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Alzheimer’s: Daily power walks could help stave off the onset of disease, study claims

A daily power walk or bike ride in old age may cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study has claimed. Research has long shown exercise in mi... read more

CDC updates Pennsylvania’s COVID vaccination data after counting 1.2 million too many doses

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccination data after finding that about 1.2 million more doses... read more

Cancer patients with COVID-19 were TWICE as likely to die in early 2020 compared to early 2021

Cancer patients who contracted COVID-19 earlier in the pandemic were much more likely to die from the disease compared to those who got sick in early 2021, a ne... read more

Harvard study finds over-40s who use Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok more likely to feel down

A long line of research suggests spending too much time on social media is harmful to the developing brains of children. But a new study has warned that even mi... read more

Three in 10 Brits no longer self-isolate if they get Covid-like symptoms, official figures show 

Three in 10 Britons who develop Covid symptoms do not self-isolate while they wait on their test result, official figures show. The Office for National Statisti... read more

Drinking four small glasses of wine a week can raise risk of developing dementia, study suggests 

Drinking just four small glasses of wine a week can raise the risk of developing dementia, new study suggests Researchers analysed more than 15,000 people aged ... read more

NHS patients could be moved around the country under plan to reduce waiting lists

Follow-up appointments are to be scrapped and patients moved around the country under radical plans to tackle the enormous NHS waiting list backlog, it was repo... read more

Hormone therapy could prevent thousands of miscarriages each year in Britain, new NHS guidance says

Pregnant women at risk of miscarrying to be given hormone therapy on the NHS as research shows it could lead to 8,500 more births every year Women with a histor... read more

Vulnerable care home residents are being left in urine-soaked bed sheets

Vulnerable care home residents are having to lie in urine-soaked beds for hours because of a crippling staffing shortage, the UK’s largest union has warne... read more

Teachers are NOT at a higher risk dying from Covid than people in other jobs, another study finds 

Teachers are no more likely to die from Covid than other workers, a major study revealed today.  Researchers at the University of Bristol found school staff â... read more

Weekly COVID-19 cases among children rose to 141,000 – a nearly 14% increase from the week prior

COVID-19 cases among children in the U.S. are continuing to rise as the country heads into Thanksgiving. More than 141,000 American kids and teenagers tested p... read more

White House says US will NOT go into lockdown and Buttigieg says airplane mandate not on the cards

White House assures America will NOT go into another lockdown and Pete Buttigieg says domestic flight vaccine mandate is not in the cards – as poll finds ... read more

700,000 Europeans will die from Covid by March, World Health Organization warns

Another 700,000 Europeans could die from Covid this winter, the World Health Organization warned today. WHO officials suggested the continent’s death toll... read more

Two-metre social distancing rule was arbitrary and not backed up by science

Research on how well various types of masks and face coverings protect against coronavirus has varied but experts and politicians have generally leaned towards ... read more

FDA investigating death of woman who suffered brain swelling after participating in Aduhelm trial

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the death of 75-year-old Canadian woman who participated in clinical trials for the controversial ... read more

Europe hit by wave of Covid partly because it didn’t use AstraZeneca’s jab, suggests vaccine maker

Europe may be suffering a ferocious fourth wave of Covid hospital admissions because it delayed rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine to older people, the boss of... read more

Daily Covid cases continue to rise with today’s 42,484 infections up 14% in a week

Covid cases continued to rise across the UK today but deaths and hospital admissions fell, as the country’s epidemic becomes increasingly unpredictable. ... read more

Eleven vulnerable care home residents are injected with SALT WATER instead of Pfizer Covid vaccine

Eleven vulnerable care home residents were injected with salt water instead of the Pfizer Covid vaccine in Scotland, it has emerged. Residents at the Millbrae C... read more

Vaping damages DNA and raises risk of cancer the same way as cigarettes, study claims

Vaping damages people’s DNA in the same way as smoking normal cigarettes — but to a lesser degree — a study warned today. These biological changes can... read more

People with schizophrenia are four times as likely to die of COVID-19 as those without the condition

People with schizophrenia are four times as likely to die of COVID-19 as those without the condition while patients with mood disorders or anxiety are three tim... read more

Unvaccinated children had a 3% higher chance of catching Covid compared to double-jabbed in US trial

Unjabbed 12 to 15-year-olds are just three per cent more likely to catch Covid compared to fully vaccinated children, Pfizer’s own study suggests.  Just ... read more

Antibodies hit highest level EVER in over-80s as 96% of elderly now have virus-fighting proteins

More over-80s have Covid antibodies than ever before just two months after the booster roll out began, official figures suggest. The latest Office for National ... read more

Covid death rate fell by a FIFTH last month in England, official data shows

The proportion of deaths caused by Covid in England fell by a fifth last month, official data showed today although a separate release suggests fatalities are n... read more

New Delta subvariant of Covid is MORE infectious and will be dominant in Britain

A Delta subvariant of Covid that is more infectious than its ancestor strain is now behind one in six cases in England and is on its way to becoming dominant in... read more