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West Brom and Wolves players ignored Premier League Covid protocols by celebrating their goals by hugging each other

Wolves and West Brom players BREAK new Premier League Covid protocols as both teams hug after goals

Two passengers inside one of the planes taking people to the Australian Open have tested positive for Covid-19, though it has been confirmed neither person is a competitor

Two people on board chartered flight to Australian Open test positive for Covid-19

Facebook and NYU built three machine-learning models to assist doctors better prepare as cases around the world continue to rise. One model is designed to predict deterioration using a single chest X-ray, another does the same but through a series of X-rays

Facebook claims its AI can predict four if a coronavirus patient’s condition will deteriorate

More Americans are routinely wearing masks (yellow) than ever - about 80 percent - but it still may be too little, too late, a new survey finds

Mask-wearing hits an all-time high of 80% in the US

Interactive tool reveals how many patients are in NHS Trusts across the country

Interactive tool reveals how many patients are in NHS Trusts across the country

Coronavirus cases in Brazil surged exponentially between February (top left) and August (top right), overwhelming hospitals (center row), where 38% of COVID-19 patients died (bottom)

Nearly 40% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil died amid surge

'Set an example': Rebekah Vardy slammed professional footballers who think they are 'above the law' and have gone to 'parties' during the Covid-19 lockdown

Rebekah Vardy slams footballers for flouting Covid-19 lockdown to ‘party’

Every therapist I know tells me their skills have never been in greater demand than now. They are being inundated with pleas for help from people suffering from stress, insomnia, low self-esteem, strained relationships and a general sense of unhappiness, says Paul McKenna (above)

PAUL McKENNA reveals mind tricks to beat stress and banish lockdown blues

Care home Covid cases TRIPLE in a month: MOST outbreaks are among elderly residents

Care home Covid cases TRIPLE in a month: MOST outbreaks are among elderly residents

Researchers say the variant first began spreading rapidly in late June and early July, coinciding with the second wave of the virus in the U.S.

Global surge of cases is fueling more chances for the virus to mutate to beat immune system

Above are the number of Covid-19 patients that caught the virus on hospital wards by month. Their numbers have risen in line with rising infections reported in the community

The hospitals where Covid admissions are FALLING

On Saturday Victoria reported no new local coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and 14,957 tests were conducted (pictured: passengers arriving from Sydney are tested for COVID-19 at Melbourne Airport on December 20)

Victoria records zero new cases of coronavirus for the TENTH day

Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day

Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day

President-elect Joe Biden often wore two masks on the campaign trail and was mo

Wearing TWO masks could help in the fight against coronavirus

Covid: Brazilian 'super strain' already in the UK, scientist reveals

Covid: Brazilian ‘super strain’ already in the UK, scientist reveals

TNT basketball commentator Charles Barkley caused a stir late on Thursday night when he said on a television broadcast that professional athletes in the NBA, NHL, and NFL should be given priority in getting the COVID-19 vaccine because they pay more in taxes

Charles Barkley says pro athletes should be among first to get the COVID-19 vaccine

New analysis suggests the UK may have seen an 'unprecedented exodus' of foreign-born workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Heathrow Airport is pictured in December

UK population ‘might have shrunk by 1.3million’ amid pandemic

Positive Covid-19 cases at Wycombe Wanderers has forced their game at QPR to be called off

Wycombe call off their Championship trip to QPR following Covid outbreak

Inside the Howard Springs hotel quarantine facility in Darwin

Inside the Howard Springs hotel quarantine facility in Darwin

Matt Hancock tweeted that he was 'delighted' with the news: 'We're accelerating the Covid vaccine roll-out across the UK'

Coronavirus UK: Matt Hancock says 3m vaccines have been administered

The Government is aiming to get 13million Britons vaccinated by mid-February. But teams will have to travel to the homes of housebound members of society, and will possible be forced to discard doses. Pictured above is the vaccination centre in Birmingham.

Thousands of doses of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine ‘could be wasted’

'It's surreal': Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have revealed they'll be kept apart for the first time in 40 years due to Dancing On Ice's coronavirus guidelines

Dancing On Ice’s Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kept apart for first time in 40 YEARS

In rare cases, a baby can inhale cervical cancer cells that have drifted into amniotic fluid in the birth canal, causing them to develop lung cancer years later

Two babies ‘caught’ cancer from their mothers during childbirth

A new study from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Belgium, found that IBS can be triggered like an 'allergy,' releasing a compound called histamine that causes abdominal pain (file image)

Is THIS what causes IBS? Food poisoning can trigger an ‘allergy’ – and antihistamines can stop pain

Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from a recovered coronavirus patient and transferred into a sick patient in hopes they will develop the antibodies needed to fight off the infection. Pictured: Phlebotomist Morgan Wasik takes plasma from Rep Cindy Roe for a convalescent plasma donation at the Oklahoma Blood institute in Oklahoma City, August 2020

Blood plasma transfusions can help reduce number of Covid deaths

NHS waiting list for ops hits record high with 4.46million people now in need of hospital treatment

NHS waiting list for ops hits record high with 4.46million people now in need of hospital treatment

Covid US: Donald Trump considers LIFTING Brazil travel restrictions

Covid US: Donald Trump considers LIFTING Brazil travel restrictions

Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, a trauma surgeon in Texas, showed the difference between the X-ray of a smoker (pictured) and that of a COVID-19 patient

Post-COVID lungs look FAR worse than ‘any type of terrible smoker’s lungs,’ surgeon says

2nd year of COVID-19 pandemic 'could be even tougher,' WHO official warns

Freedomroo – 2nd year of COVID-19 pandemic ‘could be even tougher,’ WHO official warns

