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Leigh King, a 41-year-old hairdresser from North Lanarkshire, said it was the 'worst time of my life'. Britain's drug regulator lists skin rashes as a possible side-effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3weTutC

Covid Northern Ireland: Vaccine roll-out expanded to over-45s

Northern Ireland's NHS is now inviting everyone over 45 to book their appointment at a vaccination centre or one of 350 pharmacies deploying the jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3udkR5h

European suspension of AstraZeneca vaccine WILL cause Covid deaths, experts warn

UK scientists said the decision to withhold the British-made jab on the continent due to an extremely rare risk of blood clots would deprive vulnerable people of life-saving protection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31yYTxw

Real world proof that Covid jabs DO work: Vaccine rollout sees 97% fall in deaths among the over-70s

In the past week there has been an average of just 32 daily deaths in the over-70s. At the peak of the crisis in mid-January, deaths among this age group had topped 1,000 a day in England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3doqZRs

Covid UK: Daily Covid deaths HALVE in a week to 56 while new cases fall 25% to 4040

Britain's Covid deaths continued to fall today amid a successful vaccine roll-out and tumbling infections. It comes after statisticians today revealed the UK has suffered 150,000 Covid deaths. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31uDHJ5

Coronavirus: Musician, 29, left housebound for a year because of the effects of long Covid

Musician Reese, 29, from from Whalley Range, Manchester was diagnosed with ME by his GP after he never recovered from a Covid infection. Now scientists believe he has long Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fsSdt8

Kent coronavirus variant is NOT deadlier than the original strain, PHE study finds

Public Health England's analysis of more than 5,500 Covid patients in the second wave found there was 'no difference' in mortality. It comes months after Number 10 claimed B117 was deadlier. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fqA6nq

Covid Brazil: Death rate TRIPLED among people in their 20s in February

The study led by the Federal University of Paraná found the death rate doubled in middle-aged people, too, but said it wasn't clear whether the variant was to blame or overloaded hospitals. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3u7PdpQ

UK 'has made great strides' in reaching out to Covid vaccine sceptics, says minister

Kwasi Kwarteng blamed 'misinformation' and 'people sharing things on social media' for lower jab uptake rates among black Britons. It comes after an ONS report said four in ten black over-70s got jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3wkb9jN

Delaying the second dose of Novavax's Covid vaccine by up to 12 weeks should be 'fine'

Professor Paul Heath argued 'basic immunity principles' suggested the longer gap would not make the jab less effective. It has also not affected the AstraZeneca and Pfizer jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39pKN5Q

Coronavirus: Airlines call for rapid Covid tests to be used for international travel

The International Air Transport Association union published research claiming that rapid tests work well and warning passenger numbers could fall by two thirds if lab tests remain the standard. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31xQOcw

More than HALF of people in England now have Covid antibodies thanks to huge vaccination drive

A major Office for National Statistics testing survey today found 54.7 per cent of people in England had the virus-fighting proteins in the week ending March 14, up from 50.8 per cent the week prior. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31sOd3w

UK's real Covid death toll hits 150,000, according to the Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics revealed the grim milestone today after recording 150,116 daily Covid deaths up to the week ending March 19. But it comes amid fatalities spiralling downwards. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31JWEHX

AstraZeneca's vaccine may trigger rare immune response that leads to clots in some people

German researchers studied nine shot recipients who developed clots. They found signs that the shot triggers platelet-attacking antibodies that lead to misguided blood clotting. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m1xYDO

Covid UK: GlaxoSmithKline to 'fill and finish' 60million doses of Novavax vaccine

The Prime Minister told tonight's Downing Street press conference: 'I'm delighted by GSK's investment, which shows the strength of UK manufacturing, and will further boost our rollout. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3u58JmZ

What can I do about my burning mouth? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

DR MARTIN SCURR: Research shows burning mouth syndrome can be improved when treated with pramipexole, a drug that stimulates dopamine receptors. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2P9NqlB

Tiny magnet could help patients avoid the need for second breast cancer surgery

Samantha Matthews, 48, a head of university admissions from Surrey, was one of the first to undergo the technique, as she tells Adrian Monti. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39qaAe5

Gold dust in your contact lenses could help colour blindness, research shows

These 'gold dust' particles filter out certain wavelengths of light, so the brain can distinguish between different colours, particularly reds and greens, more easily. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31wPerm

UN chief criticises wealthy countries for stockpiling Covid-19 vaccines as poor countries go without

UN Health Agency Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (inset) said stockpiling was 'a moral outrage'. At least 36 states are yet to receive any vaccines through the Covax initiative. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3wc4Uhy

BDA fury as dentists told to 'get back to 60% of pre-Covid patient numbers or face NHS funding cut'

The British Dental Association has lashed out at the plans and called them 'perverse', warning forcing clinics to make more appointments will wreck social distancing guidelines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3wjZD7Y

UK's 'wall of vaccination' against Covid is 'leaky', Professor Chris Whitty says

Addressing the country from Downing St's new £2.6million White House-style press briefing room, England's chief medical officer said the wall will get stronger when top-up doses are dished out. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cxKI1V

Scadal as Lighthouse Covid lab in Milton Keynes 'processed hundreds of contaminated samples'

An investigation by the BBC's Panorama found a number of safety breaches and failings at the scandal-hit Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sCGtrq

Coronavirus: People living with someone with weak immune system to be put on jab priority list

The UK's JCVI said that adults who live with someone with a weak immune system because of a medical condition should get the jab because vaccines don't work as well in those patients. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sx5a8U

Health: Looking up symptoms online IMPROVES ability to diagnose without increasing anxiety

Researchers tested the ability of 5,000 volunteers to diagnose an illness, based on a given list of symptoms, before and after consulting the web. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rwV72h

Wearing contact lenses in the shower raises risk of cornea infection up to SEVEN-fold

Researchers surveyed the habits of 78 contact lens wearers to determine the risk factors for developing contact lens-related microbial keratitis. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3swWXRW

Adults with gum disease are TWICE as likely to have high blood pressure, study warns

A study of 250 people with periodontitis - severe gum disease - found people with the condition are 2.3 times more likely to have high blood pressure. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PFeB7G

Are you waiting for your second jab? Here's everything you need to know

Many people are worried about getting their second jab, while others who are eligible now are struggling simply to schedule their appointment, as Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn found. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3szuSJD

CDC director warns of 'impending doom' as cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise

'I am going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom...we have so much reason for hope, but right now I'm scared,' CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said in a Monday press briefing. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3w89Iok

Just FIVE people are now dying of Covid every day in London

The capital now has the second lowest Covid death rate in the country, Department of Health figures showed, as all indicators point to the virus having retreated to September levels. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m1AeLg

Britain's Covid cases drop by 13% in a week to 4,654 while deaths rise slightly to 23

Experts would be baffled by any genuine spike in deaths because infection rates have not spiralled out of control since schools in England reopened on March 8. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fp4VJ2

Pfizer says it is prepared to drop German firm that it partnered with on Covid jabs

New York-based Pfizer said it had learned everything it needs to about mRNA vaccines in the last year to go solo, adding that it no longer 'needs to work with BioNTech'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39p89c1

Coronavirus: People living with someone with weak immune system to be put on jab priority list

Covid England: Number of shielders leaving home rises as vaccines roll out and infection rates fall

The Office for National Statistics found 81 per cent of adults deemed extremely vulnerable to the virus left their homes in England at least once in February - up from 76 per cent in January. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PjROOG

TV doctor Hilary Jones will head up new campaign to remind the public to stick to the Covid rules

TV doctor Hilary Jones will head the Government's 'Let's Take This Next Step Safely' campaign which will run across television and radio from tonight. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39qaK5c

Mother, 53, claims four years of IVF left her with a life-threatening brain tumour

Serena Jardine, from Worthing in Sussex, became dizzy and forgetful in 2014, six years after she first had IVF, and was soon diagnosed with a non-cancerous meningioma brain tumour. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PBDJMD

Fewer than 60% of black Britons over the age of 70 have had their Covid vaccine

The Office for National Statistics found just 58.8 per cent of black African people in England over the age of 70 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca 's vaccine by March 11. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m58Dcb

Number 10 unveils new fat-fighting quango - the Office for Health Promotion

The Office for Health Promotion is tasked with tackling the root causes of illness, including obesity, smoking and poor mental health, when it opens this autumn. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rBy9Xz

