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Half of the 3,187 ‘Covid patients’ in Massachusetts hospitals admitted for an unrelated condition 

Almost half of ‘Covid hospitalizations’ in Massachusetts are among people who were admitted for a non-virus related reason. The revelation by state ... read more

Ministers slammed over classroom ventilation scheme as children sit in freezing classrooms

Ministers have been accused of leaving thousands of schoolchildren to shiver through a second Covid winter in freezing classrooms by being slow to act over vent... read more

Could CBD help in the fight against Covid?

CBD — the trendy cannabis-derived supplement — may help fight off a Covid infection, a lab study suggests. A team of researchers from the University of Chi... read more

Is UK’s Omicron wave already flattening off? Daily Covid cases drop just 4% in a week

There were signs the UK’s wave of Omicron infections was starting to level off today as the country reported just a 4 per cent fall in daily cases — but... read more

Nicola Sturgeon ‘seriously twisted Covid figures to suggest Scotland better off than in England’

Nicola Sturgeon is accused of ‘twisting’ Covid figures to make England look worse as Lib Dems report her to UK statistics watchdog Nicola Sturgeon h... read more

UK health chiefs are now officially keeping tabs on ‘stealth’ version of Omicron

British health chiefs are now officially keeping tabs on a ‘stealth’ version of Omicron amid fears it may have spread to more than 1,000 people.  T... read more

Should UK ditch daily Covid data updates?

Scientists today called on the Government to stop publicising its daily Covid figures because they are becoming ‘misleading’ and fuelling an ‘... read more

Covid was still fourth biggest killer in England in December, official data reveals

Covid was still fourth biggest killer in England in December, official data reveals There were 2,856 Covid deaths registered in England and Wales last month dow... read more

Men and women’s brains really do work differently

It’s often said that men and women’s brains work so differently that one sex is from Venus and the other is from Mars. Well now a new study supports... read more

US Covid deaths increase by 13% over the past seven days with 1,953 Americans dying daily

Covid deaths are continuing to rise in the U.S., even as cases fall. The nation recorded 2,479 new deaths on Thursday – the third consecutive day where ov... read more

China’s flagship Covid vaccine may offer virtually zero protection against Omicron

China’s Covid vaccine may offer virtually zero protection against Omicron, scientists have warned.  Two doses of the CoronaVac jab was found to trigger &... read more

Wearing masks on planes DOES cut risk of Covid spreading, study confirms

Many travellers have bemoaned having to wear a mask for an entire flight but it does reduce the chance of spreading Covid, a study has confirmed. Chinese exper... read more

67-year-old father goes to hospital with hernia… to find he has OVARY attached to testicle

Father, 67, born missing a testicle goes to hospital with a ‘hernia’… only to find out his 15cm-wide bulge contained an ovary, womb and fallop... read more

Girls are more likely to put on weight if their grandfathers smoked before puberty, study suggests

Men who smoked before hitting puberty are more likely to have fat granddaughters or even great-granddaughters, a study suggests. University of Bristol researche... read more

Bionic eye implant lets blind woman see

Bionic eye implant lets blind woman see: Grandmother, 88, becomes first patient in country to benefit from ground-breaking treatment Dry age-related macular deg... read more

Addiction rates are rising in the UK: The facts you need to know

Despite the UK having strict laws and penalties for illicit drug suppliers, it has one of the highest rates of death by drugs in Europe. It averages out to 76 d... read more

5 Things You Should Not Do To Your Body

Your body is a temple, and you need to start treating it like it’s sacred. We often get so caught up in our daily lives that we don’t dedicate time ... read more

A glass of wine a day is NOT good for your heart, experts say 

We have often been told by experts that a glass of wine a day can be good for our health. But now the ‘widespread notion’ that drinking moderately c... read more

Children can get over peanut allergies by slowly increasing their exposure, study suggests

Daily doses of peanut powder may help nearly three quarters of children overcome their allergies, a study suggested today.  Researchers tested the effects of s... read more

‘Brain fog’ caused by Covid could be a result of how the virus affects a person’s spinal fluid

The development of memory loss and cognitive issues, often referred to as ‘brain fog’, as a result of Covid infection could be tied to the way the v... read more

Fauci says Pfizer vaccine could soon receive authorization for kids under the age of 5

Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Wednesday that he expects the Food and Drug Administration to approve the Pfizer-BioNTe... read more

Covid UK: Black-Caribbean Britons are least likely to be triple-jabbed, latest figures show

Black-Caribbean people are the least likely ethnic group to have had a Covid booster vaccine in England, official data shows. Just a third of adults in the grou... read more

Daily Covid cases fall just 1.6% in a week as Omicron curve begins to level off

Britain’s daily Covid cases fell by a single percent in a week today in an early hint that the recent dramatic plunge in Omicron might be starting to leve... read more

Minister defends Government cancer record despite treatment delays and spiralling diagnostic waits

A health minister has defended the Government’s record on treating cancer despite data showing more Britons are waiting longer for urgent treatment than e... read more