The new variant to have emerged in Brazil looks extremely similar to the ones that were found in Kent and South Africa, but it has not yet been discovered on British soil (stock image)

Coronavirus Brazil: Woman, 45, reinfected with new variant

It comes as University Hospitals Birmingham Trust announced all kidney transplants had been paused and waiting lists suspended for two weeks to deal with Covid. The trust has had to redeploy hundreds of staff to the frontlines to man ICU wards amid the winter wave of Covid admissions

NHS asks hospitals across England to open more intensive care beds

'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson — whose grim modelling that 500,000 Britons could die unless action was taken spooked ministers into the first national shutdown last March — said the easing of curbs would be a 'gradual process'

Coronavirus England: Lockdown rules may be needed until the AUTUMN

Covid England: Cases fall in every age group except the over-80s

Covid England: Cases fall in every age group except the over-80s

Sadiq Khan says Londoners have not had enough Covid jabs after capital gets just a tenth of doses

Sadiq Khan says Londoners have not had enough Covid jabs after capital gets just a tenth of doses

Researchers from from Southern Illinois University Carbondale say the earliest appearance of new variant, called 20C-U, was in Texas in May 2020 and is most highly prevalent in the Upper Midwest

Third homegrown coronavirus variant found in U.S. as researchers say first emerged in Texas in MAY

Superdrug nurse Mary Saunders speaks to Henry William Rice, 95, from Guildford as he waits to receive the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine at Superdrug in Guildford

Boots and Superdrug start dishing out Covid vaccines

Social media influencers among priority vaccine groups in Indonesia

Freedomroo – Social media influencers among priority vaccine groups in Indonesia

An extra dose of the coronavirus vaccine can be extracted when narrow needles are used, Dr Mary Ramsay from Public Health England has revealed

Medics are using narrower NEEDLES to squeeze out extra doses of coronavirus vaccine

More than 600 workers and over one hundred machines are working 24 hours non-stop in the sub-zero temperatures, aiming to complete the construction of an 82-acre isolation centre with 3,000 housing units by the end of this week

Coronavirus: China races to build massive quarantine camp in Hebei to curb surging infections

Why DO experts say the outbreak is slowing if the death toll is continuing to soar?

Why DO experts say the outbreak is slowing if the death toll is continuing to soar?

Jonathan Van-Tam has shot down reports that No10 is considering extending its one metre social distancing rule to three metres or making masks compulsory outdoors

Covid UK: Jonathan Van-Tam dismisses 3m social distancing rule

Hospital admissions start to FALL across the capital and the South East

Hospital admissions start to FALL across the capital and the South East

Covid UK: Daily death toll hits 1,564 - highest since pandemic began

Covid UK: Daily death toll hits 1,564 – highest since pandemic began

Celtic have placed their entire Under-18s squad on the UK Government furlough scheme

Celtic place ENTIRE Under 18 squad on furlough

Delay: The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark, featuring Michael Gandolfini, has been pushed back from March to September 24

The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark’s release has been pushed back

Scientists believe they have found an inhaler (pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs

Mass trial of repurposed MS drug for Covid begins at hospital in Hull

'I'm scared': Tammin Sursok has announced that her husband, Sean McEwen, has coronavirus

Tammin Sursok’s husband Sean McEwen has contracted coronavirus

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel (pictured) spoke at a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, stating the coronavirus is not going to disappear and the general public is going to have to live with it 'forever'

Moderna CEO says ‘we are going to have to live with coronavirus forever’

Dr Paul Offit (pictured) says he believes the U.S. can get the coronavirus pandemic under control by June

Expert claims the US can stop the spread of coronavirus by JUNE

The blockage is latest escalation of trade tension between the two countries (pictured, port in Nanjing China)

China targets another hard-working Australian industry by slamming luxury produce as ‘inferior’

Lee Ullha receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at the Depaul UK homeless shelter in Oldham as the Greater Manchester council rolled out the jabs for homeless people - despite the fact 60 per cent of over-80s across the UK still haven't been immunised

Covid UK: GPs say they have been told to SLOW DOWN vaccine roll-out

Two New York City residents have been infected with the new coronavirus variant first identified in the UK, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday (pictured)

Two New York City residents are among the 12 ‘super-covid’ cases in the state

Pawel Relowicz

Butcher ‘stalked’ Libby Squires before ‘intercepting’ her, court hears

Dr Mary Ramsay, director of immunisation at Public Health England

Coronavirus UK: 12-week vaccine dose gap could be widened further

Nadhim Zahawi, the Government's minister for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment

AstraZeneca says it can deliver 2m doses a week ‘imminently’

The ASAKUKI 300ml Essential Oil Diffuser is now 29 per cent off on Amazon

This essential oil diffuser will help you stress less and sleep better

Cases in Kent appear to have come down as a result of Tier 4, at first over Christmas and then again in early January, but they spiked in the middle around new year, suggesting the restrictions weren't working well enough to satisfy the Government

Coronavirus: Did England pass its peak BEFORE lockdown?

