Children face impeding mental health crisis after six weeks locked at home, Barnardos says
Children will need a “readjustment” term to recover from six weeks in lockdown, says Barnardo’s, as it warned of an...
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Private schools plea with ministers to allow more year groups to return to the classroom next month
Private school chiefs are pleading with ministers to allow more of their pupils to return next month, saying that their “hands are...
Inside the village where a secret millionaire is paying locals to lose weight
In Oxfordshire, things are worse still: research published last year found that 56 per cent of adults there were overweight...
Pioneering heart surgery saved my life during lockdown
Along with the rest of a grateful nation, I stood on my doorstep on Thursday night and joined the now...
How the pandemic will change the NHS and what that means for us
After weeks of restricted healthcare, there will be a backlog, and surgeons in particular will be desperately playing catch up....
Half an hour of yoga a day could lower breast cancer risk by 70pc
Participants filled in a questionnaire about their habits, including exercise as well as routines prior to their diagnosis. Dr Cannioto...
Newborn baby in Japan given liver stem cells in transplant world first
Doctors in Japan have successfully transplanted liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn baby, in a world...
Clap for Carers should stop next week before it becomes ‘negative’, says founder
Clap for Carers should stop next week before its message becomes “negative”, the architect of the gesture has suggested. Annemarie...
Britain was Europe’s fattest nation before the coronavirus crisis
Meanwhile, research has found that one third of all hospital deaths from coronavirus in England have been among diabetics -...
New mother stunned as Archbishop of Canterbury arrives at bedside to bless her son
It is hard to arrange a baby's blessing at the best of times – but it's even harder when coronavirus...
Landmark breast cancer drug to be available on NHS
A "landmark" breast cancer drug which prolongs the life of patients with a particularly aggressive form of the illness will...
Nearly 100m babies at risk of measles and polio due to cancelled vaccination services
At least 80 million babies are at risk of deadly infectious diseases because of disruption to life-saving vaccinations caused by the...
PHE waited weeks to get help from labs despite lacking coronavirus testing capacity, committee hears
She said testing had been stopped in March"because of the sheer scale of cases in the UK, which had been...
Oxford University calls for 10,000 volunteers as coronavirus vaccine testing enters next stage
Work began in January on the vaccine, which uses a virus taken from chimpanzees and has been developed by the...
coronavirus fatalities are being covered up and undercounted
The directions on the doctors' duty rota at Murshidabad Medical College Hospital were quite clear. Printed beneath the list of...
Meet Rob Belt, the man trying to climb Everest… at home
Rob also suffers from chronic fatigue; something that makes climbing the height of Everest an even more impressive feat. Yet...
Summer holiday plans face ruin as minister says quarantine to be imposed without ‘air bridge’
Mr Lewis also confirmed The Telegraph's story that spot checks would be imposed on all travellers entering the UK as...
Children half as likely as adults to catch coronavirus, UCL study finds
The study could not establish whether younger children were any less likely to be susceptible to the virus than older...
Blood test could tell doctors if coronavirus patients are likely to become seriously ill, scientists say
The finding could also help researchers develop new treatments and vaccines. If scientists could discover what is causing the immune...
Boris Johnson drops NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers after reflecting on his own treatment in hospital
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Lord Patten said that the UK was dependent on “people who come from other...
Schools must sanitise library books and monitor pupils’ face-touching as they prepare to reopen
Elsewhere, schools have been told to remove anything that is difficult to clean regularly, such as toys and soft furnishings....
First drugs to treat coronavirus could be available as early as June, scientists say
The first treatment for coronavirus could be ready by next month, scientists have said, after trialling drugs, including HIV therapies...
what will happen if we feel trapped indoors?
For years, we have been told that our mood improves in warm, sunny weather. Study after study has trumpeted the...
Coronavirus tests giving results in 20 minutes could be rolled out nationwide in six weeks
Mr Hancock said the instant tests "could change the way that we control Covid-19 across the country, getting those with...
Pubs and restaurants could reopen now without risking public health, says Oxford scientist
Prof Gupta insisted during an interview with Unherd website that her original theory was correct and the UK had already...
the long-term severe effects of Covid-19 that can go on for months
In terms of the long-term impact of the virus on the body, Prof Bolton said there is some awareness of...
Restart screening or risk ‘cancer crisis’, campaigners warn
“Cancer will not stop because of this pandemic,” the charity said. “Early diagnosis followed by swift access to the most...
