Hearing deterioration reported by discharged COVID-19 patients

A significant number of patients reported a deterioration in their hearing when questioned eight weeks after discharge from a hospital admission for COVID-19, according...

Anyone with Coronavirus symptoms must now self isolate for ten days

Anyone with coronavirus symptoms in England will now be ordered to self-isolate for 10 days rather than seven,England's deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan...

Pandemic leaves 1.1m teenagers unhappy with their lives

Nearly 1 in 5 children aged 10-17 in the UK – the equivalent of 1.1m – have reported being unhappy with their lives as...

New analysis lays bare government’s failure to protect social care from COVID-19

New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals the devastating impact the pandemic has had on social care in England. The independent charity says the...

Stockport warning as cases of Covid begin to rise

Stockport is warning that its cases of Covid are rising, Having moved from seeing 5 or fewer cases per day on average through late June...

MP’s describe decision to discharge hospital patients back into care homes at start of...

The Government’s “slow, inconsistent, and at times negligent approach” to social care in the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the “tragic impact” of “years...

Survey suggests aerosol is significant form of COVID-19 transmission

Early results from a survey of 2000 people in the UK and US has suggested that the COVID-19 transmitted through aerosol transmission is materially...

Government declares war on obesity

A raft of measures have been revealed as part of the Government’s new Obesity Strategy to get the nation fit and healthy, protect themselves...

Existing evidence suggests face coverings do not lead to false sense of security

Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead to a false sense of security and is unlikely...

Team led by Manchester Scientists discover a way to slow the growth of breast...

A team of British and American scientists have discovered a way to slow the growth of breast cancer stem cells in the lab. The study...