The mortality rate — the number of deaths per 1,000 people — surged by 12.1 per cent last year after 604,000 fatalities from all causes were recorded, including 77,700 where the virus was mentioned on the death certificate. It hasn't surged so much since 1940, when the Blitz and war with Germany led to 590,000 deaths and a 20 per cent jump in the annual death rate. Excluding warfare, figures reveal it is the sharpest rise in almost a century, with the last rise of 12 per cent recorded in 1929 when the country was in the grips of the Great Depression

More than 600,000 people died in England and Wales in 2020

No10 vows to trial 24/7 Covid jabs as GPs in parts of the UK are having to PAUSE vaccinations

No10 vows to trial 24/7 Covid jabs as GPs in parts of the UK are having to PAUSE vaccinations

3 out of 4 patients suffer symptoms even 6 months after catching COVID-19, study says

Freedomroo – 3 out of 4 patients suffer symptoms even 6 months after catching COVID-19, study says

Patients will be discharged early to hotels or carehome as part of new plans to create more bed space for those suffering with Covid

Now hospital patients could be discharged early to HOTELS to free up NHS beds for Covid victims

Sunshine Coast business student Lily Turton (pictured in January 2020)

Australian business student Lily Turton, 18, reveals how she lost 10 kilos in eight weeks

Professor Clare Turnbull, from the Institute of Cancer Research and an NHS consultant in clinical cancer genetics, warned today that delaying cancer treatment to focus on coronavirus will 'quite simply' cost lives

Top expert warns delaying cancer treatment for Covid will ‘quite simply’ cost lives

Coronavirus UK: Data suggests infections are starting to level off

Coronavirus UK: Data suggests infections are starting to level off

Covid is killing fewer healthy and under-60s in England than in first wave

Covid is killing fewer healthy and under-60s in England than in first wave

Scott Walker, originally from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, is currently stranded in the UK with his 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son (pictured)

Australian dad homeless in UK with two children begs to be let on a flight back home amid Covid-19

Elderly residents are pictured queuing for a Covid jab at a centre set up at the Centre for Life in Times Square, Newcastle

Covid UK: Boots and Superdrug won’t start vaccinations til THURSDAY

COVID-19: Dental patients could wear HELMETS to suck droplets away

COVID-19: Dental patients could wear HELMETS to suck droplets away

Professor Jon Deeks, a biostatistician from the University of Birmingham, accused the Government of making lateral flow tests seem 'better than they are'

Rapid lateral flow Covid tests No10 is using are too inaccurate, scientist warns

The mutations of the South African strain have triggered changes to the spike protein on its outside (shown in red), which is what the virus uses to attach to the human body

Coronavirus UK: South African variant has taken root, experts claim

China accuses Australia of 'weaponising national security' in blocking a $300million takeover

China accuses Australia of ‘weaponising national security’ in blocking a $300million takeover

Covid is now behind a THIRD of all deaths in England and Wales

Covid is now behind a THIRD of all deaths in England and Wales

Home Secretary Priti Patel today revealed 2.43million people have now had their first dose, up from 2.29m yesterday. Another 20,000 second doses were also added onto the cumulative total

Why CAN’T England offer Covid vaccinations round the clock?

Researchers looked at how well coronavirus mitigation measures were implemented in 37 European countries (above)

Stricter COVID-19 restrictions likely saved THOUSANDS of lives in European countries, study finds

Boris Johnson gathers Cabinet amid fears lockdown could get tighter

Boris Johnson gathers Cabinet amid fears lockdown could get tighter

'This isn't over yet...': Jennifer Aniston took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday morning to share a selfie with BFF Courteney Cox as they wore matching blue fabric tie dye face masks

Jennifer Aniston posts selfie with Courteney Cox to urge fans to wear face masks after controversy

Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Deborah Birx have warned that a variant of the coronavirus may have mutated in the U.S. and could be responsible for the uptick in cases. Pictured: Birx listens as Fauci speaks during a meeting at the White House, April 2020

Dr Fauci warns there is a ‘possibility’ the US has its own super-covid

The US will expand its requirement for negative COVID-19 tests from travelers from the UK to apply to all international travelers, sources told the Wall Street Journal (Pictured: Los Angeles International Airport is the first in the US to offer onsite COVID-19 testing)

US will require negative COVID-19 tests from ALL international travelers

The Government's Covid-19 dashboard says there has been 2.4million cases of the disease since the outbreak swept the UK in February, or four per cent of the country's population. But analysis by Edge Health suggests that the actual number of infections could be as high as 12.4million, the equivalent of 22 per cent of people

One in FIVE people might have had coronavirus, modelling suggests

Some of the 13 requirements are essential, including evidence of handling and administering the jabs, a criminal background check and proof of employment. But other modules seem less critical, such as 'safeguarding adults' and 'data security'

Retired medics are still being asked to fill out THIRTEEN forms to join Covid vaccine effort

Coronavirus self-testing is being rolled out across the UK to try and pick up on people who are spreading the virus without knowing about it because they've got no symptoms (Pictured: A university student swabs his own throat in Hull)

UK coronavirus: Department of Health is rebranding ‘professional use’ kit as a self-test

Patients arrive at Southend Hospital in Essex last Friday. The oxygen supply at the hospital, which is under intense strain with coronavirus patients, has 'reached a critical situation'

Covid UK: Oxygen supply at Southend Hospital in ‘critical situation’

The FDA has cleared a new test developed by Abbott Laboratories to detect mild concussions in patients, which requires drawing a blood sample and looking for two blood biomarkers

FDA clears first handheld blood test to evaluate mild concussions

Mother-of-two Christine Fildes was treated for both cancer and coronavirus last year. Christine, 67, who works for the National Blood Service assessing donors, lives with husband Alan, 72, a retired businessman, in Prestwich, Greater Manchester

Coronavirus patients who have lived to tell the tale share their stories

Boris Johnson is under pressure from members of the Sage scientific advisory panel to increase the social distancing gap to stop the spread of coronavirus

Covid UK: Scientists urge social distancing increase to THREE METRES

Turkish doctor creates first see-through 3D maps of human kidney and eye

Freedomroo – Turkish doctor creates first see-through 3D maps of human kidney and eye

A maskless shopper seen today in a Morrisons in Peckham, south-east London. The woman, who only gave her first name of Gladys, said: 'I had a mask with me but simply forgot'

Sainsbury’s joins Morrisons as they reinstate bouncers outside supermarkets

Click and collect could be banned at all non-essential retail stores and restaurants as part of a new tightening of restrictions on the sector

Click and collect could be banned everywhere apart from supermarkets

A new diet programme designed specifically for people over 40 claims to help shift that stubborn midlife weight around the middle. Stock image

Struggling to shift the middle age spread?

