Why are so many people from BAME backgrounds dying from coronavirus?
Manjeet Singh Riyat, who was the United Kingdom's first Sikh A&E consultant, died on April 20. Mr Riyat was described...
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MPs hit out at Jacob Rees-Mogg over call to return to Parliament
Secret trials last month revealed that ditching the traditional Aye and No lobbies and having MPs queue to vote at...
Two-metre rule halves chances of catching coronavirus, first major social distancing study finds
For the new study, an international group of scientists analysed data from research into the Covid-19, Sars and Mers viruses,...
NHS doctor’s legal bid to force Government to release papers on pandemic preparedness
Dr Qureshi and Mr Greene are requesting that the High Court declares that the Secretary of State's decision to refuse...
Police cannot go into homes to check if lockdown rules are being breached
A National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and College of Policing memo said: "From June 1 2020, the approach to restrictions has...
Up to 550,000 children stuck at home as councils across the country continue to defy ministers and tell schools not to open
Up to 550,000 primary school pupils were kept at home on Monday morning after more than 50 councils opposed Boris Johnson's...
NHS trusts were told to carry out thousands of tests in race to hit Government’s 200,000 target
Ultimately, it is hoped that such tests could show that a person is protected from getting the virus again –...
Google executive advised NHS on how to collect confidential patient data
A Google executive who oversaw an "illegal" NHS data sharing project has been advising the health service on collecting confidential patient information...
NHS volunteer army has only carried out 250,000 tasks, it emerges, despite 600,000 signing up
The NHS volunteer army has only carried out 250,000 tasks, it has emerged, despite 600,000 people approved to help vulnerable people...
Testing capacity target reached a day early, but senior Conservatives warn it must be translated into real tests
Boris Johnson’s target to boost testing capacity to 200,000 has been met a day early, the government said, but senior...
Coronavirus patients can suffer ‘extreme tiredness and shortness of breath for months’, government scientists warn
Coronavirus patients could suffer "extreme tiredness and shortness of breath for several months", government scientists have warned. Newly-released papers by...
GPs using remote stethoscopes to examine patients who are shielding or in care homes
Dr Triska, who is digital first clinical director at Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, a coalition of NHS trusts...
Some people will be ‘resistant’ to going into isolation when contacted by NHS tracers, Public Health England admits
Some Britons will be resistant to going into isolation when contacted by Covid-19 tracers because lockdown has had such a...
How to protect your child’s mental health as they return to school
One mother, a psychiatrist working in offender mental health, has two daughters, aged seven and four. The eldest is on...
Prostate cancer sufferers could be treated with ultrasound to avoid side effects, major study finds
Professor Hashim Ahmed, from Imperial College London, said: “Radiotherapy is effective in most men but for the thousands of men...
People shielding from coronavirus ‘feeling left behind’ as lockdown measures ease
High-risk people who have spent more than two months shielding from coronavirus say they feel "left behind and forgotten about",...
What are the Government’s five tests, and what happens now they’ve been met?
All five of the Government’s tests have now been met, meaning the UK will move to the next stage of...
The Government’s 50-page roadmap out of lockdown, explained
Quarantine Quarantine for people coming into the UK will be introduced from June 8, with new measures requiring the isolation of...
NHS workers should wear face masks at home and avoid having family meals, study finds
Researchers said that people who are at most risk should consider the measures to prevent passing on the disease to...
People asked to self-isolate will not be told name of informant amid fears of reprisals
People asked to self-isolate will not be told the name of the person who handed over their information, amid fears...
‘For the sake of my career I won’t be breastfeeding my second child’
I run my own successful business and I’m expecting my second child. I cannot step away from my company to...
The NHS Test and Trace system, explained
Your questions answered Does my whole household have to isolate? This advice will only be issued to those who test...
Patients with asthma and cancer removed from coronavirus shielding list by text
Asthma, transplant and cancer patients will no longer be required to shield, the Government has suggested in a text message...
‘A forest fire isn’t under control just because you’ve stopped it from advancing’
I’ve been doing nights over the past week and we are starting to see some empty intensive care beds appear...
What is the coronavirus test and trace system, and how will it work?
The end of a nationwide lockdown could be on the horizon, as the Health Secretary announced new plans to test...
British baby is first in world to get cannabis treatment
A British baby has become the first in the world to be given a cannabis-derived medicine as part of a...
Covid-19 pandemic could increase child mortality in Cambodia by 35 per cent, report warns
Lenio Capsakis, Head of Health Policy at Save the Children, said: “This pandemic could reverse many of the gains we’ve...