The 'healthy' Easter egg with more fat than TWELVE Krispy Kreme doughnuts

It sounds too good to be true: an indulgent Easter egg that is also, somehow, healthy. But this year, supermarket shelves are heaving with chocolate treats that seem to make just that claim. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PA9wxg

Why do I cough all the time as if I have to clear my throat? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

DR ELLIE CANNON: Feeling as though there's phlegm always in the throat is incredibly common. And more often than not, the underlying cause lies with the nose or stomach. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3deNZSW

'Covid shame' is stopping people reporting symptoms or even properly social distancing

Researchers from the University of Kent and Leeds Beckett University said there was a link between feeling shameful and ignoring social distancing guidelines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31rDTZE

How testosterone provided the cure for businesswoman's low libido and menopausal brain fog

Michelle Burgess' monthly hormonal migraines were lingering far longer than normal and she no longer had enthusiasm for anything - until she was prescribed HRT and testosterone. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3u0g2wg

Busting Covid myths: Why those Covid temperature tests aren't just pointless - they're dangerous

Last year, scores of businesses required anyone who entered to have their temperature taken, but scientists have now cast doubt over the scanners. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3crIOjm

Saved… the jaws that are wrecked by radiotherapy

A landmark study has found that giving patients two commonly used drugs, pentoxifylline and tocopherol, not only halts bone deterioration but for more than half of patients reverses it. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3w7dTkk

HEALTH NOTES: Peanut allergies could get the brush off in toothpaste trial

New York-based drugs firm Intrommune Therapeutics has enrolled 32 peanut-allergic adults in a trial that will see them use a toothpaste containing trace amounts of peanuts. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fiW2kr

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: It's official: If you're over 60, you're HAPPIER than ever!

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Interestingly, the countries that have, over the years, consistently scored highest on the happiness index are also those that have handled the Covid-19 crisis particularly well. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d5ZSdU

US is seeing 4% more Covid cases a day compared to last week

After weeks of encouraging declines, coronavirus cases in the U.S. are on the rise again, with the average number of daily infections rising to nearly 57,000 on Wednesday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rnSbon

Covid UK: One in 25 people hospitalised since December WERE vaccinated, says SAGE

Research by No10's scientists found 1,800 out of 43,000 UK patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca's jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dc4j6P

South African Covid variant makes current crop of vaccines 30% less effective, SAGE warns

Analysis by SAGE found the strain can cause up to a 10-fold decrease in the production of antibodies in vaccinated or previously infected people. The strain has been spotted 412 times in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d8DvVl

Covid survivors have three times the antibody response to a single dose of the vaccine, study finds

A study done in Sheffield, Oxford, Birmingham, Newcastle and Liverpool found that immunity was stronger if people had a vaccine after natural infection, compared to even two doses of a jab. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d79xAU

Covid England: 14% of infected patients are NOT following self-isolation rules

The Office for National Statistics said just 86 per cent of infected patients in England stayed at home and did not see other people during their 10-day quarantine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cmlELl

Britain's regulators approve 20-SECOND Covid saliva test

UK start-up iAbra said the Virolens test was given approval by the country's medical regulator following successful trials at Heathrow Airport. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lV534c

Masks and social distancing could be in place for 10 YEARS, Lord Sumption claims

The former Supreme Court judge warned it was 'politically unrealistic' for UK ministers to 'backtrack' on social controls anytime soon. He suggested Brits had become so used to the curbs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3conWtl

Number of people in England with Covid symptoms rises by just 0.6% in a week

Professor Tim Spector said the rise was 'currently well under control' and was occurring in schoolchildren. Boris Johnson has asked all pupils to test themselves for the virus twice a week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cm2kOa

The NHS hospitals that have suffered the most Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began

NHS England figures show University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs two hospitals, has recorded 2,578 fatalities since March. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31kNG3w

NHS Covid figures show parts of England have only vaccinated a THIRD of people aged 50-55

EXCLUSIVE: NHS England figures show just 60 per cent of adults aged between 50 and 55 had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by March 21 - the most recent day local data is available for. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d8Ghtx

Covid UK: Oxford University to trial giving AstraZeneca vaccine as a nasal spray

Oxford University is looking for 30 adults to get the vaccine squirted up their noses as soon as next week. Volunteers will be tracked for four months to see make sure it's safe and works. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QDNoTk

Covid UK: Daily death toll falls another third to 63, though cases rise 1.5% to 6,397

Department of Health statistics showed today's death toll was down 33 per cent on the 95 recorded at the same time last week. But cases rose by 1.5 per cent after 6,397 were announced. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fdoXWY

Coronavirus cases rose in a THIRD of England's 150 councils in England last week

Some 56 of 149 council areas saw an uptick in cases over the week to March 21, according to Public Health England. But this was driven by cases detected among school children. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cjFNS3

Will UK be hit by an 'exit wave' of Covid as lockdown is lifted?

Scientists told MailOnline that while there was 'no doubt UK infections will rise' when pubs reopen and people start mixing again, the vaccines have 'solved the problem of serious disease'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cmlJ1G

Hancock hails Covid jabs for saving more than 6,000 lives by the end of February

Vaccine centres in Devon, Cornwall and Kent are among those to confirm they will 'have to pause' during the month-long slowdown, caused by a shortfall of five million Oxford jabs from India. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3chfA6O

UK's international travel ban will probably continue until Europe's Covid vaccine drive picks up

Sir Jeremy Farrar warned the biggest threat to the UK's lockdown exit now came from abroad, and the risk of importing dangerous new variants that could make vaccines less effective. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3clIum9

Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week, Test and Trace data reveals

NHS Test and Trace data shows Covid cases continued to tumble in England by six per cent despite a surge of 400,000 tests from March 10 to 17 - when the latest figures go up to. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cleM0P

Covid cases are ONLY going up in school-age children, Government data reveals

EXCLUSIVE: Cases have continued to fall in all adult age groups since schools reopened in England on March 8, with the return to classrooms yet to trigger an increase in the infection rate. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3soHgMB

NHS trust forecasts June surge in covid patients that will be on a par with April 2020 peak

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals says it could have 100 Covid patients on the wards in a 'reasonably optimistic' scenario. But warns this could hit 200 - or a quarter of all beds available. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3smCCyK

NHS doctors to give Covid patients statins and blood pressure drugs

NHS medics will test the two drugs on 2,600 'long Covid' patients over the next three years. Around one in ten Covid patients discharged die, and three in ten are readmitted following complications. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f7MJDQ

Covid: Rapid lateral flow tests miss 42% asymptomatic cases and give false positives, review says

Researchers who analysed 64 studies from around the world found the lateral flow devices failed to detect 42 per cent of people who didn't show signs of illness. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d2jShp

Coronavirus UK: Vaccine hesitancy could cause 20,000 extra deaths by 2023, says study

The gloomy modelling by Imperial College London predicted 305 extra Covid deaths per million people by January 2023, the equivalent of 20,130 people in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/399vZbC

Covid France: Holiday hopes as Brazilian and South African variants not as prevalent on Riviera

Official figures show about 10 per cent of all France's new infections are caused by the mutant strains, but there are hotspot areas where they account for up to 40 per cent of cases. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ciCQRR

Coronavirus UK: Daily Covid cases fall 3% week-on-week to 5,605 while deaths plunge to 98

The Department of Health figures show that cases remain low and level despite millions of people getting tested for the virus, suggesting keeping schools open will be safe. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tRNFQG

Covid India: Scientists spot 'double mutant' variant that spreads easier and may elude vaccines

The unnamed variant, which has two key alterations on its spike protein, was detected in samples in the western state of Maharashtra. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3skCbor

Four of five 'long Covid' patients still suffer debilitating symptoms five months later

Leicester University study said 446 of 767 patients were still facing symptoms of the disease five months later (71 per cent). Professor Chris Whitty said the paper improved knowledge of 'long Covid'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lM8dY4

Coronavirus: Indian AstraZeneca vaccine factory urges government to let it ship to the UK

Director of regulatory affairs at the Serum Institute of India, Prakash Kumar Singh, reportedly told Indian government officials that AstraZeneca has a right to priority access to doses it makes. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sjooPa

Covid-19: People may choose to wear face masks in UK once rules end due to 'cultural change'

'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said mask wearing could carry on even when social-distancing rules have been scrapped. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rgN1e1

Matt Hancock unveils new pandemic-fighting body the UK Health Security Agency

Mr Hancock said the UK Health Security Agency's 'sole job' will be to 'plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health'. It will initially focus on fighting Covid, before tackling future pandemics. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d2DLVJ