But experts believe another 25,000 deaths are already baked into the tally because of cases that occurred over the last three weeks, which is roughly how long it can take infected patients to become severely ill and succumb to the disease. Whitehall sources fear the figures could hit as high as 2,000 a day. Another 15,000 could die from infections caught between now and the end of February, even if the UK manages to halve the size of its outbreak

UK ‘will have had 120k Covid deaths by the time restrictions ease’

From 4am on January 15, passengers arriving in England by boat, train or plane - including UK nationals - will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure

Covid UK: Dubai goes on the quarantine list

Kit Malthouse was sent out to clarify the rules by No 10 today but caused more confusion by saying in some cases a 70 mile cycle ride could be allowed

Kit Malthouse claims you can cycle up to 70 MILES from your home

Hundreds of medical centers across the U.S. have been giving non-frontline healthcare workers, such as administrators and non-graduates their first coronavirus doses. Pictured: Frontline medical workers wait in line to receive the Pfizer vaccine at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, December 16

Elite medical centers associated with Harvard, Columbia, Vanderbilt and New York University

WHO warns COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely this year

Freedomroo – WHO warns COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely this year

By the time we¿re 40, many of us will notice that we can¿t remember new names. But it¿s not that our brains are overloaded, as we might try to tell ourselves ¿ in fact, our memory capacity is almost unlimited [File photo]

Life-affirming ways to stave off dementia

Deaths from ischemic heart disease - which causes the arteries to narrow - spike by 129% during the spring peak of the coronavirus pandemic in the US

The COVID-19 pandemic led to at least 16,000 extra US heart disease deaths

Boiling peanuts for 20 to 30 minutes washes out some of the proteins that can trigger often fatal responses — and which remain for example after roasting [File photo]

Boiling peanuts and then eating them under medical supervision might help stop food allergies

Sydneysiders turned away from Jervis Bay National Park under tough Covid restrictions

Sydneysiders turned away from Jervis Bay National Park under tough Covid restrictions

At Christmas 2019, for the first time in two years, Claire Aylott ate a solid meal. This was not because she had a faddy diet ¿ the problem was pancreatitis

Woman becomes first patient to have NHS operation that made her liver work like a pancreas

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (ent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Monday. Pictured: Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Michigan, January 2021

Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer asks HHS permission to purchase 100,000 doses directly from Pfizer

A visit to your GP should confirm the diagnosis and reassure you that this is nothing to worry about [File photo]

‘My nightmares are so bad that I scream out loud’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Gold-plated copper bracelet

Can a bracelet really tell if you’re stressed? We review the latest health accessories

Britain's great vaccine roll-out plan

Covid UK: ALL over-50s to get vaccinated by MAY, says government

Cold therapy is attractive as it is accessible and costs little or nothing: living in lighter clothing and keeping the heating down are simple things everyone can do [File photo]

The cold truth about losing weight (and keeping germ free)

Chronic pain is often seen simplistically as the sign of a dysfunctioning machine. I, too, thought like that, but as I have come to learn and see through my clinical experience, it is the behaviour towards that machine that is the problem [File photo]

DR ADBUL-GHAALIQ LALKHEN: More pills and surgery are not the answer for chronic pain

At least 65 people in the US have more infectious 'super-covid' variant first found in the UK with the addition of at least one person in Indiana, announced on Monday

Indiana becomes ninth state with ‘super-covid’ as US total rises to 65

A queue for covid vaccine at London's ExCel centre today. They're hoping to deliver 200 vaccines in the first day of opening

Covid UK: Vaccine doses BINNED in London due to patient no-shows

Sad: Siegfriend Fischbacher, 81, is 'terminally ill with pancreatic cancer,' according to a report from German publication Bild; seen in 2013

Siegfried Fischbacher ‘is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer’ months after Roy died from COVID-19

Israel has raced ahead of the rest of the world in its effort to vaccinate its population. Already, 20% of people there (top, yellow) have had at least one dose, while fewer than 2.5% of people in the US have had theirs (lavender)

Israel is vaccinated its population at 10-times the rate of the us

Britain's great vaccine roll-out plan

Britain’s great vaccine roll-out plan

Infection rate data shows that cases in boroughs across London are still rising but the increases have slowed down, which may be a mix of developing herd immunity and Tier 4 lockdown rules. In Barking and Dagenham, data analysts estimate over half the population has had coronavirus already

Coronavirus UK: Is East London approaching herd immunity?

