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Coronavirus US: Spike in Philadelphia firearms victims amid lockdown

Philadelphia hospitals saw a 144% spike in emergency room visits for injuries due to violence and gunshot wounds while coronavirus stay-at-home orders were in p... read more

Coronavirus: How thousands died of Covid-19 they caught in hospitals

Thousands of Britons died of Covid-19 after catching it in hospital – as experts warn the virus is now being spread by NHS staff, a Mail on Sunday investigati... read more

Why are so many clever, privileged teenage girls on antidepressants?

Every weekday, Ella Wilson wakes up at 7.30am and opens the Instagram app on her iPhone, checking for ‘likes’ on her latest selfie, before getting r... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: How did Test and Trace turn into such a fiasco?

What sort of a shambles is Test and Trace? And why? Honestly, I can’t fathom it. Launched on May 28, it seemed to falter almost immediately.  The ‘... read more

Coronavirus: Can downing handfuls of vitamins every day save you?

By lunchtime, every day, Karen Cummings-Palmer, 50, has already consumed 25 oranges’ worth of Vitamin C, three salmon fillets’ worth of omega-3 hear... read more

Women with ovarian cancer can FINALLY be diagnosed with a simple blood test given by GPs 

A simple, widely available blood test given by GPs can accurately tell women they are at risk of ovarian cancer – as well as flagging up other ‘hidden&#... read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Help! I’m trying to stay sane trapped in tiny quarantine room for 14 days

My wife Clare and I are locked away in a small room — just nine paces by four — with a guard outside to make sure we don’t come out. We’re not a... read more

Coronavirus Research: Children develop fewer, weaker antibodies

Children develop weaker antibodies to coronavirus than adults do, new research suggests.  Scientists at Columbia University believe that children actually reco... read more

CDC KNEW its first coronavirus test kit could fail up to a THIRD of the time

The first U.S. coronavirus test kit failed up to 33 percent of the time in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) final quality control te... read more

More proof England’s second wave of Covid-19 was slowing BEFORE lockdown

Downing Street today refused calls for England’s second lockdown to be cut short and insisted it will run until December 2, despite four more sets of real... read more

Best Sources For Vegan protein

Vegan protein is a plant protein that is being quite popular among the vegan community. As there is a common concern about vegan diets that they don’t have su... read more

Supply of N95 masks is running low as

Supply of N95 masks is running low in many states as coronavirus infections surge across 79% of the country and the US reports a record 102,000 new cases States... read more

Americans who go to the office are nearly TWICE as likely to test positive for coronavirus

Americans who go out to work are nearly TWICE as likely to test positive for coronavirus as people who work from home, CDC report finds Researchers compared sym... read more

People who have had Covid think they’re ‘immune’ and are less likely to follow lockdown rules

Britons who believe they have previously had coronavirus are three times more likely to break lockdown rules, a study has claimed.   More than a quarter of pe... read more

Secret Tips to Sleep better At Night

Good sleep is the basis of good health and happiness of mind. Set the stage for a restful night, starting in the morning and continuing into the evening. Accord... read more

Britain records 492 Covid-19 deaths in highest daily toll since May

Britain today recorded another 492 Covid-19 victims in the highest daily death toll since May — but infections are no longer spiralling. Department of Health ... read more

Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance defend their ‘4,000 deaths a day’ dossier

AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data̵... read more

Babies with higher vitamin D levels less are likely to grow up to be obese

Making sure babies get plenty of vitamin D in the first year of their lives could protect them from obesity, a new study suggests.  Researchers at the Universi... read more

More than 61,000 children tested positive for coronavirus last week in record-breaking increase

More than 61,000 children in the US tested positive for coronavirus last week – the highest total ever since the pandemic began, a new report finds. As o... read more

How safe is it to head a football? 

For football fans, the winning 1966 England World Cup team has assumed almost legendary status, but many of the team are now linked by more than a proud moment ... read more

‘Thousands of lives’ could have been saved if SAGE advice followed

Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, said he had a ‘high degree of certainty’ thousands of unnecess... read more

COVID-19 ‘nanoparticle’ vaccine could trigger strong immune response

Scientists develop a ‘nanoparticle’ COVID-19 vaccine that could trigger a 10-times stronger immune response than the reaction seen in survivors and ... read more

Coronavirus: Imperial College study says 1.15% patients die

Covid-19 kills around 1.15 per cent of all people who are infected, according to the latest projections by ‘Professor Lockdown’ and his team.   Ne... read more

Reasons You Need to Change Your Dentist

For most people, visiting the dentist twice a year isn’t something that will be up for debate. This is particularly true when you have young kids who might be... read more