Number of NHS patients in pain 'worse than death' has DOUBLED in a year, study claims

Edinburgh University experts found a third of patients waiting for hip replacements in September were living in agony. For comparison, the figure was fewer than a fifth before Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31aYbpZ

Daily Covid cases and deaths rise by 2% in a week

Department of Health bosses posted 5,379 infections, which is up 1.6 per cent in a week. Another 112 victims were also added to the official toll, a week on-week rise of 1.8 per cent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/398mV6I

Covid-19: Internet 'healers' sell bogus coronavirus vaccine 'reversal' oils for £120

EXCLUSIVE: A self-professed 'healer' from Kenya is offering a 'vaccine reversal herb oil recipe' that causes the injection site to pus up for £114.82 on the Israel-based Fiverr marketplace. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39cray1

EU regulators probing whether the Pill was behind blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is investigating if these were behind the blood clots, its chief executive Emer Cooke (left) said. Britain's regulators are also investigating. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3d2wSDR

Covid-19: Lung cancer referrals fell by a THIRD during the pandemic

Figures analysed by Cancer Research UK show that between March and January, referrals for lung cancer fell by 34 per cent. Dr Neil Smith said the stay at home message delayed diagnoses. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3remP3z

Coronavirus: NHS drops gender question from vaccine booking so as not to distress trans people

There was 'no clinical need' for the gender question and people could be identified and have their medical records linked in other ways, said the NHS worker who helped change the system. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vOeZ4p

Spain gets set to lift restrictions for UK travellers on March 30

Figures compiled by the Oxford University-based research platform Our World in Data and analysed by MailOnline show 70 per cent of the EU saw infections rise in the past week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31cjirW

'New York' Covid variant that is already in the UK may not render jabs useless, says expert

Professor Wendy Barclay said the strain 'did not pose much of a threat' because it did not carry the E484K mutation in the cases identified in the UK, which can make vaccines less effective. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tMuAQ6

Foreign holidays could trigger ANOTHER UK-wide lockdown, experts warn

Professor Kamlesh Khunti, from SAGE, urged Britons not to book summer holidays abroad 'until next year'. He said the trips could 'jeopardise' the UK's low infection rates and import new variants. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vQUow2

England and Wales saw NO excess deaths last week for the first time since AUGUST

Office for National Statistics data showed there were 511 fewer fatalities than expected in the week to March 12. This was a 4.4 per cent dip below the five-year average. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QszYJD

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

DR MARTIN SCURR: Your concern about your unexplained symptoms is understandable, but let me reassure you that further investigation should help confirm a diagnosis from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/399rXQe

How not to feel tired when the clocks go forward

It can take us from 48 hours to a whole week to adjust to the change, and experts have identified a raft of health risks during these seven days. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lEzvQ6

Common steroid has saved the lives of 1.4m Covid patients around the world, experts reveal

A common steroid which costs around 50p a day, can cut deaths among the sickest patients by a third, NHS England data reveals. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f6jtxm

It isn't the jab you need to fear - even mild Covid can trigger deadly clots

'I was surprised to be told I had tested positive and should stay off work,' says Robin McNelis, 47, who lives in Stapleford Abbotts, Essex with his wife and daughter. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2P1XJb3

Electronic 'nose' that detects chemicals in breath may help spot early signs of oesophageal tumour

The breathalyser-type device uses sensors to identify patterns of compounds found in breath that are unique to Barrett's oesophagus, a 'pre' condition to the cancer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39667wZ

People who've recently had a cold may have some protection against Covid, scientists claim

Lab studies by the University of Glasgow researchers found the common cold triggers the release of antibodies which also target Covid in the nose and lungs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sfl9bn

Black couples 'are less likely to have success with IVF', study finds

Black patients are less likely to have a baby after treatment compared to other ethnic groups, said the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cZKJLe

The DNA health checks that could lead to tailor-made treatments

Could we soon be visiting the doctor to find out what illnesses are coming our way - in ten, 20 or even 30 years' time - and what we can do to prevent them? from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sgJCNx

Should you count on your Coco Pops for your vitamin B6?

Vitamin B6 is important to keep our immune system robust, helping produce immune cells and regulating their movement in our intestine, where 70 per cent of all the body's immune cells are found. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3c9jVJe

Why 2020 was the year of marvellous medicine

A vaccine that could treat multiple types of tumours and stop the cancer from returning has been created in Australia. It could be used against breast, lung, ovarian, kidney and pancreatic cancers. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PmPxlO

Covid US: At least three fully-vaccinated Hawaiians caught infection

One health care worker traveled to multiple US cities, but there are no signs that any of the three people passed on the infection, and none became severely ill from COVID-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QvmDQX

People with insomnia and burnout are TWICE as likely to be infected with COVID-19

A new study found that healthcare workers who had contacted coronavirus were almost twice haas likely to report three or more sleep problems or need to use sleeping pills. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3seryn5

Covid US: California variant accounts for 52% cases there while UK strain TRIPLES in Ohio

During a press briefing on Monday, CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said the prevalence of all coronavirus variants - both those first detected and those homegrown- are spreading across the U.S. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fcNuv8

Johnson & Johnson's Covid vaccine accounts for just 2.3 million of all shots given since March

Since March 2, just 2.3 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered have been from Johnson & Johnson, which means nine times as many people are getting either the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3r4WzIY

Viagra could help men live LONGER and prevents heart attacks in males with coronary artery disease

Researchers tested Viagra on men with coronary artery disease - a condition that causes the heart's blood supply to be blocked by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sdCYaH

Eating ONE serving of ultra-processed foods a day can increase heart disease risk by 9%

The team found that the higher consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and it gets worse the more you eat. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lDigP8

Drunken behaviour is caused by alcohol breakdown products produced in the BRAIN and not the liver

The finding turns previous theories that it was linked to the liver upside down, and scientists believe it holds the key to combating binge drinking and alcoholism. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tL0CMo

US records 33K new coronavirus cases - the lowest number seen since September

On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 33,645 cases, which is the lowest figure seen since September 28 and a nearly 5% drop from the 53,000 cases recorded the day before from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f0NtKU

Mother-of-three loses 'fit and healthy' husband, 40, and her father to Covid within three weeks

Brian Elsey, 40, from Cardiff, was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 on Christmas Eve, with wife Nadia, 38, and their children unable to see him before he died on January 10. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QtKlwV

Staggering graph shows how Covid hospital admissions are plummeting in Britain but soaring in the EU

Latest figures from the Oxford University-based research platform Our World in Data shows there were 106 Covid patients per million in British hospitals on March 15, down from 580 in January. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vPRgkc

'New York' Covid variant that may evade vaccine-triggered immunity found in UK

EXCLUSIVE: Public Health England, which has yet to designate the strain as a variant of concern, told MailOnline it was 'monitoring the situation closely'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cUVH4t

Britain's Covid deaths plunge by 75% to 17 in lowest daily figure since SEPTEMBER

Department of Health data shows the last time fatalities were at this level was on September 28, before the second wave spiralled out of control. There were 13 deaths on this date. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3saLPdf

A year ago today a daughter took the last ever photo of her father, 60, before he died from Covid

On this day in 2020, psychologist Kathryn de Prudhoe took what would be the final photograph of her father Tony Clay who died from coronavirus aged 60 in April. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lApfsc

Patients reveal the adverse effect lockdowns had on them

Thousands of preventable deaths have already occurred, with many more likely to follow, and others will be left disabled or in crippling pain as a result of the past year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f2tNGA

Boris Johnson to offer to share UK AstraZeneca Covid vaccine doses with EU as 'peace offering'

Boris Johnson will urge the EU to respect legal contracts after Ursula von der Leyen made an extraordinary threat to hold back more than 19million AstraZeneca doses due to be shipped to the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OWu2In

Coronavirus: Brits claim yawning, screaming and losing teeth are possible vaccine side effects

EXCLUSIVE: Weird events after vaccination, reported by the public to the UK's medicines watchdog, include retirement, starting smoking and insect bites - the regulator insists none are proven side effects. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Pkw98H

Life expectancy in the poorest parts of England is a DECADE lower than in the richest

Office for National Statistics data published today found the life expectancy at birth for men in the most deprived areas in England was 74.1 years, compared to 83.5 in the richest. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sbAl9A

Covid UK: London, Manchester and other cities at risk of being 'pockets', SAGE adviser warns