A new study from Jin Yin-tan Hospital in China found more than 75% of patients reported at least one symptom six months later, with the most common being fatigue and muscle weakness among 63%. Pictured: Dr Thomas Yadegar checks the vital signs of Mindy Cross while her husband Dr Neil Hecht (right) rests in a bed next to her at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California, January 2021

Nearly two-thirds of COVID hospitalized patients still suffering fatigue and weakness 6 MONTHS later

People not wearing masks properly, with them nestling under their chins, inside an Asda in South East London England

Shoppers are seen without masks in Tesco and Asda – as supermarket staff call for police help

New mystery coronavirus cases in Victoria leaves Melbourne WAY above the numbers it needs

Richard Branson’s mother Eve dies, aged 96, from coronavirus

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty took to the airwaves to highlight the scale of the threat, saying that there are 30,000 people in hospital compared to the peak of 18,000 in April

Chris Whitty delivers stark warning on NHS threat from surging Covid

New horizons: Channel 10 is considering scrapping I'm a Celebrity's international format altogether after viewers responded so well to this year's locally produced season. Pictured: contestant Toni Pearen taking part in a challenge

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! may NEVER return to South Africa

Scott Morrison is going on annual leave for a week despite the arrival of a new Covid strain in Australia

Scott Morrison going on annual leave for one week as new Covid cases flare up

Ferguson, whose grim predictions of 500,000 deaths in the UK convinced the government to implement the first lockdown, now says he is ‘optimistic’ about the country’s future in 2021 as vaccines are rolled out

‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson believes London may already have herd immunity

Britain suffers 573 hospital deaths the highest Sunday figure in SEVEN MONTHS

Britain suffers 573 hospital deaths the highest Sunday figure in SEVEN MONTHS

The Health Secretary said the UK could require an 'dual vaccination programme', with yearly jabs to protect against flu and coronavirus

Matt Hancock admits it is ‘highly likely’ Britons will face annual Covid jabs

A husband has shared this photo of his wife's tanned arm to give recognition to the hardworking individuals at testing clinics across Australia

Beautiful story behind why Sydney husband decided to share photo of wife’s tanned arm during Covid

Alex Morton, 27, from Cramlington receives her Covid-19 vaccine along with other health and social care workers at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle

Coronavirus Bristol: Mass vaccination centre stands ready to receive its first patients

Dr Michael Mosley, pictured, has developed a plan to help people improve their health and diet during this latest lockdown

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: I’ll help you shed the pounds in 2021

Mehreen Baig thought her lockdown fitness plan was perfect until she shockingly discovered it was putting her bones and fertility at risk

How BBC’s Mehreen Baig discovered her fitness plan could endanger her health

Actress Lynda Bellingham, who died of bowel cancer in 2014 aged 66, pictured, spoke of her regret ahead of her death of not seeking help earlier because of the dramatic nature of the treatment

How a two-part bowel cancer treatment could save patients from invasive surgery

Mail on Sunday Health Editor Barney Calman, pictured, said he received a WhatsApp message from his father to tell him he had collapsed and was in hospital

BARNEY CALMAN tells of his father’s almost tragic 999 call

Residents wearing face masks stroll the streets in the Sydney CBD on January 2

New South Wales reported three new Covid-19 cases linked to Berala and Avalon

A patient asks Dr Ellie about their sore foot and what possible treatment there is to relieve the symptoms, picture posed by model

DR ELLIE CANNON: What is causing the awful stabbing pain in my foot?

Daniel Smith, pictured in December 2015 with one of his sons had just been placed on the transplant list having suffered heart failure in 2012 after a mild viral infection

How a new £244-a-year heart failure drug saved a man from needing a transplant

Harry and Meghan (pictured) had more than 10 million Instagram followers on their SussexRoyal account, but stopped posting to it in March last year

Harry and Meghan quit social media for good: Couple ‘will not use sites’, source claims

PHE data shows coronavirus outbreaks in homes more than doubled over New Year period

PHE data shows coronavirus outbreaks in homes more than doubled over New Year period

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has gifted oxygen tanks to the hospital in his hometown

Mohamed Salah gifts oxygen tanks to coronavirus sufferers in his hometown hospital in act of charity

The Seat at the Table campaign is calling for a designated Minister for the hospitality sector

Hospitality sector fights back against scapegoating and calls for a designated minister

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a plea to families and begged them to stay home to save lives as the UK recorded its highest death toll since the pandemic began today and the NHS launches a new ad campaign fronted by Chris Whitty

Boris Johnson begs families to stay home and Chris Whitty appears in TV ad as part of new campaign

FDA Commissioner Dr Stephen Hahn said he 'strongly encourages' states to vaccinate more people, expanding COVID-19 shot access beyond health care workers to speed the rollout

FDA head urges states to start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly Americans

Doctor Claire Bailey and Doctor Michael Mosley. We are fortunate enough to live in a country with a great health service and where three safe and effective vaccines are being rolled out. I believe that, with their help, by late spring we will have Covid on the run

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY and his wife DR CLARE BAILEY launch an indispensable diet series

The new cases come after the state imposed stay-at-home orders for any residents who had returned from Greater Brisbane (pictured, shoppers at Westfield Bondi)

New South Wales reports one new Covid-19 case

A one-shot Covid jab that has the potential to significantly boost Britain's sluggish vaccination scheme may be approved in the UK by next month, it was claimed today

Single-dose Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine may get quick approval

Coronavirus England: Cases TRIPLED in a month to 311k in December

Coronavirus England: Cases TRIPLED in a month to 311k in December

Covid: UK approves Moderna vaccine but won't get any until MARCH

Covid: UK approves Moderna vaccine but won’t get any until MARCH

Patients are pictured queuing outside a vaccination centre in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, today as they wait for Covid jabs. The Government is aiming to offer an immunisation to all people in the elderly and vulnerable groups before the end of February

RAF veteran, 99, is STILL waiting for vaccine appointment a month after scheme began

Aston Villa vs Liverpool - FA Cup: live score, lineups and updates

Aston Villa vs Liverpool – FA Cup: live score, lineups and updates

Mayor Sadiq Khan declares a major incident in London

Mayor Sadiq Khan declares a major incident in London

A huge vaccination programme is now under way in the UK as the Government plans to immunise 13.9million people against Covid-19 by mid-February (Pictured: A man receives a vaccine in his car a drive-through centre in Hyde, Manchester)

SAGE warns people must still wear masks AFTER getting Covid vaccine

President-elect Jo Biden's transition team said he will release all available doses of coronavirus vaccines

President-elect Biden will release ALL available COVID-19 vaccine doses

Neighbourhood officers for the Broseley and Much Wenlock tweeted on Thursday night: 'There have been two reports of snowballs being thrown last night between 11 and 11.30pm'

Are police taking Covid crackdown too far?

