More than 100,000 people have died in the United Kingdom after contracting the coronavirus, a year into Europe’s deadliest outbreak, figures from the government showed Tuesday. Britain is the fifth country in the world to record 100,000 virus-related deaths, after the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, and by far the smallest. The U.S. has […]
France says two clusters of UK COVID strain detected
Two risk clusters of the mutant coronavirus variant sweeping Britain have been detected in France, the health ministry said on Thursday. The UK last month sounded the alarm over the variant, which experts say is much more contagious than the original coronavirus. The clusters were located in the western French region of Brittany, and in […]
Covid new strain symptoms: Five emergency warning signs of COVID-19 to watch out for
Coronavirus: Previous sufferers can catch new strain says expert Boxing Day is usually accompanied by scenes of frenzied shoppers flocking to the high street but not this year. Today six million more people in the east and south east of England entered tier four restrictions and other areas moved up a tier. The reason for […]
Officials assessing UK new coronavirus strain, significance: WHO
Fox News Flash top headlines for December 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. While British authorities look into a new mutated coronavirus strain, many unanswered questions remain, according to the World Health Organization. Mutations don’t necessarily imply something for the better or worse; it simply means a change. An organism, in this […]
Gout drug tested as coronavirus treatment in large UK trial
Americans remain hopeful for coronavirus vaccine following the Thanksgiving holiday Internal medicine physician Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider calls recent vaccine developments ‘truly incredible.’ An anti-inflammatory drug widely used to treat gout and other conditions is the latest to be added to a large-scale trial in the U.K. that is investigating potential treatments for coronavirus. Researchers leading […]
Coronavirus UK cases: Scientists discover deciding factors for why men are more at risk
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. COVID-19 cases of death in the UK now sits at a staggering 53,274 with a further 1.43 million infection cases. Scientists have discovered why men are more prevalent to severe infections and […]
Coronavirus UK: This seemingly harmless activity could be raising your risk
Coronavirus continues to dominate both domestic and international affairs. The news that President Donald Trump has tested positive for the virus highlights the indiscriminate nature of the pathogen – no one can be fully shielded from it. There are ways to mitigate the risk of catching COVID-19, however. Research continues to shed light on the […]
24.4 percent of UK health care workers positive for SARS-CoV-2
(HealthDay)—The overall prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies is 24.4 percent in a cohort of asymptomatic health care workers, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in Thorax. Adrian Shields, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., from the University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences in the United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted […]
People with obesity in the UK wait much longer before discussing weight with a healthcare provider
A detailed analysis of UK data from a global obesity study (the ACTION-IO study) has shown that, on average, people with obesity (PwO) in the UK were struggling with their weight for 9 years before they sought help from a healthcare professional/HCP, much longer than the global average of 6 years found in this study. […]
Rapid changes in end-of-life care will affect patients at home and in care homes in the UK
Family members are being trained to administer drugs to end-of-life patients at home and in care homes in the UK, in case doctors or nurses are not available to give injections when needed. And new palliative care drugs are being considered for use during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research carried out at the height […]