Studio Romantic/Shutterstock It’s been nearly two years since Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive an approved COVID vaccine at a clinic in Coventry on December 8, 2020. Since then, almost 13 billion doses of various COVID vaccines have been administered globally. And they are estimatedContinue Reading
THE Sun today launches our Christmas appeal – and calls on YOU, our army of generous readers, to help out. We are asking if you could give the gift of volunteering with our Helping Hands at Christmas campaign. Olivia West Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas met Royal VoluntaryContinue Reading
Undrey/Shutterstock With Christmas just a month away, the good news is that COVID cases in the UK have been falling, and are now at the lowest we’ve seen them for some time. Meanwhile, the number of new flu infections remains stable. And people in their 20s and 30s have someContinue Reading
r.classen/Shutterstock Almost three years into the pandemic, myths and misinformation remain widespread. Here we, a virologist and a public health researcher, debunk some common misconceptions about COVID. Myth 1: The virus is becoming milder There’s a prevailing myth in the omicron era that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) isContinue Reading
MONKEYPOX has been officially renamed in a bid to stop racism. Bosses at the World Health Organization said people had used “racist and stigmatising” language on social media during a global outbreak this year. AP The World Health Organization said the virus will now be called “mpox” (Pictured: Monkeypox virusesContinue Reading
THIS is the dramatic moment a Chinese man is arrested for staging a lone anti-lockdown protest before being freed by an angry crowd. Footage shows the man- who was dubbed as “local Superman” delivering a speech protesting the country’s strict zero Covid policy. The man was protesting against China’s strictContinue Reading
Pressmaster/Shutterstock An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long COVID in the UK alone. We recently asked 888 people in the UK with long COVID about their experiences of stigma, and 95% of them said they had experienced stigma related to their condition. Long COVID is characterised by prolongedContinue Reading
A BODY language expert has revealed why Matt Hancock isn’t being authentic on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. The former Health Secretary has been a huge topic of conversation during his stint in the jungle. A body language expert has explained why Matt Hancock isn’t being authenticRexContinue Reading
Ground Picture/Shutterstock For young people who were in university at the height of the COVID pandemic, the university experience was suddenly radically different to what they had expected. Teaching moved quickly online, with students forced to adjust to using digital tools to complete their learning at home. Those looking forwardContinue Reading
New Africa/Shutterstock Adolescents (young people aged between 10 and 24) are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health disorders. Essentially this is because our brains are not fully developed until the end of adolescence. These mental illnesses that start in adolescence can then continue well into adulthood. The COVID pandemic hasContinue Reading