Covid UK: Boris Johnson promises 200k vaccinations a day by FRIDAY

Covid UK: Boris Johnson promises 200k vaccinations a day by FRIDAY

Coronavirus UK: 70,000 people developing Covid-19 every day in the UK, app estimates

Coronavirus UK: 70,000 people developing Covid-19 every day in the UK, app estimates

The TaoTronics Light Therapy Lamp has three brightness levels and a timer function

Shoppers love this £18 SAD desk lamp that boosts their mood

Hilarious: Comedian Ricky Gervais joked about moving up the COVID-19 vaccine list in the UK during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday

Ricky Gervais jokes about quarantine and how he ‘would fight an old lady for the COVID-19 vaccine’

The latest: Tina Fey's Broadway musical adaptation of Mean Girls has been shuttered amid the ongoing closure on Broadway amid the coronavirus pandemic

Tina Fey’s Broadway musical adaptation of Mean Girls has been shuttered amid coronavirus closures

Thousands of people in Wuhan (right, dark red) were likely infected with coronavirus in the month after the city was declared disease free, a new antibody study suggests (pictured)

Thousands in Wuhan likely got covid after China declared city outbreak over

A mutation (dark blue) seen in the coronavirus variants found in Brazil and South Africa may help them 'escape' antibodies triggered by vaccines or prior infection more often (shown in dark blue, rising with how frequently the mutation 'escapes)

Brazilian coronavirus variant may weaken vaccines’ effects by ‘hiding’ from them

Why Connecticut is WAY ahead of New York in the vaccination race:

Why Connecticut is WAY ahead of New York in the vaccination race:

Referees, assistants and VAR officials will follow players in being tested twice a week for Covid

Match officials to being tested twice a week for coronavirus

Moderna Inc CEO Stéphane Bancel said on Thursday the firm's coronavirus vaccine will likely protect for at least 'a couple of years.' Pictured: Bancel attends 2019 Forbes Healthcare Summit at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, December 2019

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine likely prevents infection for ‘a couple of YEARS,’ CEO says

Pictured: Workers in protective suits in Wuhan, China, blocking entry to the seafood market. It is believed to have been where the Covid-19 outbreak, that sparked the pandemic, began

Fury as China denies entry to WHO experts to investigate origins of Covid

A Siberian husky, a small army of six foot tall Nutcracker soldiers and £500,000 worth of share certificates were among the strangest items found in empty hotel rooms across Britain in the last 12 months (file image)

Travelodge UK: Bizarre items left behind in hotel rooms during the year of coronavirus lockdowns

Physicians from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard and the founder of a YouTube educational channel wrote a letter to the Biden administration. Pictured: Biden removes his facemask as he arrives to deliver remarks on the Electoral College certification at the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware, December 2020

Doctors write letter asking Biden administration to make and mail high-filtration masks to homes

Maternity services are facing disruption as ambulance staff at South East Coast Ambulance Service say they are under 'significant pressure' from spiralling Covid-19 hospitalisations

Covid UK: Maternity services disrupted in South East England

Ivy Smith, 97, was among those who received the new coronavirus vaccine at William Harvey Hospital in Kent

Covid UK: Boris Johnson says care home vaccination plan must improve

A new study from the CDC found that 59% of all coronavirus spread came from asymptomatic patients with 35% from presymptomtic people and 24% from those who never have signs of illness (above)

More than HALF of all coronavirus spread comes from people who never develop symptoms

Care homes could be told to accept hospital patients as wards fill up with Covid-19 patients but the Government is reportedly reluctant to foot the bill (Pictured: Joyce Birrell, a 104-year-old resident at a care home in Hertfordshire, gets her coronavirus vaccine)

UK coronavirus: Government is ‘holding up NHS demands’ to discharge patients into care homes

Pennsylvania is the sixth state to confirm a case of 'super-covid', bringing the US total to 38 cases of the more infectious UK strain

Super-covid hits Pennsylvania | Daily Mail Online

Hospitals across England are seeing more coronavirus patients than they did in the first wave in 2020 (Pictured: Staff in an intensive care ward in St George's Hospital in London)

NHS may have to start using beds in CARE HOMES if pressure continues to worsen

Elderly patients have been refusing the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Stockton insisting they would rather 'wait for the English one'. Above are Britons arriving at the Epsom Downs Racecourse vaccination centre in Surrey today

Elderly Britons are REFUSING Pfizer’s vaccine because they’d rather ‘wait for the English one’

Covid UK: Daily death toll passes 1,000 for first time since APRIL

Covid UK: Daily death toll passes 1,000 for first time since APRIL

Studio first look: The new series of Dancing On Ice will see the judges protected by perspex screens and no studio audience amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Dancing On Ice 2021 studio FIRST LOOK: Judges protected by perspex screens

Above are the locations of the seven mass vaccination centres that will begin operating from next week. They were revealed today by the Prime Minister

Boris Johnson reveals seven Covid vaccination centres will open across England next week

New mystery coronavirus cases in Victoria leaves Melbourne WAY above the numbers it needs

Cleaner at a Queensland quarantine hotel has caught mutant UK Covid strain

Stocking up: Dolph Lundgren and his much younger fiancée Emma Krokdal looked happy in love as they went grocery shopping at Ralphs in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon

