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EVE SIMMONS on a new woke vocabulary: Chestfeeding, gestational parents and bodies with vaginas

Individuals with a cervix. Pregnant people. Chestfeeding gestational parent. Bodies with vaginas.  If you’ve not encountered these phrases before, you might ... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: I’m 70 with a pacemaker… is it safe for me to try Viagra?

My wife passed away four-and-a-half years ago and I am getting married again. I’m 70 and my fiancee is 56.  I have a pacemaker and I take the blood pressure ... read more

Worried families ask why so many of our most vulnerable are STILL prisoners in their own care home?

Residents in some care homes are still being subjected to ‘abominable’ Covid isolation rules almost two months after the Government scrapped them.  Since A... read more

Type 2 diabetes could be ‘reversed’ if patients use a pioneering once-a-week jab, experts say

A once-a-week jab can put type 2 diabetes patients ‘into remission’ – slashing blood sugar to normal levels, cutting cholesterol and blood pressure, and h... read more

Do The Effects of Dysport Injection Treatment Last Long?

If you’re thinking of having Dysport injection treatment, then you’re not on your own. That’s because it’s quick, virtually painless, and above all R... read more

People who have at least one energy drink a week ‘are TWICE as likely to break the speed limit’

There has been a stark rise in Britons’ thirst for caffeinated drinks – at least 600 million litres are drunk every year, 200 million more than ten years ag... read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The secret to daily health is as easy as 123

Yes, I’m a geek and I love numbers. So much so that when I first came up with a new diet, in 2012, I decided to call it The 5:2 Diet, which I was assured, at ... read more

Fewer than 1 in 10 children infected with coronavirus suffer from ‘long Covid’ symptoms

Fewer than 1 in 10 children infected with coronavirus suffer from ‘long Covid’ symptoms more than three months later, study finds A new study looked... read more

Just NINE cases of Covid were detected among 7,000 children and staff at summer camps i

Very few cases of COVID-19 were detected at summer camps where more than 90 percent of those eligible were vaccinated and other mitigation measures were in plac... read more

People not fully vaccinated against Covid are 57 TIMES more likely to die, Fauci says

The nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Americans who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are several times more likely to be hospitalized ... read more

Vaccine uptake has stalled at 55% in 16 to 18-year-olds, official data shows

Uptake of coronavirus vaccines in older teenagers appears to have stalled already, according to UK Government figures.  Only around 55 per cent of 16 and 17-ye... read more

One in TWENTY children had Covid on any day last week

One in 20 children in England were infected with Covid on any given day last week, official data revealed today amid fears a fourth wave may be just around the ... read more

Hundreds of schools are told to be ‘proactive’ and roll back suite of Covid curbs

Schools have been instructed by councils to bring in a suite of stricter Covid curbs in response to rising infections among pupils. Hundreds of primaries and se... read more

England’s MMR vaccine postcode lottery with 40% of children in parts of London missing out on jab

Just six in 10 children have received both MMR vaccines in parts of London, according to official figures that lay bare the huge geographical divide in uptake. ... read more

Depression rates are dropping… but they’re still nearly twice as high as they were pre-Covid

Rates of depression in Britain are starting to fall after shooting up during the Covid pandemic, official data shows. The Office for National Statistics estimat... read more

Boy who shoved a sewing needle into his penis gets it removed through the skin in world-first op

 A 15-year-old boy who inserted a knotted USB cable into his penis ended up needing surgery after it got stuck inside him. The unidentified teenager, of London... read more

‘Chocoholic’ mother drops five stone in four months

A chocoholic mum who gorged on two family blocks of chocolate a night has shed nearly five stone in just over four months by kicking her sweet tooth.  Mother-o... read more

NHS cancer tests and scans to be offered at football stadiums and shopping centres to fight backlog

NHS cancer tests and scans will be offered at football stadiums and shopping centres to help tackle the backlog caused by coronavirus Health Secretary Sajid Jav... read more

Face-to-face GP appointments fell by one MILLION last month – despite restrictions being scrapped

One million fewer face-to-face GP appointments took place last month – in a rate similar to the winter lockdown, figures showed yesterday. Just 13.7million of... read more

Number of prescriptions for ivermectin increased 72% during the pandemic compared with 2019

The number of monthly ivermectin prescriptions skyrocketed in 2021 because many people misused the anti-parasite drug to combat COVID-19.  Ivermectin is safe f... read more

It IS safe to get Covid and flu vaccines at the same time

It IS safe to get Covid and flu vaccines at the same time: Scientists say people given two jabs in one-go still produce a strong immune response Study of 700 Br... read more

“It’s absolutely real to have our own vaccine production in Ukraine” – Dmytro Shymkiv

According to the chairman of the Darnitsa Group Board of Directors Dmytro Shymkiv, it is possible to launch our own production of vaccines in Ukraine only with ... read more

COVID-19 US: CDC forecasts deaths will decline over next four weeks for first time since June

A new forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts COVID-19 deaths will decline over the next month for the first time since June... read more

Covid US: Adults with disabilities are less likely to have had at least one vaccine dose

US adults with disabilities are twice as likely to want a COVID-19 shot than those without – but face barriers which make them less likely to have even on... read more