Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock China, the country that first detected the novel coronavirus, remains one of the few not to have imported one of the exceptionally effective mRNA COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna. Instead, it has so far relied on vaccines developed by two Chinese companies, Sinovac and Sinopharm. However, thisContinue Reading
DAILY coronavirus cases in the UK have plummeted by 58 per cent in the last month as deaths continue to fall. A further 41,648 people tested positive for the virus today, that’s down on the daily infection total seen on January 14, which was 99,652. LNP Coronavirus cases have continuedContinue Reading
SAGE scientists urged Boris Johnson to keep free Covid testing as he plans to scrap isolation rules in a bid to live with the virus. The PM hopes to ditch the remaining Covid laws in just two weeks’ time but his top medical advisers warned the swabs are vital inContinue Reading
The rise of the omicron variant has caused havoc around the world, just as the emergence of the delta and alpha variants did before. A pattern has emerged, with the world scrambling to respond to a new form of the coronavirus every six or so months. How can we reduceContinue Reading
SEVEN European holiday hotspots have put expiration dates on vaccine certificates – making it more difficult for Brits to head abroad during half term. So while some double jabbed Brits can still enter, if your second jab was too long ago, you won’t be allowed in. Seven European countries haveContinue Reading
A COVID patient can smell for the first time since childhood after recovering from the virus. Nancy Simpson 25, had long struggled to smell but did not know why. Nancy Simpson, 25, can smell for the first time since childhood after recovering from Covid Nancy told The Sun: “I stayedContinue Reading
The UK government recently announced a dramatic U-turn on the COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, originally scheduled to take effect on April 1 2022. Health or social care staff will no longer need to provide proof of vaccination to stay employed. The reason, as health secretary Sajid Javid madeContinue Reading
Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Despite the UK being one of the most developed countries in the world, there are still thousands of people in Britain who are not able to afford or access period products or menstrual health services – what’s known as “period poverty”. The pandemic has only made this worse.Continue Reading
OMICRON is now the dominant strain of Covid in the UK, so it’s important that you know the signs to look out for. Most people who catch Omicron say they experience common cold symptoms, but there are other unexpected signs which have been reported. Getty If you’re feeling unwell thenContinue Reading
The human brain is a marvellous machine, capable of handling complex information. To help us make sense of information quickly and make rapid decisions, it has learned to use shortcuts, called “heuristics”. Most of the time, these shortcuts help us to make good decisions. But sometimes they lead to cognitiveContinue Reading