Dolph Lundgren, 63, and fiancee Emma Krokdal, 24, coordinate in red on a grocery run in LA

You can now buy an at-home saliva test for COVID-19 on Amazon for just $110 - or get 10-pack for $1,000

You can now buy an FDA-authorized home covid test on Amazon

On Wednesday, the HHS announced it would be distributing $22 billion to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and major U.S. cities to help curb the coronavirus pandemic. Pictured: A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the John Knox Village Continuing Care Retirement Community in Pompano Beach, Florida, January 6

HHS announces $22 billion for 50 states to expand testing, contact tracing and vaccine distribution

Love Crepe, in Drummoyne, Sydney's inner west, indicated their staff would not be expected to follow the face mask mandate in a post to Instagram

Sydney crepe cafe that called mandatory masks a ‘crime against humanity’ apologises

A new study has found that 2.4 million of Los Angeles County's 10 million residents live in so-called 'pharmacy deserts' (above)

Nearly half of Los Angeles residents live in ‘pharmacy deserts,’

The 25 per cent of deaths caused by Covid-19 (shown graph right) is the highest proportion so far during the second wave, and it means that the total number of people to have died in that week is significantly higher than at the same time in previous years (graph left)

Coronavirus: Quarter of England and Wales deaths in Christmas week were linked to Covid

Jane Evans, a consultant in acute medicine, said she fears her staff will be 'scarred' by what they're going through

Staff at London hospital reveal they ‘cry when they get home’ and have ‘never felt more demoralised’

Public Health England (PHE) members present at an hour-long NERVTAG discussion on January 13 were notified of a case in Thailand – which was the first time the then-unnamed disease had been diagnosed outside of China

UK scientists found out Covid spread out of China DURING meeting

Retired MLB All-Star Tommy John, 77, is hospitalized with COVID-19 and has been on oxygen

Retired MLB All-Star Tommy John, 77, is hospitalized with COVID-19 and has been on oxygen

A new report from the CDC on Wednesday revealed 21 people out of 1.9 million suffered anaphylaxis after getting the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine (above)

At least 21 Americans had life-threatening anaphylaxis after receiving Pfizer’s vaccine, CDC reveals

A CDC official said that sequencing the viral genomes of samples taken from covid-positive people to find out if they have the new, more infectious variant from the UK 'isn't urgent' because it doesn't change how patients are treated or how the US responds to the pandemic

CDC’s approach to detecting super-COVID cases is ‘alarming’ former FDA officail

Dr Ashish K Jha (pictured), dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has issued a warning about the new 'super-covid' variants

Brown University’s Dr Jha warns new covid variants could make pandemic up to FIVE TIMES deadlier

Ministers are facing growing pressure to bump teachers up the vaccine priority list to allow schools to reopen. Pictured: Moulsecoomb Primary School as it remains shut

Tory MPs urge government to add teachers to jab priority list so classrooms can reopen

Nadhim Zahawi said goal of covering more than 13million of the most vulnerable within seven weeks was 'very stretching' – but can be delivered

Vaccines tsar Nadhim Zahawi admits vaccine target is ‘stretching’

Britain is currently using vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford University/AstraZeneca. Pictured: Derek Davies Games receiving a jab in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T UK approved Moderna’s Covid vaccine?

Intensive care staff (pictured, a team at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge) get higher quality equipment because they have to work closer to sicker patients. NHS workers on general Covid wards are now demanding they get better quality PPE, too

Doctors and nurses demand higher quality face masks in letter to ministers

Covid UK: Daily deaths DOUBLE to 830 week-on-week with 60,916 cases

Covid UK: Daily deaths DOUBLE to 830 week-on-week with 60,916 cases

University students in Manchester have threatened a rent strike after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation even though they cannot return to campus during lockdown. Pictured: A previous rent strike by University of Manchester students in November

Manchester students threaten ‘rent strike’ after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation

The mutations of the coronavirus has caused changes to the spike protein on its outside (shown in red), which is what the virus uses to attach to the human body (Original illustration of the virus by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

UK’s virus sequencing labs haven’t detected any cases in a fortnight of South African strain

A graph presented by Professor Chris Whitty showed that the number of people testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus (blue line) appeared to start coming down in London and the South East towards the end of December, although it has risen in other regions

Coronavirus UK: Government data suggests super strain cases falling

Scientists have revealed that the risk of suffering symptoms of coronavirus for long Covid patients drops over time, but that many may be unable to return to work for six months

Many patients with long Covid have been unable to return properly to work six months after infection

Looking fab: Keke Palmer shared an Instagram album this week of her partying with claque of pals in Turks And Caicos

Keke Palmer parties with claque of pals on Turks And Caicos for New Year’s

Mask on: Matt Damon masked up Tuesday as he was spotted in Los Angeles following a visit with longtime friend Ben Affleck

Matt Damon wears face mask after visiting longtime friend Ben Affleck in Los Angeles amid pandemic

Former FDA associate commissioner Peter Pitts says Americans should assume a new mutant strain of COVID-19 detected in South Africa is already in the States

Ex-FDA commissioner says US should assume South African COVID strain is already here

Researchers looked at PET scans of 52,000 patients and compared those with and without detectable brown fat, which converts food into body heat (file image)

Study finds people with brown tissue less likely to develop chronic heart and metabolic disease

Doctors treat a patient suffering from coronavirus at an Intensive Care ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey

Surge in ward cases ‘could fill 12 hospitals’

Studies from Yale University and the University of Washington found that one dose of the coronavirus vaccine (yellow and blue lines) is about 50% effective, which could help reduce the number of infections

Studies find a single shot is at least 50% effective and giving more first jabs is cheaper

Out and about! Anna Vakili stepped out for the first time following the completion of her isolation period after testing positive for coronavirus last month on Tuesday

Love Island’s Anna Vakili steps out on rainy walk after Covid isolation

Covid-19 cases in England and Wales on September 1

How bad is the Covid outbreak in YOUR area? Interactive tool shows surging infection rates

The mutations of the coronavirus has caused changes to the spike protein on its outside (shown in red), which is what the virus uses to attach to the human body (Original illustration of the virus by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Scientists can tweak Covid vaccines to target new mutant strains in DAYS, experts claim

Researchers looked at five CDC surveys testing coronavirus antibody levels between April and August, and found antibodies in as many as 23% of participants

Study finds nearly 47 million Americans had been infected with coronavirus by November 15

Has Britain got ANY chance of vaccinating 13m by mid-February?

