‘My mother died of the same cancer but I didn’t think I’d have it’
The artist Tracey Emin has revealed that during lockdown she was diagnosed with a potentially fatal bladder cancer. Speaking to...
Year: 2020
Children with older sisters in developing countries do better, study suggests
Having an older sister can have as much of an impact on a child's development in low- and middle-income countries...
The ‘Dominic Cummings effect’ on Britain’s start-ups
The pandemic has become the ultimate proving ground for Dominic Cummings’ unabashed campaign to use technology to improve government. As...
NHS staff and families accounted for one in six Covid hospital cases, study reveals
The team at Glasgow University examined data from 158,445 healthcare workers in Scotland aged between 18 and 65 and 229,905...
Covid disruption could mean 50,000 are living with undiagnosed cancer, charity warns
The analysis forms part of a new report entitled "The Forgotten C?", which says the backlog has been caused by...
Epigenetic clock could shed light on brain ageing’s link to dementia
Scientists have developed a clock that could provide insights into how accelerated ageing in the brain might be associated with...
Up to 10 per cent of England’s population could be tested each week
Up to 10 per cent of England’s population could be tested each week using 30-minute saliva kits. Government officials have...
Tracey Emin reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer
"I was feeling happy, excited about my future - anything could happen, like the stars were aligning. "I just felt...
Whitehall scrambles private sector to avoid second wave disaster
The documents warned that the task force, which has about 200 staff and directs the Government’s pandemic response, is often...
Five ways to boost your immunity
This week’s immunity study from Imperial College London certainly makes sombre reading. The React-2 trial, which asked about 350,000 people...
Just one in six people who should be self-isolating told to do so
However, statisticians at University College London (UCL) said even this figure is likely to flatter the system, with its true...
10,000 people a day could receive false positives in Operation Moonshot, researchers say
Plans to test 10 million people a day could see tens of thousands of people self-isolating needlessly, experts have said....
Second Covid wave forecast to be more deadly than the first
The growing concerns of Government scientists may explain the Prime Minister's determination to stick to a policy that has proved...
Covid risk no longer increased by travelling abroad
Going abroad no longer increases the risk of getting Covid-19, the latest formal data reveals. A survey by the Office...
When will a coronavirus jab be ready in the UK?
Since coronavirus emerged in January almost 200 vaccine candidates have been put into development, with at least 15 in human trials. ...
Covid immunity may only last months, study finds
On Monday, the researchers warned that Britain is "a long, long way" from anything approaching herd immunity. Helen Ward, a...
Hospices may close this winter without regular coronavirus tests for staff
She added: "We do not want people who need our help to decide not to come to one of our...
Nottingham and Warrington agree deals to move into Tier 3 Covid restrictions
Nottingham – with a population of 330,000 – and Warrington will join the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and...
‘Super pea’ could reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes, researchers find
A "super pea" should be added to flour to stave off diabetes, Imperial College London researchers have said, with a...
‘Mask tax’ row as Rishi Sunak refuses to extend VAT holiday on PPE
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has refused to extend a VAT holiday on personal protective equipment, with Labour describing the move...
What’s your ‘Covid age’?
“Part of me feels there is a need to get away from raw age in the risk tools,” says Dr...
NHS staff ‘ashamed’ they can’t serve good food to patients
The authors said it was wrong that mothers who gave birth in the middle of the night, or people who...
Nurses, dietitians should create hospital menus, and help eradicate ‘inedible’ food
Nurses and dietitians should help draw up menus in their hospitals, an official review will recommend, in a bid to...
Time to end the disastrous leadership vacuum in NHS Test and Trace
There is a spaghetti of command and control at the top, which is incapable of coherent analysis, assessment, planning and...
Government scientists have blown apart their own case for lockdown
What with all the excitements of last week – the rock star mayor of Manchester winning a moral war in...
Care homes in Bradford told to use telemedicine for residents with Covid symptoms
Telemedicine should be used as a first port of call to consult on care home residents with Covid symptoms, new...
Libraries see surge in e-book borrowing amid concerns over book hygiene during lockdown.
Libraries have seen a surge in e-book borrowing amid concerns over book hygiene during the height of lockdown. Borrowing of...
