How a simple eye scan could tell how likely you are to die in the next decade Study says people with retinas older than their actual age were at increased riskÂ... read more
While it is starting to appear that the Omicron COVID-19 wave could be nearing its end, one model projects a grim future ahead for the United States, modeling t... read more
Children make up less than 0.1% of all Covid deaths since the pandemic began in 2020 despite making up 20% of population, CDC reveals Data from the CDC shows th... read more
Pfizer’s new oral Covid treatment showed effectiveness against the Omicron variant in lab tests in what could be a boon to America’s fight against C... read more
Blood tests could determine odds of critically ill Covid patients surviving battle with disease, doctors say German scientists analysed the blood of 50 critical... read more
Up to three-quarters of reported symptoms of the COVID-19 vaccines may not be entirely real, a new study suggests. A research team from Harvard University perfo... read more
The UK’s daily Covid cases dropped for the 13th day in a row today and hospital admissions have now started to trend downwards as it emerged Boris Johnso... read more
Up to three quarters of side effects caused by the Covid vaccine may be ‘all in the head’, experts say. Millions of people across the world claim ... read more
The millionaire frontrunner to become NHS England’s new chairman today revealed he uses private healthcare. Ex-banker Richard Meddings — who was in ch... read more
Covid was not the underlying cause of death in nearly a quarter of virus-related fatalities last week, official figures suggest. The most up-to-date Office fo... read more
Covid infections are falling in the U.S. for the first time since the Omicron variant erupted at the end of 2021. The nation recorded 721,651 new cases on Monda... read more
The Health Secretary is planning to set up academy style hospitals to tackle post-pandemic waiting lists. Under the re-organisation, Sajid Javid will give more ... read more
Paying extra to NHS bosses does not boost quality of hospitals as managers spend more time on box-ticking than boosting performance, study suggests Employing mo... read more
Health chiefs have extended the shelf life of Pfizer’s Covid jabs over fears millions of injections would have to be binned. A slowdown in the booster dri... read more
Not so long ago, the very idea of swallowing live bacteria to boost our health would have seemed utterly ridiculous. But in the past two decades, the market for... read more
NHS hospitals will soon start trials of a new procedure to treat obesity by turning off the ‘hunger hormone’. Kirsten Kerfoot, 32, a nurse and mother of o... read more
In the wake of the pandemic, millions are reporting trouble sleeping. For the past three days we’ve shared advice from consultant neurologist and sleep specia... read more
Covid could be turning children into ‘fussy eaters’ because it can distort their sense of smell, experts say Covid can trigger parosmia, which cau... read more
We used to refer to the menopause with a shameful whisper, as the M-word. That has stopped since so many career women and celebrities have spoken out about thei... read more
Covid infection can cause debilitating brain condition that causes more damage than Alzheimer’s in some elderly people, study finds Many elderly people wh... read more
For Helen and Simon Wright, attending the inquest into the death of their 15-year-old daughter Annabel was always going to be an ordeal. They were, however, det... read more
Could the medieval cure of bloodletting be a treatment for gout? A review of studies involving nearly 1,000 people suggests the ancient therapy, largely abandon... read more