Professor Andrew Hayward warned cities with lower jab uptake rates were at risk of surges in Covid cases, and rising hospitalisations and deaths due to the disease. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2NG72wT

Minister sparks fresh fears over summer holidays

Professor Andrew Hayward said summer holidays to low-risk countries could be on the cards but travel to 'red' nations such as South Africa and Brazil would need to be banned. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sayou0

Half of Britain's Covid cases are checked for variants

More than 20,000 Covid cases can be checked every week for troublesome variants. And last week there were less than 40,000 cases of the virus, meaning at least half were checked for strains. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f4C5h4

Plastic 'nanoparticles' can pass from pregnant mothers to fetuses, rat study shows

The new study, done by Rutgers University scientists, is the first to show that the particles can not only get lodged in the placenta, but can pass through this sac, to the developing fetus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vzJquZ

Travel corridors with Europe let 'significant' number of Covid cases into UK

Travel corridors were introduced on July 4 last year and allowed people coming to England from nations which ministers deemed safe to enter untested and avoid quarantine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vQ7dHh

Covid: France declares only 55s and over should use AstraZeneca vaccine

France today resumed its use of AstraZeneca jabs after regulators ruled they are safe, but restricted their use to over-55s - a U-turn on their previous position that only under-65s should get them. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2P9hoFG

Coronavirus started circulating in China in October 2019, study claims

Analysis of the virus' spread and its 'molecular clock' revealed the virus was most likely already well-established in Wuhan in December. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vJz5fM

'Thousands of lives' needlessly lost to EU's AstraZeneca ban

A series of countries including Germany, France and Italy have already U-turned and said they will resume AstraZeneca shots after EU safety experts said there was no increased blood clot risk. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vFsJOH

What is 'CSVT'? The extremely rare blood clot which affected five Brits vaccinated with Oxford's jab

Five out of 11million Britons given the Oxford vaccine have developed cerebral sinus vein thrombosis (CSVT). The cases were all men aged between 19 and 59 and one was fatal. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tt9x4K

Coronavirus UK: Britain starts to ration Pfizer's Covid vaccine ahead of supply dip

EXCLUSIVE: Statistics from the MHRA vaccines regulator show that the UK started off using Pfizer for over three quarters of new patients but this is reducing as demand for second doses grows. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38Yvi4B

Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe after the first wave, ONS study reveals

Office for National Statistics data showed the UK's mortality rate was 6.7 per cent above average up to the week ending June 26. It was followed by Spain (5.9 per cent) and Belgium (3.5 per cent). from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qXAMmh

Covid vaccine: London boroughs vaccinate 30% fewer over-55s than the Isles of Scilly

EXCLUSIVE: NHS England figures show 79 per cent of over-55s in the country had at least one dose of the vaccine by March 14, but London is significantly lagging behind in uptake. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38WbDCh

'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson warns UK must keep South African Covid variant out

The SAGE adviser said the troubling strain was accounting for five to 10 per cent of cases in Europe. It is feared the variant is able to dodge vaccine-induced immunity. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tCl2XO

Britain's vaccine shortage in April WON'T hamper inoculation drive, says Prof Lockdown

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden today waded into confusion around Britain's vaccine supply shortage, saying India was not 'withholding vaccines' and that the Serum Institute had 'some supply issues'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vEKJc3

Covid-19 UK: Number of Brits getting coronavirus each day drops AGAIN by 18% in a week

The Covid Symptom Study, run by ZOE and King's College London , estimated there are now around 4,470 people becoming ill every day - down nearly a fifth from the 5,494 figure last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tCf210

'Covid arm' that leaves Moderna vaccine recipients with red rashes may be a 'GOOD' sign, expert says

One infectious disease specialist said the side effect is a good sign because it the immune system is ramping up and being trained to fight the infection should you contract COVID-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vH5DXS

Low-dose aspirin cuts COVID-19 patients' risk of being admitted to the ICU or dying by nearly HALF

A new study, led by the George Washington University School of Medicine, found COVID-19 patients who received aspirin were 43% less likely to go to the ICU and 47% less likely to die. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30UGZoL

Covid UK: Daily deaths down 47% in a week to 95 as cases drop 7% to 6,303

Department of Health data showed there were 95 Covid fatalities recorded today, down 47 per cent on the 181 registered last Thursday, in another promising sign the second wave is still in retreat. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eSvmXn

Covid US: Experts urge people to get vaccine amid fears of another spike

At least 14 states have reported 10% increases including states where restrictions have been rolled back such as Michigan, Montana and Alabama, new data show. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cG6HCM

Chronic binge eater beats disorder and drops 8st 6lbs and five dress sizes

Ola Ingielewicz, 25, from Wandsworth, London, would gorge on food until she got sick and started comfort eating crisps, chocolates and fizzy drinks while left alone as a young child. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bXXWox

Ultrasound scans cause the shell of the coronavirus to collapse

MIT researchers conducted a mathematical analysis based on the physical properties of generic coronavirus cells and found they collapse at frequencies seen in normal ultrasound scans. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OCYkA3

Covid cases fell by 13% in England last week to 39,000, Test and Trace figures show

NHS Test and Trace data for the week from March 4 to March 10 saw the number of positive Covid cases tested in the country fall to 39,118, continuing a nine-week trend in falling infections. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30U08XN

Interactive Covid shows England and Wales death tolls by postcode

The Official for National Statistics map highlights how deaths have been concentrated in major cities, with London, Manchester, Cardiff and Birmingham among the worst affected. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ltoVvg

Health: Eating breakfast before 8:30am can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Health and dietary data on more than 10,500 adults was analysed by experts from the US to see how the timing and duration of daily consumption affects diabetic risk factors. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vDwgNu

Fewer than 1% of people who previously tested positive for COVID-19 are reinfected with the virus

A new study from the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark foundhust 0.65% who tested positive during the first wave were reinfected compared to 3.3% who were newly infected. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eTP4SG

Consuming added sugars doubles fat production, study warns

Fructose and sucrose in fizzy drinks promote hepatic lipogenesis - the synthesis of fatty acids around the liver, even in small amounts, researchers found. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tyxPKJ

Britain's Covid vaccine shortage may delay lockdown-easing plans, expert warns

Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in Cellular Microbiology at the University of Reading, said the vaccine supply fall could halt plans for Britons to return to the pub and go on holiday over summer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rZJ9PL

Employees need 'microbreaks' of just five minutes throughout the day to fight fatigue

Voluntary and unscheduled five-minute breaks during a typical workday are especially useful in helping tired employees bounce back from morning fatigue, according to a new study. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lvejMj

CDC declares to CA covid strains 'variants of concern'

With the addition of the California strains - which have been identified in almost every state - there are now five variants of concern (VOC) spreading in the US. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30SQ29u

Only Arizona and Montana have given more vaccines to vulnerable communities

A new CDC report found disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates in counties where most residents are poverty, race, disability and crowded housing compared to other areas. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tuLuCr

Kentucky woman with breast cancer sues hospital after WRONG letter says she was in the clear

Kim Johnson, pictured left and right, filed a lawsuit alleging Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, incorrectly said she was free of breast cancer and then tried to cover it up. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bSPHtL

Psychology: More than an hour a day of screen-time increases toddlers' risk of behavioural issues

The researchers have speculated that devices are reducing the time that children spent reading, playing and interacting with family, other kids - with knock-on effects. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bYBJGZ

Four more people have heart attacks for every 100,000 residents in a year

A new study, led by the University of Newcastle in Australia, found that every time a new fast food restaurant opened, an additional four people per 100,000 suffered a heart attack. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eQGc0c

Health: Overweight people in their 20s and 30s TWICE as likely to have memory issues later in life

Researchers analysed health data on 15,000 people, looking at the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on cognitive capacity later in life. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rYU0JR

Hospital becomes the first in the world to use a 'sponge on a string' to detect oesophageal cancer

University College London Hospital switched to the pioneering Cytosponge to assess patients after NHS bosses banned the use of endoscopies during the pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cKanUb

CDC predicts decline in weekly coronavirus deaths

COVID-19 deaths are set to decline dramatically over the coming four weeks, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predictions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vB2dGk

Alzheimer's disease could one day be identified YEARS before symptoms appear

Nanotechnology developed by academics at the University of Manchester is able to spot proteins which are created during neurodegeneration - the breakdown of neurons in the brain. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30VMWkY

Florida woman vaccinated against COVID-19 gives birth to first-known baby in the US with antibodies

