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Daily UK Covid cases breach 50,000 for first time in a month

Britain’s daily Covid cases breached 50,000 today for the first time in a month and deaths crept up — as scientists warned the super-mutant Botswana var... read more

FDA obsession with accuracy rates of Covid home-testing kits may be slowing down their availability

The United States has fallen well behind its peers in making COVID-19 testing easily available from the comfort of your home, and regulators may be to blame. At... read more

Passengers on last flights from South Africa before ban say there were ‘no additional precautions’

Passengers arriving into the UK on one of the last flights from South Africa have revealed they were not offered tests and left to mix with hundreds of other pa... read more

Health care workers fear a devastating Covid surge is around the corner

In 2020, the holiday season preceded the worst COVID-19 surge the U.S. has faced since the pandemic began. Last year, the increase in daily virus cases began to... read more

Grab Waterpik’s bestselling water flosser for its lowest price ever in Amazon’s Black Friday sale

The bestselling Waterpik water flosser that makes cleaning you teeth quick and easy is currently less than £50 for Black Friday – that’s its lowest... read more

One in 65 people had Covid in England last week as cases started to rise again, official data shows

England’s Covid crisis started to pick up again last week, official data today showed after two weeks of declining cases. Office for National Statistics (... read more

Alabama woman, 29, is set to be the first in the state to receive uterus transplant

Elizabeth Goldman always knew that she wanted to be a mother. From the time she was young, she looked forward to the day that she would be able to give birth to... read more

Daily UK Covid cases flatline with 47,240 infections up just 0.9% on last week

Britain’s Covid infections began to flatline today, official data has shown after weeks of falling deaths and hospitalisation numbers   Department of He... read more

Number of GP appointments with an actual doctor drops below 50% for first time this year

Less than half of GP appointments are now with an actual doctor, a MailOnline analysis of NHS data has revealed, the first time this figure has dropped below th... read more

Number of addicts who died while receiving treatment rose by a QUARTER during pandemic

Nearly a thousand more alcoholics and drug addicts died while receiving treatment during the first year of the pandemic, soaring by a quarter compared to one ye... read more

Number of Brits falling ill with Covid every day jumped 18% last week to 76,728

Symptomatic Covid cases rose by nearly a fifth last week with more than 76,000 Britons falling ill each day, according to a major surveillance study.  Professo... read more

Less than QUARTER of pregnant women in the UK have had a Covid vaccine, official data shows

Are vaccines safe for pregnant women? There is no evidence the vaccines cause a different reaction in pregnant women.  Side effects reported by expectant mothe... read more

How does the Covid situation in the US look this Thanksgiving compared to last year?

In 2020, Thanksgiving was a pivotal moment that set in motion America’s winter COVID-19 surge – and this year, cases are once again rising. Current ... read more

Unjabbed Brits could be BANNED from travelling to the EU next summer

Britons face being banned from travelling into the EU unless they are fully vaccinated against Covid under new rules being hammered out in Brussels today.  Und... read more

People who get reinfected with Covid are 90% less likely to be hospitalized and die from the virus

People who are reinfected with COVID-19 are less likely to be hospitalized or die than during the initial infection, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at... read more

The forgotten Covid jab that might have NO side effects on kids

The Novavax Covid vaccine, which may be just days away from approval in the UK, could be safer for children than the UK’s current jabs, experts say.  It ... read more

How To Look After Your Ageing Joints

Your joints bear a lot of stress as you age, but the majority of the time, you don’t think about them until they begin hurting. It’s time to make a ... read more

British man becomes first patient in the world to get a 3D-printed eyeball at NHS hospital in London

British man becomes first patient in the world to get a 3D-printed eyeball at NHS hospital in London Steve Verze lost his left eye 20 years ago and has been usi... read more

Get your booster by December 11 and you’ll be ‘highly protected’ at Xmas, NHS says in fresh plea

Eligible Britons have a two-week window to get a Covid booster if they want to have maximum protection from the virus on Christmas Day.  The NHS has issued a p... read more

Tips to finding a urologist specialist near you and what to look for

Urologists are medical specialists who promote the health and wellness of male reproductive organs. Part of their job entails treating genitourinary tract disea... read more

World first trial of cannabis-based drug to treat aggressive brain cancer gets the go ahead

Hundreds of cancer patients in the UK will be given a cannabis-based drug to treat their aggressive brain tumours as part of a world first trial, it was announc... read more

Risk of COVID-19 infection more than DOUBLES 90 days after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Immunity against infection from COVID-19 vaccines is waning over time, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Leumit Health Services in Israel and the U.S. ... read more

Nutritionists reveal their favorite tips of how to cut calories from Thanksgiving dishes 

Thanksgiving is a holiday all about the four Fs: family, friends, football – and a feast. We look forward to nothing more than digging into a turkey dinne... read more

AstraZeneca vaccine may give longer-lasting immunity that is shielding UK from European wave

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may give longer-lasting immunity that helping shield the UK from Europe’s latest deadly wave of the virus. the company&#... read more