To go ahead this year, Christmas celebrations may need to be more low key than they would usually be. PorporLing/Shutterstock This autumn the UK has had between 30,000 and 50,000 new COVID cases each day, and globally cases are rising again after months of steady decline – so much soContinue Reading
Recent official South African medical reports and countrywide COVID data have indicated that since early November, when omicron was first detected, COVID cases substantially increased. However, most patients had, at worst, mild symptoms, and cases are now in steep decline. These observations substantially differ from the previous waves, including thoseContinue Reading
Omicron, the latest variant of concern, was discovered in samples collected on November 8 in South Africa. It rapidly replaced delta as the dominant variant in the country and now accounts for nearly 100% of cases in South Africa. Since then, this latest “variant of concern” has since spread throughoutContinue Reading
SLEEP is imperative to our health and wellbeing and illness can make it difficult for us to get the snooze our body needs. But experts have warned that disturbed sleep could actually be a sign of Covid-19. Getty – Contributor If you’re having issues with your sleep then it couldContinue Reading
A recurring theme of the pandemic has been how COVID’s impacts have not fallen equally across the UK population. The health and financial burden of the disease has been felt disproportionately by people living in deprived areas. An example of the starkness of this disparity is the fact that, onceContinue Reading
Texturemaster/Shutterstock Omicron cases are rising fast, with fears that the UK could soon record a million new infections a day. In response, the chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, has asked the public to cut down on socialising to slow the spread. But how should people respond to thisContinue Reading
Just as we thought we understood COVID testing, along came omicron and raised a whole new bunch of questions. We asked Dr Andrew Lee, a reader in global public health, to answer them. The UK government website ran out of lateral flow tests. Does that mean I can’t get oneContinue Reading
CameraCraft/Shutterstock COVID vaccines protect people from severe illness and death, but in the UK, they’re not doing so evenly. While overall uptake of COVID vaccines in Britain is high, it isn’t uniform across all ethnic groups. At the beginning of December, 90% of all white people aged 50-54 had beenContinue Reading
SB Arts Media/Shutterstock COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of children and young people beyond recognition. Throughout the pandemic, research has been underway to assess the impact on young people’s mental health, but much research is poor quality and so potentially misleading. For example, a global, collaborative and constantly updated project,Continue Reading
FUN-loving Brits eager to party have hit the town for a night of festive boozing before Plan B Covid restrictions hit. Revellers have been snapped dressed to the nines as they braved the cold for rowdy Christmas gatherings. Party-goers have hit the town before Plan B restrictions are imposed ManyContinue Reading
