Americans bought more cigarettes during the COVID-19 pandemic than they had in previous years, a new study suggests. Researchers at the American Cancer Society ... read more
More than 10 million Americans have received boosters shots since they became available in the U.S. this August, new data reveal. These include about 6.7 millio... read more
Pfizer – distributor of the world’s most commonly used COVID-19 vaccine – has been accused of using its large control over the life-saving jab... read more
A new sublineage of the highly contagious Delta variant that is gaining traction in the UK has been detected in the U.S. Known as AY.4.2, it currently makes up ... read more
England’s Covid booster jab rollout is struggling to get off the mark because so many mass vaccination centres have been closed and GPs are too busy, it w... read more
COVID-19 case rates in New York City public schools have remained low this fall despite concerns from parents and school staff about reopening with no remote op... read more
Britain’s Covid crisis is continuing to expand with officials recording a seven-month high in deaths today, as data suggests an even more transmissible va... read more
Virginia Gov Ralph Northam (pictured) has still not fully recovered his sense of taste and smell a year after contracting COVID-19. Northam encourages his const... read more
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective at reducing the risk of hospitalization in teenagers, according to a new report from the Centers fo... read more
Professor Stephen Powis said: ‘I think that we need to move in our hospitals much more to single rooms being the default for privacy and dignity, for infe... read more
GPs have ‘out-and-out rejected’ No10’s £250million proposals to give patients more face-to-face appointments. Nine in ten family doctors quiz... read more
A subvariant of the Covid Delta strain could be more infectious than its ancestor, experts warned today after data revealed the proportion of cases linked to th... read more
Smokers who switch to e-cigs instead of quitting all tobacco products are 10% more likely to relapse and use cigarettes again, study finds A person who drops ci... read more
Low-income neighborhoods where many essential workers live are particularly vulnerable to dangerous coronavirus variants such as Alpha and Delta, a new study fi... read more
Putting the fear of death into people could be the best way to get them to exercise, study claims Warnings of death and illness were the best at encouraging peo... read more
Children need to be taught how to treat illnesses themselves in an effort to ease GP workloads, NHS bosses say. Family doctors have longed complained about unne... read more
Nearly 5million vulnerable adults have yet to receive a Covid booster vaccine, official data shows after Downing Street admitted Britain faces a ‘challeng... read more
Professor Ferguson said: ‘Nobody likes having their freedoms curtailed by measures but it’s prudent to be cautious in everyday interactions — cert... read more
The spectres of compulsory face masks, vaccine passports and working from home were raised yesterday as increased Covid hospital cases sparked a Downing Street ... read more
NHS is wasting up to £568m a year on pointless pills as thousands of patients are given medication they don’t need, study shows The NHS is wasting up to ... read more
Clinical tests for women after a FIRST miscarriage: NHS trusts are urged to ditch ‘rule of three’ to prevent patients from losing more babies Women ... read more
As more of us buy tinned and long-life soups — sales rose by more than 35 million last year — maybe it’s no surprise that manufacturers are launching prod... read more