A Florida mother, who received one dose of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, gave birth in January to the first baby in the U.S. known to be born with COVID-19 antibodies. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ts6PMU

Biden's CDC claims former Trump officials issued 'non-scientific' guidance that downplayed pandemic

An internal review ordered by CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky and was published on the website on March 10, which found the Trump administration downplayed the pandemic' severity. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bRpg7U

Covid-19 US: Maskless spring breakers expected to cause cases to surge

New daily COVID-19 infections fell dramatically for six weeks, but keep stalling at frustratingly high levels. The latest sticking point: a seven-day rolling average of 55,423 new cases a day. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Nr0Sk4

Covid US: White House to send surge shipments of vaccines to emerging hotspots

Plans of the Biden administration include vaccinating workers in high-risk occupations and sending shots to pharmacies that have partnerships with the White House from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eLthMN

Nearly 16 million Americans had COVID-19 antibodies by the end of summer 2020

A new study from Clinical Reference Laboratory Inc estimates that through September 30, there were 15.9 million infections of COVID-19, which is double the 7.1 million confirmed infections. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OujCzL

Europe Covid vaccines: Leaders will kill more than they save with Astra ban, expert warns

Europeans leaders halting the roll-out of AstraZeneca jabs due to fears over blood clots will kill more people than they save, a leading disease expert has warned, calling their worries 'overblown'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OKkcJw

Boris Johnson faces growing calls to launch public inquiry into handling of the coronavirus crisis

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said it would be 'premature' to launch the inquiry now, adding that ending lockdown and reopening the economy was the UK's main priority at the moment. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30QGLii

All over-50s in England are now eligible for a Covid vaccine as NHS expands roll-out to final stage

Matt Hancock today said he was 'delighted' at the expansion of the roll-out, and NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said they had crossed 'another milestone' in the race against the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tnpJEC

Covid Spain: Regulators BAN £51 Taffix nasal spray that studies show may cut infection risk

The 'Taffix' spray, which was previously sold in a pack of four on Amazon for £51, was credited with preventing tens of Jews from catching Covid at a religious festival in Israel last year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lldMfO

Covid UK: 5,294 new daily infections as death toll HALVES in a week with 110 victims

Department of Health figures show the daily number of victims has halved in a week, after 231 were added to the Government's official tally last Tuesday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bSeq1h

French experts spot 'Breton' Covid variant which 'may fully evade tests'

Eight cases of the 'Breton variant' were detected in a hospital in Lannion, a town in the northwest region of Brittany. Despite being infected with the virus, the patients' test results were negative. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cBDsRA

Up to 8,000 contact tracers are to be axed by Test and Trace

Test and Trace will be reducing its 22,000-strong workforce by a third to the levels it maintained last summer, when there were very few Covid cases, as they de-escalate staffing from the winter high. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rUk2Oj

Coronavirus: Pfizer's Covid vaccine is linked to MORE blood clots than AstraZeneca's in the UK

More than a dozen countries in Europe have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns about blood clots but scientists insist there are no more than in the general population. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38KxI73

Covid-19: More than a THIRD of people across England have coronavirus antibodies, data suggests

Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) going up to March 3 show an estimated 34.6 per cent of people in England have life-saving coronavirus antibodies. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OTEdNE

Coronavirus patient, 19, suffers painful ulcer on her vagina due to a rare complication

The unidentified 19-year-old, from Colorado, struggled to use the toilet because she was in so much pain. Doctors said the ulcer was caused by inflammation from her Covid infection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cBast1

Weekly Covid deaths in England and Wales have nearly HALVED in a fortnight to 2,000

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed there was a 48 per cent dip in Covid deaths over the two weeks to March 5, the latest available, as the second wave continues to recede. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2QaMKMQ

Role of No10's scientific panel SAGE 'will be reviewed after the pandemic'

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies ( SAGE ), which has guided the UK through the pandemic, has been accused of using dubious data and scare-mongering the Government. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eIVrIp

Half of all adults in the UK could be vaccinated by the end of THIS WEEK as total surges past 24m

Britain is in a race against time to inoculate as many people as possible before it must start giving out second doses. It could jab all top nine priority groups by March 29 if it dishes out 280,000 jabs a day. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cBUdMm

British woman made millions by brokering deals with UK Government for PPE on behalf of Chinese firm

Zoe Ley, 47, from Marylebone in London, is believed to have helped Hong Kong firm Worldlink Resource secure two Government PPE contracts worth £258million last spring. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cwfh7a

AMEERA SHEIKH: I've seen refugee camp horrors, but it's Covid that wakes me screaming

AMEERA SHEIKH: From early on, the resuscitation area was constantly full and a bed would only become free when someone died. That sometimes happened in front of me. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eFyzcH

How fat ARE you? The best ways to measure your flab

We're all increasingly keen to put a number on our health. We spoke to an expert in body composition measurement for his verdict on some of the latest gadgets available on the High Street and online. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30MbxJ3

Covid US: Over 1.4m get second vaccine dose late or not at all, says CDC report

A new CDC report found that of 12.5 million people who received their first coronavirus vaccine dose, 8.6 percent of people are late getting their second dose and 3.4 percent have completely missed it. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30Ix0CI

With air pollution meaning more are suffering allergies, here's how you can beat the pollen bomb

Instead of starting in mid to late March and ending in early September, the pollen season is starting in late February and finishing when autumn is well under way in October. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30NgKjW

CLAIRE GILBERT: Are doctors asking us cancer patients to suffer too much?

CLAIRE GILBERT: Seven weeks after that phone call, it is confirmed: I have myeloma, a cancer affecting the white blood cells. My prognosis is I will die in about ten years. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OAEQfd

Covid UK: 5,089 new cases in 8% week-on-week rise as deaths fall 1.5%

Department of Health bosses posted another 5,089 positive tests and 64 coronavirus victims. Deaths have fallen by just 1.5 per cent on last Monday's count. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cwwNYR

Covid: Two doses of Pfizer or Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine give same protection as prior infection

A study of 13,000 health workers in England found nobody who received both injections suffered symptomatic illness in the fortnight after their second jab. Just 2% of Covid survivors fell ill again. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qOwWfe

Couple welcome 'miracle twins' born on different days and with different star signs

Jess, 31, and Chris Chelin, 34, from York, were 'completely shocked' when they got pregnant with twins naturally after undergoing two rounds of IVF to conceive their daughter Ayda, now two. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ctlXCU

Mother reveals how firstborn died of brain cancer within a year of birth

Amy Walsh, 28, from Bristol, revealed how her seven-month-old baby Rory died from brain cancer in January 2020. They welcomed son Finley in November last year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30EH1Rv

Covid UK: Boris Johnson accepts delaying first lockdown was a mistake

As the first anniversary of the UK's March 23 shutdown approaches, senior sources have insisted Mr Johnson would act 'harder, earlier and faster' if given the chance again. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3czuJz5

Covid England: Health workers who refuse vaccine can be removed from high-risk wards

An internal document published on Friday said NHS England staff should also be put through the latest infection control training and provided protective equipment and a tight-fitting mask. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eAfwAG

Minister 'to use Premier League footballers to encourage under-30s to get Covid vaccines'

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has reportedly written to England's top football clubs to ask for their help encouraging younger Britons to get their coronavirus vaccines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2ORGtVC

AstraZeneca's Covid jab is NOT linked to blood clots, top scientists say

British vaccine chiefs at the MHRA and JCVI, as well as the scientists who developed the Oxford jab, say there is no proof that blood clots are more common among people who have had the vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eG42LN

Covid-19: Nine in 10 Covid hospital patients suffer lingering symptoms, SAGE paper claims

A paper published today by SAGE showed that 54 per cent of people feel they are not fully recovered from coronavirus more than three months after leaving the hospital. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2NcjW5n

Lockdown sparks a 40% boom in hair transplants since March 2020

London's DHI Global hair transplant clinic saw a 39.9 per cent surge in customers between April and December last year, performing 2,432 procedures during the pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Opue2J

Coronavirus England: NHS algorithm wrongly identified 430k as 'high risk'

An over-cautious algorithm used by the NHS in England automatically listed people as obese or black if data was missing, making their risk level higher than it was in reality. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PPDHR7

Covid: UK's Covid R rate drops back down and is no higher than 0.8

The Covid Symptom Study, run by ZOE and King's College London , estimated there are now around 5,494 people becoming ill every day - down a third from the 8,111 figure last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qEhkLh

