World Health Organization bosses are now officially tracking another Covid variant named ‘Mu’. The mutant strain — which also has the scientific n... read more
The World Health Organization is warning of a newly named COVID-19 variant that could potentially have resistance to the vaccines. The Mu variant— which als... read more
Covid antibody levels are already starting to decline among over-80s, official data suggested today. Ninety-two per cent of elderly adults tested positive for t... read more
How Covid has killed off the age-old handshake: Two-thirds of jobseekers do not want to shake an interviewer’s hand, survey shows Handshakes have been establi... read more
Joint National Education Union secretary Dr Mary Bousted Secondary school pupils should still wear face masks when they return to the classroom this week, a tea... read more
Britain’s teenagers are yet to get Covid vaccines because of fears it may disrupt the booster drive for elderly, it was claimed today. Pressure is growing... read more
Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid vaccines are already starting to become less effective at preventing hospitalisations, US health chiefs have said. Protection... read more
A regular fitness routine is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle – but your age determines the exercises that will serve you best, according to one f... read more
More than 300,000 people in England have been left waiting more than a year for treatment on the NHS, analysis revealed today. NHS England figures showed the bi... read more
Children face a post code lottery of NHS care with hundreds waiting over a year for treatment in some parts of the country. Doctors warn the pandemic has had ... read more
Having been through the menopause and emerged to find the sun still shining on the other side, I can assure you it is not the inescapable black hole I originall... read more
Statins in a jab: ‘Life-saving’ twice-yearly injections can replace daily tablets for thousands of patients after approval by watchdog National Inst... read more
Those who receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine produce twice the protective antibodies of those who receive the Pfizer vaccine, a new study suggests. Resear... read more
Trials for Johnson & Johnson’s HIV vaccine have failed to demonstrate that the drug is effective in preventing the condition. The New Brunswick, New J... read more
In 2020, heart inflammation cases at U.S. hospitals rose 43 percent – with over 40 percent of cases occurring among COVID-19 patients – according to... read more
Peripheral arterial disease is characterized by damage to the arteries and aching feelings in the lower extremities when walking or being engaged in physical ac... read more
Two events sponsored by the same organization in Illinois are at the center of a 180-case COVID-19 outbreak in the Midwest, according to a report by the U.S. Ce... read more
Just under half of U.S. K-12 parents – 48 percent – want all students masked in the classroom, according to new survey from Gallup. A small number... read more
More than 1,000 Covid patients were admitted to hospital in a single day in the UK last week for the first time since February, official data shows as the count... read more
Some Oregon hospitals are dealing with so many Covid deaths that they have requested refrigerated trucks to help store those bodies. Hospitals in Tillamook Coun... read more
Getting between seven and eight hours of sleep each night in old age is the sweet spot for keeping your brain healthy, another study has found. People who regul... read more
Older adults who sleep six hours or fewer a night may have elevated risk for dementia and other cognitive issues, a new study finds. Researchers at Stanford Uni... read more