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A new variant and waning immunity mean surveillance that had been wound down since pandemic will be increasedCoronavirus testing and monitoring are set to be scaled up for the winter, the UK’s public health agency has said, as pressures on the health s…
‘Come and live in somebody’s shoes who is at high risk of serious complications from the flu or Covid,’ disability advocate saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeople with disability are more likely to feel unsa…
Biomarker discovery indicates that sufferers from brain fog and fatigue post-virus could be treated with anticoagulantsScientists have identified molecular signatures in the blood that are linked to brain fog, other cognitive problems and fatigue in pa…
Move in England comes after detection of highly-mutated coronavirus variant that is spreading around the worldHealth officials have brought forward plans for autumn flu and Covid vaccinations after detecting a highly-mutated Covid variant that is sprea…
John Penrose is the latest MP to voice their frustration after Dorries said she was quitting but then failed to do so. This live blog is now closedMPs will try to oust Nadine Dorries as an MP next month amid growing calls for her to follow through on h…
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homesA group of 30 families are suing the UK government, care homes and hospitals over the deaths of their relatives in the earl…
Active community testing required on an intermittent basis to see ‘the whole iceberg, not just the tip’, Prof Catherine Bennett saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolitical momentum for the monitoring and surve…
CDC said that scientists discovered a new coronavirus variant, BA 2.86, and that higher-risk persons should be cautiousAs authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in the US, medical experts are emphasizing that high-risk perso…
Royal Society review looks at non-pharmaceutical interventions during pandemic when applied in packages of several measuresMeasures taken during the Covid pandemic such as social distancing and wearing face masks “unequivocally” reduced the spread of i…
The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year, the Asian Development Bank has reported.