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Donald Trump’s scientific illiteracy rapidly moving from risible to lethal
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How super striker Sue Lopez paved way for the professionals
“I am sure my dementia has been caused by all the heading,” she says. “I did get headaches. I did...
Can I take ibuprofen to treat coronavirus symptoms? Expert advice on painkillers and Covid-19
Why might ibuprofen make Covid-19 worse? Experts speculate that as an anti-inflammatory, it could dampen your immune response to the...
What is PPE and how can it help NHS workers?
'It is a waste of time and effort fitting a mask for someone with facial hair' Martin Kerlogue asked: "It is...
Why a second coronavirus wave is on the horizon, and what that means for the UK’s exit strategy
"We must assume and prepare for the fact that this is not a discrete one-off episode," he said. "My belief...
Am I an essential worker? The Government list of key workers
Food and other necessary goods Food chain workers, including those involved in production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery of goods....
Coronavirus vaccine row grows as Matt Hancock says UK jab must go to British people first
A Government source said: "We have to strike a balance here. If another country is first to develop the vaccine...
Dialysis could be rationed amid shortage of machines to treat sickest coronavirus patients
Fiona Loud, the policy director at the charity Kidney Care UK, said: "This shortage must be treated as an exceptionally...
Coronavirus testing opened up to 10 million key workers and families
From Friday, employers will be able to register and refer key worker staff self-isolating because they or someone in their...
Coronavirus cases in China’s first wave might have been four times official figure, study finds
"Still, this would be an underestimate of the number of infections up to that point because it would not have...
I clap for carers – but the dos and don’ts of clap etiquette are getting more complicated by the week
It has become a heart-warming ritual: every Thursday night, at 8pm sharp, the nation steps outside its front doors and...
Does having cancer make me more vulnerable to coronavirus?
Senior doctors wrote to Matt Hancock this week calling for him to increase capacity in hospitals for cancer patients over...
UK pursues South Korean-style exit strategy with push on contact tracing
Britain will pursue a South Korean style exit strategy as the UK's testing star said 100,000 tests a day will...
‘The virus arrived – and my treatment stopped’ What it’s like to have cancer in lockdown
Over the next two weeks, I have to decide whether or not to go ahead with chemotherapy that could prolong...
Why a second coronavirus wave is on the horizon and what that means for the UK’s exit strategy
In a press conference beamed across the nation on March 12, a bullish Boris Johnson announced that the government’s coronavirus...
Social distancing due to coronavirus will ‘last for a year’ to prevent second wave
“The effectiveness of test, track and trace to keep the reproductive rate of this virus down is determined by the...
NHS doctors told not to use Zoom for video calls with patients due to security concerns
Doctors and nurses are being told not to use Zoom for virtual appointments with patients during the coronavirus pandemic over...
How the decision to take control of PPE is coming back to bite the government
“They don’t appear to know exactly what they want when it comes to the regulatory requirements, and exact specifications,” said...
The inside story of the Oxford v Imperial race to develop world’s first coronavirus vaccine
At Oxford, Prof Gilbert's team is effectively trying to adapt a different virus, taken from chimpanzees, to do the job....
Are doctors surgeries and dentists open? How coronavirus impacts your day-to-day health appointments
Are private tests worth it? Public Health England (PHE) says that you will only receive a free test for Covid-19...
What is PPE and how can it help NHS workers? Your questions answered
The news that millions of pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) are being shipped from Britain to Europe despite NHS...
Problems with PHE’s Covid-19 tests raise serious questions over UK’s coronavirus response
Now a new problem has emerged: the original PHE tests, according to a memo sent by its senior lab team, were...
Foreign visitors aged over 50 should be barred from UK because of risk they could add to stress on NHS, says think tank
Foreign visitors to the UK aged over 50 from outside the EU should be barred from Britain during the pandemic...
Professor Stephen Hawking’s family donate his ventilator to NHS hospital
She said she hoped people might be "a bit more compassionate and a bit kinder" following the virus crisis. Prof...
Public Health England admits coronavirus tests used to send NHS staff back to work are flawed
Experts likened PHE's approach to sending out a recipe and ingredients – leaving a margin for error, depending on the...
UK ‘throwing everything’ at search for coronavirus vaccine, with human trials set to begin
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government's chief scientific adviser, has previously warned that most vaccines in development are "long shots". On...
