Coronavirus survives in the air for more than an hour, Sage expert says
"We do know that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, can remain viable, can remain infectious, in these very small...
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Society of Homeopaths under review amid claims standards chief promoted anti-vaccine propaganda
On April 14, she reposted anti-vaxx content made by the Children's Health Defense - an organisation accused by NBC News...
Coronavirus research projects on NHS patients fast tracked in 24 hours to deal with ‘unprecedented’ demand
Coronavirus-related NHS research projects have been fast-tracked by the regulator, with approval times slashed from 60 days to just 24...
While Covid has been prioritised, what has become of the rest of the NHS?
A London-based consultant, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, suggests that a desire to cut costs could be to...
Councils accused of worsening obesity crisis by not reopening children’s play areas
Those at greater risk of rapid weight gain now need to be allowed to burn off energy with friends in playgrounds,...
They might as well have put up barbed wire round the GP’s surgery
SIR – I was interested in the comments by Adam Marshall of the British Chamber of Commerce on the return to...
PM planning radical revamp of the NHS
Boris Johnson is reportedly planning a radical reorganisation of the NHS in the wake of coronavirus. The Prime Minister is...
Drones delivering Covid test kits to Scottish islands get Space Agency funding
The drones, which fly automatically, take between 10-30 minutes to deliver the supplies depending on the location, and are ideal...
Shop workers and taxi drivers to be tested amid fears over asymptomatic coronavirus spread
The announcement comes as the weekly statistics for the flagship Test and Trace service revealed that the proportion of close...
‘It probably made my year’
“It's a nice thing to do that - he is still the humble person that he always was all those...
Coronavirus crisis reverses years of NHS waiting list progress as delays soar
Health policy think tanks are warning that, with hospitals set to remain hampered by the need to observe strict infection...
When swimming pools open, will they be safe?
Whilst the Government has allowed restaurants, pubs and shops to reopen their doors, leisure centres and swimming pools have remained...
This simple diet fix could help halve the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, study finds
The equivalent of eating two bananas, four broccoli spears, a portion of strawberries and a large handful of cherry tomatoes...
Sage sidelined as Government takes direct control of coronavirus response
They were told by officials that they had been "doing a lot of work", and they were reducing their sitting...
Stop pretending that you need to be rich to enjoy a healthy diet
But this report seems to have fallen prey to the same cultural cringe that has beleaguered all such efforts in...
Could they give us more answers about how coronavirus spreads?
"The message is that protecting yourself involves physical distancing. It involves hand-washing and it involves, when you can't physically distance,...
NHS must not use coronavirus crisis as excuse to avoid tackling failings, MPs say
Sir Simon Stevens, head of the NHS since 2014, has been criticised for the decision to discharge thousands of hospital...
Fears of brain damage ‘epidemic’ as rise in inflammation is linked to coronavirus
The new study identified 43 suspected or confirmed coronavirus sufferers, aged between 16 and 85, who were treated at the...
Healthcare system ‘not safe enough’ for women taking medication during pregnancy concludes review
The NHS and wider healthcare system is "not safe enough" for women taking medication during pregnancy, a damning review has concluded....
Hospitals ‘inappropriately’ turned down urgent cancer referrals during lockdown, GPs say
Cancer Research UK called for urgent checks to ensure that patients had not been left to slip through the net. ...
Rishi Sunak drops plans to force employees to pay for coronavirus tests
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has dropped controversial plans to force workers to pay for coronavirus tests organised by their employers through...
Dozens of care homes investigated over Covid safety fears
In the Commons, the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, called on Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, to apologise for the...
the exercise that everyone should be doing
By now, we know that spending too much time sitting down could take years off our life. Several studies have shown...
Some deaths caused by coronavirus would have happened later this year, says ONS
Tuesday's ONS figures show that 8,979 deaths from all causes in England and Wales were registered in the week ending...
Aftershock of Covid-19 forces millions of children into begging, child labour and early marriages
Lockdowns and travel disruptions have curtailed people’s ability to earn money, while small and medium businesses have lost income and...
‘Secretive’ data company Palantir files to go public
Palantir has confidentially filed to go public, paving the way for investors to take a stake in the historically shadowy...
Doctors set to be paid to send obese patients to slimming classes
With 29 per cent of adults in England now classed as obese – meaning a body mass index over 30 –...
