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Children wearing masks could be exposed to dangerous levels of carbon dioxide, study finds 

Wearing a mask can expose children to dangerous levels of carbon dioxide in just THREE MINUTES, study finds European study found that children wearing masks for... read more

Pfizer vaccine efficacy drops in Israel as delta variant spreads

Israel has downgraded the efficacy of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine amid the rapid spread of the Indian variant. Health chiefs there now claim the jab blocks 64 ... read more

Co-workers at Atlanta hospital donate kidneys to each other’s husbands

A pair of co-workers at an Atlanta hospital helped save their husbands’ lives by donating their kidneys to each other’s partner after discovering th... read more

Covid UK: Care home visits are unlikely to go back to normal after Freedom Day on July 19

Care home visitor limits will be LIFTED after Freedom Day on July 19… but loved ones may still have to wear face masks Helen Whately warned families to br... read more

Covid UK: 27,334 new daily cases and nine deaths as infections rise 20% in a week

Britain today recorded 27,334 coronavirus cases, with the UK’s daily toll having risen by around a fifth in the space of a week. Department of Health boss... read more

Covid UK: Vaccine gap to be cut from 12 weeks to eight for EVERY adult

Britons under the age of 40 will be offered their second Covid jab after eight weeks instead of 12.  Boris Johnson claimed the new aim was for all adults to be... read more

Indian Delta variant now California’s dominant COVID strain accounting for 36% of new cases

The Delta variant is now the most common strain of new COVID-19 cases in California. The contagious strain of the virus, which originated in India, is slowly ta... read more

Britain should NOT give out booster Covid vaccines until poorer countries get more supplies

Britain should park plans to dish out booster Covid vaccines and ship spare doses to poorer countries, one of the leading researchers behind Oxford University&#... read more

Being ‘too clean for your own good’ is a myth: Experts say

Being ‘too clean for your own good’ is a myth: Experts say a clean house does NOT make immune system of children weaker University College London sc... read more

Twin babies undergo eye surgery to save their vision after their mother noticed CATARACTS

Twin babies have undergone eyesight-saving surgery after their mother noticed cataracts in photographs she took of them. Danielle Wilkins, 31, of Far Rockaway, ... read more

Coronavirus UK: NHS chief admits it’s time hospitals ‘learn to live with Covid’

It is time for hospitals to ‘learn to live with Covid’, NHS England’s medical director Stephen Powis said today It is time for the NHS to &#... read more

Covid will be more like the common cold than flu and will reach ‘equilibirum’ in ‘very few years’

Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious diseases expert, said the virus would become more like the common cold Covid will become more like a common cold than flu a... read more

Singapore may STOP counting Covid-19 cases

Singapore could stop counting its daily Covid case toll under new plans to live with the virus long-term. Instead of keeping a daily tally of all infections, th... read more

Dietitian Laura Ford reveals the health trends she hates the most including juice cleanses

Dietitian reveals the four health trends she hates the most – and why she NEVER recommends them to her clients Dietitian Laura Ford revealed the four heal... read more

SAGE versus Sajid: Doom-monger lashes new Health Secretary’s ‘frightening’ plans to scrap lockdown

A SAGE psychologist has lashed out at Sajid Javid’s ‘frightening’ plan to scrap lockdown by July 19 despite more than half of adults in Englan... read more

NHS faces shortage of doctors as rising number of medics want to work part-time, experts warn

NHS faces shortage of doctors as rising number of medics want to work part-time, experts warn More than quarter of senior consultant physicians expect to retire... read more

Flossing 101: Why It’s Important And How Often You Should Do It

According to dental experts from Dentist Casula, flossing and brushing are the cardinal rules to maintaining good oral healthcare. Unfortunately, some people pr... read more

More than HALF of Brits have now had both Covid jabs

More than half of English residents have now had both coronavirus vaccines as daily cases rise by 161 per cent in a fortnight. A total of 66,220,122 Covid-19 va... read more

Permanent eye damage, holes in chests and mangled hands: Doctors reveal worst injuries seen July 4

While July 4 weekend for many Americans means parties, barbecues, fancy fireworks shows with family and an all-around great time in the summer, it is the least ... read more

Sajid Javid ‘rules out’ Dido Harding for top NHS job

Sajid Javid has ruled out Tory peer Dido Harding as the next chief executive of NHS England, according to reports.  Baroness Harding, 53, the former head of NH... read more

Why are hospitals turning a blind eye to racist patients who demand a white doctor?

It’s 3am and I’m on a night shift at a busy London hospital. I’ve been called to the delivery of a premature baby. It’s potentially a life-or-death situ... read more

Charities cut adrift dementia patients as dwindling funds see day care groups slashed

A charity cash crisis has left dementia patients stranded as hundreds of day care services shut up shop for good, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. Dwin... read more

NHS medics come together to humanise intensive care units

Just the name ‘intensive care’ sounds scary, conjuring up images of a brutal medical front line where doctors and nurses engage in a technological battle to... read more

Britain’s leading experts answer the Covid questions that everyone’s fretting about

On Friday 27,000 Britons tested positive for Covid-19. In the past week there have been more than 150,000 new cases. The growth of the Delta variant of the viru... read more