NHS nurses could get a 3 PER CENT pay rise under No10 peace plans

Universities minister Michelle Donelan made the comments this morning amid the bitter pay row. It comes amid reports the UK Government will back-track on its original offer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qFXEGP

How London's Covid outbreak is rapidly shrinking

Department of Health data showed 31 out of 32 boroughs in London saw their infection rate dip over the seven-day spell to March 6. Hammersmith and Fulham saw the sharpest drop. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38vlFdG

More of us are venturing outside and feeling happier

The Office for National Statistics said more people were visiting parks or green spaces, collecting takeaways or buying non-essential items than in the darkest days of January. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OKvWvx

50,000 fewer men were urgently referred for suspected prostate cancer during pandemic

NHS England data shows the number of patients urgently referred for the cancer fell by 28 per cent between April 2020 and January of this year - about 52,000 fewer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t4tVZU

Covid vaccines: Fewer than HALF of care home staff have received a jab in parts of London

Lambeth in south London has the lowest proportion of care home staff take up the vaccine, with just 377 staff given a jab out of a total of 884 eligible staff - an uptake of just 42.6 per cent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rH0igZ

Covid England: Cases rise 2.7% week-on-week as deaths fall 25% to 181

Officials are carrying out a record number of tests after millions of primary and secondary pupils in England returned to classrooms for the first time in two months this week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38wbrJN

Weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths fall to lowest since mid-October

CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky marked the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring a global pandemic but says infections have not fallen low enough yet. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3vfI1cL

Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus

A late-stage study found that Novavax's coroanvirus vaccine is be 96% effective against the original COVID-19 strain and 100% effective at preventing severe disease. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38w2Gj2

Matt Hancock reveals homeless Brits will be bumped up the Covid vaccine priority list

The Health Secretary said the decision, which came on the advice of the UK's top scientists, would 'save more lives among those most at risk in society'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3taURHr

Isles of Scilly has recorded NO coronavirus cases since September, data show

Official testing data shows that not a single case has been recorded among the islands' 2,200 residents for the past six months, making it the only place in England with a 0% infection rate. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rHHbDi

Covid UK: PHE finds FOUR new cases of Brazil variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire

The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of existing cases in the area. Another case was spotted in Bradford. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bzKU06

Covid-19: Moderna starts testing three versions of vaccine booster in volunteers

On Wednesday, Moderna Inc began clinicial trials testing three versions of a booster shot of its coronavirus vaccine, which is designed to offer further protection against the South African variant. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38zxj79

Only 83% of patients suspected to have the disease were seen by a doctor in January, figures show

NHS England statistics showed 83 per cent of suspected cancer patients were seen by a specialist within two weeks of an urgent referral, the lowest level since records began in 2009. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bA8uK8

Ambulance delays are 'forcing heart attack patients to wait up to three hours for treatment'

The long waits are risking the lives and recoveries of those suffering the most serious type of heart attack in the UK, said an NHS watchdog. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3l3EiKF

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offers 97% protection, Israel study finds

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's coronavirus vaccine prevented 97% of symptomatic cases, hospitalizations and deaths, a new study from the Israeli Ministry of Health found. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OfDW7U

Record high 44% of NHS staff say they have been sick with stress in the past year

The yearly NHS staff survey found that even though stress levels were higher in England's hospitals, fewer people than last year said they wanted to quit the health service. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ta33aV

Covid vaccine supply blips will fall now 'bumps' are ironed out, pharma experts say

Pharmaceutical bosses today claimed Pfizer and AstraZeneca have now ironed out the kinks in their processes, which will result in less of the 'lumpy supply' ministers have complained of. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3evobUW

EU faces more Covid vaccine delays amid Johnson & Johnson supply shortage

The European Medicines Agency today recommended the vaccine - the world's first single-dose Covid jab - for public use on over-18s, but supplies could be delayed until later in the year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38tIiiD

Record 4.6million people are now on NHS waiting list in England

NHS England data show that more people than ever are waiting for operations or waiting too long for cancer appointments as the health service scrambles to work through its backlog. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rD6YwA

Eli Lilly's combination antibody therapy for COVID-19 cuts risk of hospitalization and death by 87%

The combination therapy from from Eli Lilly & Corecognizes the coronavirus and attaches to it, which blocks the pathogen from entering cells and spreading throughout the body. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bEo2Nj

England's Covid infection rate is now LOWER than Scotland's for the first time since April

Department of Health data showed England had 61 cases per 100,000 people on March 5, the latest available, but in Scotland it was 62.9 per 100,000. It has sparked calls to relax lockdown earlier. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bB4dGr

Covid-19: Nearly all 50 English constituencies lagging behind in vaccine rollout are Labour

EXCLUSIVE: NHS England figures show just 66.83 per cent of over-65s living in Birmingham's Ladywood area have received their first vaccine dose. It was followed by Camberwell and Peckham. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3l5Mp9u

HALF of cancer patients 'are not protected against Covid after one dose of Pfizer's vaccine'

A King's College London study of 150 cancer patients found the jab stimulated an antibody response in just 39 per cent of people after three weeks and 43 per cent after five weeks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PSvDiK

More than a FIFTH of medics across the world have developed PTSD, research claims

Researchers reviewed data from more than 100,000 doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from 21 countries including Britain to study the impact on mental health from the pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eqYG74

Covid-infected pregnant women are 18 times more likely to go to intensive care, study shows

World Health Organization and University of Birmingham researchers carried out the study and found that the risk of dying with Covid was about the same for pregnant and non-pregnant women. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30uMk5Z

Cambridge University issues 'stark warning' over toll of pandemic on young people's mental health

Psychiatrists at the University of Cambridge are calling for call for urgent action 'to ensure that this generation is not disproportionately disadvantaged by Covid-19'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bxozQX

Covid: Blood test developed in London may find patients at high risk of dying

Imperial College London researchers identified a cytokine - which fires-up the immune system - that was elevated early on in patients that would later suffer severe disease. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3evs1NN

Amir Khan, 34, is quizzed by fans as he appears to jump the queue to get his Covid vaccine

Former world champion boxer Amir Khan, 34, revealed on Wednesday that he has received his Covid jab by posting a picture on social media. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3v51aho

Anti-vaxx propaganda about fertility and Covid jabs driving vaccine hesitancy

The UK's vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, and equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, said focus groups and polling had shown much of the wariness centred around 'issues of fertility'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rDXAZq

Boris Johnson sparks lockdown extension fears as he warns of European Covid 'surge'

Boris Johnson admitted he was under pressure to ramp up the pace of his roadmap as infections and deaths tumble. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30uD2Ha

Britain's daily Covid cases drop by 7% in a week to 5,926

Infections are down 7 per cent week-on-week - even though hundreds of thousands of extra Covid tests were carried out over the past two days. Fatalities are still falling rapidly, too. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cndL72

Coronavirus UK: Kent Covid variant 'is up to TWICE as deadly as older versions'

Research published in the British Medical Journal estimated that the risk of death to the general public was 64 per cent higher with the new strain but the risk increase could be as high as double. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30s7ilV

Public Health England study claims rapid coronavirus tests are 'very good'

Officials from Public Health England and NHS Test & Trace have published their own study which suggests just 450 of the 1.5million rapid Covid tests taken on Monday this week would have been false positives. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cxUdx9

Stephen Fry, 63, joyously receives his first coronavirus vaccine

The national treasure, 63, fittingly had the jab at the 'spectacular' historic venue and shared snaps from the moment he was injected and said he 'never felt a thing' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t6GjIN

Britain's Covid cases drop by 10% week-on-week and deaths fall by a third

Department of Health figures show there were 5,766 more cases across the UK in the past 24 hours, down on the 6,391 last week, and 231 fatalities, down from 343. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30rpdJl

BAME communities are being put at risk by UK's 'colour-blind' Covid vaccine strategy, experts warn

Leading medics, including a top NHS race official, said ministers should have focused on ethnic minority groups after the over-70s got their first dose of the Covid vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38qmGUa

Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey will be used for Covid vaccinations

Poets' Corner, the final resting place of great British authors including Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters and Rudyard Kipling, will be used as a vaccination centre for central London. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t4mRfS

Chris Whitty warns 'a lot more people will die' if lockdown is lifted early

Professor Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance batted away calls for England's lockdown to be loosened sooner now the epidemic has been squashed to pre-second wave levels. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t7nzZR

