Covid’s resurgence won’t plunge the UK into even more chaos, scientists have claimed amid warnings of a new ‘Delta plus’ variant. Infections and hospital admissions have been climbing over the…
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Delta plus won’t lead to summer of Covid chaos, say scientists
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), told The Telegraph: “It remains difficult to predict exactly what will happen over the summer in…
British Airways crew is put in isolation over monkeypox fears
British Airways crew is put in isolation over monkeypox fears after one tests positive for the infection in Singapore Two pilots and nine stewards and stewardesses have all been put…
Do I have Covid or hay fever? The confusion that’s contributing to surge in cases
Coronavirus’s three traditional trademark symptoms (sore throat, fever and loss of taste / smell) which were first posited in spring 2020 are increasingly forming a minority of cases as new…
Breakthrough on Covid condition leaving sufferers with symptoms similar to ‘traumatic brain injury’
Breakthrough Australian research has found the major causes behind one of the mysterious symptoms experienced by sufferers of long Covid – the mental impairment caused by ‘brain fog’. By identifying…
‘Lifesaver’ breast cancer drug becomes available on the NHS
‘Lifesaver’ breast cancer drug which can reduce risk of the disease recurring by a third in some women becomes available on the NHS A drug hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ for…
This quiz can reveal if you have a brain tumour
A simple language test – which asks people to name as many animals as they can in 60 seconds – could help identify whether people with persistent headaches have a…
Boy, 4, died hours after he was sent home by GP with ‘raspy’ breathing, inquest hears
A ‘cheeky and happy’ four-year-old boy died from a rare underlying heart condition within three hours of a GP sending him home, an inquest heard. George Thomas Spencer, who had…
Catching Omicron variant ‘does NOT provide immunity from reinfection’, scientists reveal
Catching Omicron Covid variant ‘does NOT provide immunity from reinfection’, scientists reveal – saying it helps explain the continued rise in cases Latest study finds Omicron variant of Covid gives…
Children infected with three viruses at a time because COVID measures have worn down immune systems
Children are turning up in doctors’ clinics infected with as many as three different types of viruses, in what experts believe is the result of their immune systems being weakened…