...
Donald Trump’s Europe travel ban won’t contain coronavirus spread, scientists warn
The ban imposed by the US on travel from Europe will not work to contain coronavirus, scientists have warned. On...
Human trials on coronavirus vaccine to begin in April
Human trials on a vaccine against coronavirus are due to start in April, with British scientists competing with dozens of...
NHS chiefs warn makeshift intensive care units will be needed to treat increasing numbers of coronavirus patients
UK hospitals have been told to create makeshift intensive care units and to stop treating coronavirus cases in isolation, as pressures on...
The woman who built an app that enables deaf or blind people to communicate
“It’s a natural, instinctive thing to want to communicate with other people,” says Vicki Frost, the creator of an app that...
Patients with mild coronavirus symptoms may be highly infectious, study warns
Coronavirus patients with mild symptoms are most infectious within a week of contracting the disease but are unlikely to pass...
Leaving baby to cry has no harmful effects on development, research suggests
Leaving a baby to "cry it out" has no harmful effects on their development, new research suggests. There is no...
NHS to test 10,000 people a day for coronavirus as cases expected to soar
The NHS will start testing 10,000 people a day for coronavirus, with the number of confirmed cases set to soar....
Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus
Nadine Dorries, a health minister, has become the first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK, it has...
Banks to offer mortgage ‘payment holidays’ amid coronavirus recession fears
Britain's biggest banks have announced mortgage "payment holidays" for homeowners affected by the coronavirus outbreak. RBS, TSB and Nationwide said...
Vietnam suspends visas for Britons as coronavirus cases jump after London flight infections
Vietnam has suspended visas on arrival for British citizens after passengers infected on a flight from London to Hanoi led...
‘Confused’ GPs using catering aprons because they have not been given protective equipment
GPs are using catering aprons to treat patients presenting with coronavirus symptoms because they have not been issued the proper...
An Indian vaccine billionaire is betting on developing a coronavirus cure in six months
He may not be a household name in Britain but from his baronial-style boardroom overlooking his family’s stud farm in...
People with coughs and colds will be told to self-isolate as UK braces for coronavirus surge
Anyone with a cough or cold will soon be told to self-isolate for a week as Britain prepares for a...
Boris Johnson pleads with public to shop responsibly amid reports of lavatory roll shortage
Entire towns were said to be running low on lavatory paper on Monday night as the Prime Minister urged the...
Office chairs should be switched for squatting or kneeling to stay healthy, study of hunter-gatherer tribe suggests
The heads of smug colleagues bobbing above their adjustable standing desks may have become a popular sight across UK offices. ...
UK broadband ‘won’t cope with millions working from home in coronavirus outbreak’
The UK's ageing broadband infrastructure is unable to cope with millions of people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak,...
why a warm spring could stop the virus in its tracks
Warm spring weather may help to stem the tide of coronavirus infections, because similar viruses struggle to survive in hotter...
Cancer patients in China denied treatment as all healthcare resources are diverted to coronavirus cases
Doctors told Ms Deng in January that she urgently needed chemotherapy to treat a cervical cancer relapse. But no hospital...
Insomnia among children almost doubles in seven years
Insomnia among children has almost doubled in seven years, with screentime blamed for the rise. Fuelled by factors including excessive...
Swap a burger for some nuts to halve the risk of heart disease
Replacing just 5 per cent of your daily calories from meat with plant-based alternatives nearly halves the risk of early...
What is pre-diabetes, and could you have it?
The number of pre-diabetics – people with unhealthily high blood sugar levels who are likely to go on and develop type...
How Chris Kamara is raising an ‘unbelieveable’ amount for cancer charity
Over the next month we will be seeing a lot of football managers wearing daffodil badges on their lapels. It...
Complacent governments will be torn to shreds as a coronavirus quake reshapes the global order
If the British government can buy vital weeks to “flatten the peak” and stretch the epidemic into the less contagious...