New app could detect Covid-19 from a cough with 98% accuracy

Scientists have built an algorithm that detects whether you have Covid-19 from your cough, based on signs that can't be detected by the human ear. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38jiIwD

Nearly 0.4% of people living in two Essex boroughs have died of Covid since the pandemic began

EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Government's Covid dashboard show there have been 393 confirmed virus victims per 100,000 people in Castle Point, south Essex, the highest of any authority in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rvdRjB

Fewer people are now dying than expected in the South West and North East

Statisticians estimate the expected number of deaths by averaging fatalities over a week for the past five years. A fall below this level suggests people have died earlier than expected. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t08Yze

Long Covid is often worse for patients who only had mild symptoms of the virus, top doctor says

Dr Melissa Heightman, a member of the NHS England long Covid tasforce, said coronavirus patients who are hospitalised and recover are more likely to avoid long Covid symptoms. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rvmMRL

Matt Hancock says closure of Nightingales 'important step' in Covid pandemic recovery

The Health Secretary said the combined success of the UK vaccine rollout and 'everybody's commitment to stick by the rules' meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3v5aemp

Almost 11,000 Britons could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer, charity warns

Breast Cancer Now said there were 10,700 fewer people diagnosed with the condition between March and December - when Covid infections spiralled - than expected for the time of year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3buOYi4

Covid-19 Symptom Checker 'failed to pick up serious illness'

Digital Covid-19 'symptom checkers' may stop some patients from getting prompt treatment for serious illness, researchers reveal. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3emxDdm

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY reveals which fruit and veg you should have - and clever ways to boost your intake

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Fruit and vegetables are packed with a complex network of nutrients, not simply the ones everyone knows about, such as vitamins C and E. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t7kUzn

How coronavirus may trigger diseases from diabetes to MS - and damage the brain, too

After testing positive for Covid in October, writer Nilufer Atik, 45, who lives with her son Milo, four, in Surrey, fears her hearing is permanently damaged. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OufcbD

Health: Diphtheria risks becoming a global threat again as it evolves resistance to antibiotics

Experts from the UK and India analysed data on 512 samples of Corynebacterium diphtheria - the bacteria behind the disease - taken from 1896-2018. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uZ2aUe

Eating oily fish just twice a week 'could slash heart attack risk'

Two servings of fish a week could prevent people with heart disease from having major heart attacks or strokes, Canadian researchers say. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3v5341B

Dr Jenny Harries is favourite to take over England's National Institute of Health Protection

Dr Jenny Harries, who has worked in public health for well over a decade, would take over from Baroness Dido Harding as chief of NHS Test & Trace and oversee the replacement of Public Health England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ejmMAT

Coronavirus: Vaccine hesitancy worst in UK's black people, under-30s and low-income

The survey by the Office for National Statistics also found that British women with young children were more likely to be worried about getting a vaccine than those with older children or none. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kVTVUl

Wearing a face mask during intense exercise is safe 'for healthy people'

In experiments, scientists found mask use is safe during 'maximal exercise', although with a 'slight reduction in performance'. World Health Organisation says we should not wear masks when exercising. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3v6UNtV

How badly was YOUR NHS hospital hit in December?

MailOnline's analysis uncovered the huge blow dealt to cancer services and other routine treatments by surging admissions, which saw trusts warn they could be overwhelmed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ekxdUQ

Covid patient, 69, has blood drained from his penis after suffering a painful three-hour erection

The unidentified man, from Ohio, was diagnosed with the condition, known medically as priapism, while in hospital with a severe bout of Covid last autumn. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30n2Qol

Schools are safe but it is 'inevitable' Covid cases will rise, SAGE adviser says

Professor Calum Semple, an expert at Liverpool University and SAGE adviser, pointed to studies that have shown primary school pupils are half as likely to catch and fall ill with Covid as adults. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3c9BCqJ

Health bosses warn of 'hidden' waiting list of six million patients

Head of the NHS Confederation Danny Mortimer (pictured) said that official waiting list could swell to unprecedented levels that have not been seen in more than a decade. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OA3Pz6

The delicious breakfasts you won't believe are low carb!

More of us are living for longer than ever in the UK - great news, except that for many the extra years are being spent in poor health. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rpRjkc

DR ELLIE CANNON: How do I get more sleeping pills now GP has cut mine?

Today DR ELLIE CANNON advises a reader who is concerned that her GP has reduced the number of sleeping tablets they have been prescribed forcing her to consider sourcing drugs online. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30t2vjT

Tastiest way to beat diabetes: Now we'll show how YOU can too!

DR DAVID UNWIN: Let me start with an embarrassing confession: for years, patients with a weight problem were among my least favourite cases to deal with as a doctor. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sTrGbD

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Can statins save you from Covid as well as heart disease?

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Thirty-five years on and statins are now one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, with around eight million people, including me, taking them daily. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30fiVwv

Coronavirus UK: Britain's daily Covid cases drop to 5,947 and deaths fall by a third

The latest infection figures, released late this evening by Public Health England, show a thirty per cent drop week-on-week compared to last Friday, when more than 8,500 cases were recorded. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sTVViW

Missing patient with Brazilian Covid strain is FOUND after nationwide hunt

To date, six cases of the variant of concern have been found in the UK - three in Scotland and three in England. A public appeal had been made for one of those people in England to come forward. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bhgqA0

US is giving 2 million COVID vaccines a day

Two million shots were administered on Thursday, keeping the seven-day rolling average of doses administered a day to two million for the second day in row. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rjUIB2

Coronavirus: UK care home visitors urged to get a Covid vaccine as soon as possible

Updated guidance from the Department of Health said that people who wanted to visit care homes in England should take up the offer of a Covid vaccine as soon as they are approached. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30dBuB9

Is the NYC variant driving a covid resurgence in the former epicenter?

After a steep decline in COVID-19 cases in New York City, infections are now staying stubbornly high at 3,700 a day. The stagnation comes as a variant that emerged there is spreading more quickly. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30dWwiZ

Men, older adults and smokers are all more prone to coronavirus infection

A new study led by Harvard and MIT found that men, older adults and smokers had higher levels of ACE2, the receptor the coronavirus uses to enter and infect cells. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MN53pX

Covid-19: Gloucestershire neighbourhood has only vaccinated 20% of over-65s

EXCLUSIVE: Figures from NHS England going up to February 28 show 93.6 per cent of all adults over the age of 65 have been given at least one dose of a vaccine, but rates vary wildly across the country. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bg1e6e

Coronavirus: UK will have to 'live with a substantial degree of death' in post-lockdown era

Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious disease expert at University College London and member of SAGE, told Times Radio: 'We've been through the worst of this'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sPiG7s

Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people, covid expert says

Professor Robert Dingwall, from Nottingham Trent University, said the risk in pubs was 'heavily age loaded' and focused on 'specific groups where one can think about specific advice on protection'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rhRY7a

ANOTHER Covid variant is found in the UK

The new variant, temporarily named B1.1.318, was first detected on February 15 through genomic sequencing and UK officials began monitoring its spread on February 24. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2PCga6f

US obesity crisis to blame for it having one of the world's worst Covid death tolls, major report

So far 518,500 Americans have died from Covid, the highest death toll of any nation and double the number of victims in second worst-hit Brazil. Almost 70% of adults in the US are obese. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rleT1m

Matt Hancock urges England to stay vigilant after study claims the decline in Covid cases has SLOWED

The Health Secretary said the REACT study results - a key measure of the outbreak - were 'some cause for concern' that the 'hard-won progress' of the last two months could be at risk. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30aYOiT

Coronavirus: REACT mass-testing survey finds 1 in 200 people infected in England

The study, run by Imperial College London, found that around 0.5 per cent of people were infected with the virus during the second half of February, with numbers now coming down more slowly. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rs2IQB

Covid-19 UK: Vaccine queue system jumped by people claiming to be carers

EXCLUSIVE: Insiders involved in the day-to-day running of the vaccine rollout and dozens of Britons who claim to have been jabbed have told how there are 'no checks' at vaccination centres. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qceAoh

Britain's daily Covid cases fall by another third in a week to 6,385

Department of Health statistics show infections have plunged nearly 36 per cent on last Wednesday, when 9,938 positive tests were added to the Government's official toll. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OgQJ9C

UK's Covid vaccine drive set to drastically pick up pace from 15 March

In a letter to local leaders, NHS chiefs have told Covid vaccination teams to prepare for extra supplies, hinting that the UK may get 4million doses per week from next Thursday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uLLnUN

