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Coronavirus patient begs to see his wife from hospital bed Despite the UK’s ongoing vaccine rollout, coronavirus continues to reach grim milestones. The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic – government data shows that a total of 4,076 Covid patients were

Coronavirus: Expert warns of five week wait for death rate to fall PM Boris Johnson called a press conference last night to update the public on the ongoing vaccination campaign, which will be supported by the army. While the news is welcomed, it will provide little comfort for frontline workers, who are currently over overwhelmed

Recovery mode. Jessie Cave’s 3-month-old son, Tenn, is “home now” following his coronavirus battle. “Thank you for all the well wishes and messages of support,” the actress, 33, captioned a Thursday, January 7, Instagram slideshow with her baby boy. “Be safe everybody. Amazing care from everybody at Chelsea and Westminster.” The cartoonist’s social media update

Coronavirus will ‘thrive in winter’ says doctor It would be premature to announce the end of a pandemic that has disrupted our lives this past year but there are optimistic signs in the air. The main cause of optimism is the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that has already been deployed in the UK. Our advanced understanding of

The designated driver (DD) is a successful public health strategy dating back to the late 1980s. To better reflect the realities of today’s society, now is a good time to evolve the initiative to help mitigate the harms tied to broader substance use and beyond drinking and driving. The promotion of “buddy circles,” as an

Coronavirus updated cases around the world sits at 3.5 million infections and 284,000 deaths. In a glimmer of hope during this pandemic, 1.13 million people have recovered from COVID-19. Thanks in part, to efficient medical care, no underlying health conditions and spotting their symptoms early. What makes COVID-19 such a destructive virus is that there

Coronavirus latest updates include 616 victims announced today. This brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the UK to 18,763. In latest news, another 4,583 people have tested positive for the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, meaning 138,078 cases have now been diagnosed. The government initially hoped to keep the number of COVID-19 victims

Coronavirus now affects every walk of life with people being told to stay at home, self-isolate and monitor any unusual symptoms. The most common and well-known symptoms of coronavirus includes fever, cough and shortness of breath. There have been other reported signs such as loss of taste and smell or even possibly a loss of hearing. There

Coronavirus has now killed 289 people in the UK, which includes a person aged 18 with an underlying health condition. Amid the rising death toll Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a stark warning: the open air does not provide immunity. Implicit in his warning is a plea for people to stay indoors where they

Coronavirus was described by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday as the “worst public health crisis for a generation”. While this may sound alarmist, the government has been criticised over the past few weeks for sugarcoating the seriousness of the virus so it is a welcome shift in attitude. The UK is estimated to be

Scorpions can be found at every corner of the globe and on six of the seven continents, from the southern tip of South America to the arid expanse of the Sahara Desert. That makes any rigorous accounting of the world’s venomous scorpions—and their various effects on human beings—an extremely tall task. But in a new

Actor Jaime King is not just a fantastic mom; she’s also an advocate for children, like her son, who have congenital heart defects — and a proponent of affordable health care for all families, not just those as fortunate as hers. She recently shared an update on her younger son Leo’s health battle on social