Covid: Pfizer and Moderna vaccines give T-cell immunity against new variants

A study by the University of California, San Diego, tested the blood of vaccinated people against the Kent, South Africa, Brazil and California Covid variants and found white blood cells were effective. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MGzDS2

Scientists will test whether gout drug helps infected adults beat Covid symptoms

Oxford University researchers have begun trials on 30p pill colchicine today to examine whether it can reduce recovery time from Covid and prevent the need for hospital admission. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bZoKmV

UK sick days fall to record low of just 1.8% despite Covid pandemic

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the sickness absence rate - the number of working hours lost due to illness - was 1.8 per cent in the UK in 2020, the equivalent of about 3.6 days per worker. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MOeo0U

Covid vaccines: Oxford and Pfizer first doses just as effective in elderly with underlying illness

University of Bristol researchers who led the research said the results were significant because they 'were in people who are least expected to be protected against the vaccine'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2O1azWu

Mammograms pick up harmless breast lumps from the Covid vaccine

Swollen lymph nodes are common after infection and a sign the immune system is fighting a foreign invader. However, swollen lymph nodes are not a known side-effect for other vaccines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bbN8mr

Coronavirus: England's hunt for Brazilian variant case 'should be easy'

Kent and Surrey councils told MailOnline they were not aware of efforts to track the case in their populations, ruling out a third of the region's 9million people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sICvNI

NHS Test and Trace is 25 PER CENT more successful in parts of Essex than in Bradford

EXCLUSIVE: New data show the disparity between regions of the country in terms of how well NHS Test and Trace is reaching people who have come into contact with Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/382dZz1

Coronavirus: Covid deaths in England are falling FASTER than SAGE predicted

A prediction made by SAGE sub-group SPI-M at the start of February suggested daily Covid deaths in England would stay above 200 until the end of March but they are already lower. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30egw4R

No10 admits 'Crude' and flawed formula used to divvy up Covid vaccine supplies

Number 10 today confirmed officials used the Barnett formula to decide how many jab doses should be allocated to the UK's devolved nations. Think-tanks have branded it 'crude'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3r724Yp

NHS hospitals in London are told to prepare for a 'possible surge' in Covid patients later this year

The leaked guidance handed to NHS trusts in London last month warns that they will be asked to 'begin to plan for a possible wave 3 Covid surge'. But cases are falling across the capital. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2OmDjco

Covid UK: Cases drop a QUARTER in a week while deaths fall 37%

Britain's daily coronavirus cases and deaths have fallen once again today, with another 6,391 infections and 343 fatalities added to the official tally. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uM2nKi

EIGHT MILLION people in England live in neighbourhoods with close to ZERO Covid cases

MPs called on Boris Johnson to justify his national approach to easing restrictions, saying it was unfair to keep Devon residents 'cooped up' over Easter because of high cases elsewhere. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kDZirm

Coronavirus: UK narrows search for missing Brazil variant case to South East

The Health Secretary said officials are close to finding the person who provided the positive swab but no contact details, working out that it came from a batch of home tests used in the South East. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uGl1Dz

Fascinating time-lapse charts show how England's Covid vaccine drive has worked

Figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics show 22 per cent of over-85s in England had Covid antibodies at the start of 2021, before the inoculation roll-out began to rapidly pick up pace. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dXTmbj

Now 54-year-old David Cameron gets his Covid jab amid postcode lottery fears

Mr Cameron said he was 'proud' to have received the jab and hailed the NHS for its 'deeply impressive' roll-out. He tweeted a photograph of himself being injected at a clinic believed to be in London. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uMbPgV

Britain's Covid vaccines should cut the risk of dying or being hospitalised MORE in younger adults

Public Health England last night revealed a single shot of the Covid jabs cut hospital rates in over-80s by 80 per cent. Dr Mary Ramsay, who led the analysis, expects 'stronger' results in younger Brits. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rddA4G

Coronavirus: Eight out of England's 10 Covid hotspots have prisons

EXCLUSIVE: Department of Health data shows that, for the week ending February 21, areas with prisons in had infection rates that were up to twice as high as non-prison areas. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Of1Gsp

Covid vaccines: Fewer than TEN over-80s now need to enter intensive care in England each day

Matt Hancock hailed 'exciting' data showing that just one shot of either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer jab offers dramatic protection against severe disease in older people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/300AVun

Psychology: More than a THIRD of young adults report smartphone addiction symptoms, study finds

Experts surveyed 1,043 people aged 18-30 about their smartphone usage, sleep quality and their strategies to reduce use of the devices. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kDbf0j

Diamond-tipped probe used to fix faulty heart rhythms could cut the risk of stroke

A diamond-tipped probe that fixes faulty heart rhythms could cut the risk of stroke. The probe, which is slightly narrower than a straw, has three tiny gems on the tip. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bMEFFe

'Will honey drops ease my red itchy eyes?':Dr MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Dr MARTIN SCURR: I've seen no published evidence suggesting Manuka honey can help, although Manuka drops may have a beneficial antiseptic effect, so there's no reason not to try it. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uLwX72

How did it take TWO YEARS to diagnose my brain disorder? Janey was told it was 'all in the mind'.

Driving home along the motorway one afternoon, Janey Semp, 58, from Manchester, felt a strange tingling spreading across her left hand. Two years later she was diagnosed with a rare disorder. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3uHiw3H

Growing army of doctors helping their patients REVERSE DIABETES

For years it troubled and perplexed Dr Ruth Tapsell that her type 2 diabetes patients made little or no progress despite the drugs she prescribed or the healthy eating advice given... from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3b5Q3gc

Up to 55,000 Covid-positive people never got their test results, official figures show

EXCLUSIVE: Test and Trace data showed 54,551 coronavirus patients have not given email addresses and mobile numbers to contact them on since the scheme launched at the end of May. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bIY8Xa

Daily Covid cases almost HALVE in a week to lowest level since September

Department of Health bosses today posted 5,455 more infections and 104 fatalities. It is the lowest daily case toll since September 28, and the fewest victims since October 26. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2NSVh6j

'Schools WILL reopen on March 8': No10 refuses to delay restart despite Brazilian Covid fears

Six cases of the P.1 variant first detected in the Amazonian city of Manaus have been confirmed in the UK. The Prime Minister's roadmap out of lockdown is due to begins with the return of schools. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pZC8ws

Pfizer's Covid vaccine may not work as well if you're fat

The Italian study indicated the jabs trigger a much weaker immune response in those who are severely overweight after two doses. But experts said the 50 per cent looked 'suspiciously high'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sAjFIy

Teachers are NOT more at risk of catching Covid, ONS data finds

The Office for National Statistics study of 120 schools in England at the start of the second wave found 14.6 per cent of primary staff and 15.7 per cent of secondary staff had the proteins. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sGpqnV

Coronavirus: Dr Saleyha Ahsan reveals the horror of watching her father die of Covid

Dr Ahsan has documented her own hospital's fight against coronavirus in Wales but her experience took a turn when her own father became seriously ill with the disease in London and later died. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MAPodn

Coronavirus UK: Nadhim Zahawi says NHS vaccine speed will double in March

Nadhim Zahawi said today that March will be a 'very big month' for the NHS vaccination programme and tens of millions of vaccines will be handed out as the programme works even faster. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2O8gfxK

Coronavirus UK: What do we know about the Brazilian Covid variant?

Scientists say vaccines are still expected to work against the variant, found in England and Scotland over the weekend, but they may be less effective at preventing it from spreading. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3b5iECA

Covid UK: Two million over-60s will be invited to receive their first jab from TODAY

NHS England said the vaccination programme will then move to offer vaccinations to around 5million people in their 50s which should take two weeks to deliver. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3b0tEkw

Quarter of all UK Covid fatalities 'had dementia: Charities highlight cost of care home visits ban

One in four of all coronavirus deaths have been among those with the dementia - but care home visiting bans have denied families the chance to say goodbye. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3synPRa

Rishi Sunak will give funding for trials into whether extra vaccine shot could benefit patients

The money provided by Rishi Sunak will include £22million to fund a UK trial of a 'mix and match' vaccine strategy, where volunteers will be given first and second doses of different jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3b49cz8

Personal trainer Sophie Allen, 31, answers the most common questions she is asked

A personal trainer has answered the most common questions she is asked by clients, including what is the best way to lose weight and how can you develop a healthy relationship with food. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sO8Qmv

Germany and France 'WILL give AstraZeneca jab to over-65s' in major U-turn