Has Britain got ANY chance of vaccinating 13m by mid-February?

The Premier League have revealed their latest set of results following their Covid testing

Premier League records 40 positive tests for coronavirus – more than double the week before

A top surgeon has warned those waiting for operations to treat cancer could have their surgery axed due to spiralling admissions. Above are ambulance workers outside the Royal London Hospital on January 3

Top surgeon fears cancer surgeries could be cancelled AGAIN unless No10 can curb spread of Covid

Graph shows the NHS hospital trusts that have the highest number of Covid-19 patients now compared to in April, with many hospitals seeing three or even four times as many people with the disease than they did at the height of the first wave

Coronavirus UK: NHS hospitals treating MORE patients than in spring

Turkey fights coronavirus outbreak with 17 new hospitals

Freedomroo – Turkey fights coronavirus outbreak with 17 new hospitals

How long will it take for the Covid vaccine to come to the rescue and get Britain out of lockdown?

How long will it take for the Covid vaccine to come to the rescue and get Britain out of lockdown?

Schools have been behind 26.5 per cent - or 2,722 out of 10,000 - outbreaks of Covid-19 since October, prompting warnings they could be the driving force behind England's second wave. An outbreak is defined as when two or more cases of coronavirus are linked to the same setting

Schools have been to blame for three times more Covid outbreaks than hospitals since October

Tough times: The Bachelorette's Becky Miles has revealed she's going to make 2021 'her year'... after her heartbreaking split from Pete Mann and recent COVID-19 scare

The Bachelorette’s Becky Miles reveals she’s going to make 2021 ‘her year’

Michael Gove warns March is the EARLIEST lockdown can start to be eased

Michael Gove warns March is the EARLIEST lockdown can start to be eased

On Monday, Moderna Inc said it will produce a minimum of 600 million coronavirus vaccine doses in 2021, 20% higher than the 500 million originally projected. Pictured: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, December 21

Moderna raises production goal of its coronavirus vaccine from 500 to 600 million by the end of 2021

Did the stress of lockdown trigger my stroke? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Did the stress of lockdown trigger my stroke? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Indonesia to begin mass immunization with Chinese COVID-19 vaccine next week

Freedomroo – Indonesia to begin mass immunization with Chinese COVID-19 vaccine next week

Efrain Reyes

Attorney General William Barr personally questioned Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate after suicide

Jan Mather, 64, a retired university lecturer from North Yorkshire, has lost more than 6st (39kg) and halved her blood sugar levels in a weight-loss journey that started a year and a half ago

Worried you haven’t got the willpower to lose weight? These three walked away from Type 2 diabetes

An implant shaped like a butterfly could help millions of men with enlarged prostates. The new Butterfly Medical device could be an effective surgery-free option [File photo]

Could a butterfly implant be the answer to prostate trouble?

As a top-set student and talented runner with dreams of becoming a vet, Autumn Bradley had so much to look forward to

Schoolgirl, 11, was a top athlete – now she can’t walk up the stairs without fainting

DOCTOR GUT IBS RELIEF CAPSULES

Boost your gut feeling: From a tummy massager to a tracker app, which is the best for IBS?

Eighty thousand people tested positive for Coronavirus on 29 December

Eighty thousand people tested positive for Coronavirus on 29 December

It's long been assumed that a spike in the hormone prolactin causes men's post-sex refractory period - but new Portuguese study suggests that the hormone has nothing to do with the wait for round two (file)

Study debunks theory that a hormone causes men’s refractory period after sex

While breast cancer has better survival rates than many others — 85 per cent of women will be alive five years or more after diagnosis compared with 19 per cent of those with lung cancer — only about 40 per cent of the 55,200 new breast cancer diagnoses in the UK each year are at the earliest stage (stage 1)

The breakthroughs that could spot breast cancer even earlier

Writer Mary Killen used to unwind with a few glasses of wine ¿five or more days a week without any effect¿. It was one of the joys of her life

Why Gogglebox’s Mary Killen can’t stomach a drink

Former FDA chief Dr Scott Gottlieb told Squawk Box he thinks the US should change its vaccine strategy by not withholding second doses and by expanding access to seniors

US should expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to seniors NOW, former FDA chief says

Oh baby! On Monday, pregnant fitness sensation Steph Claire Smith showed off her baby bump in a bikini - after breaking down in tears after her quarantine period ended

Steph Claire Smith shows off her baby bump in a bikini after her quarantine period ended

For people exhausted by a simple phone call, this seems like a huge task. This regimen has been prescribed for patients with the long-term fatigue condition known as ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) or CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) for nearly 20 years

Long Covid patients are told to exercise despite crippling fatigue

Researchers say there is now a race to immunize as many as Americans as possible after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in the U.S. Pictured: Nurse Sandra Lindsay receives the second dose of a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, at Long Island Jewish Medical Center New York City, January 2021

‘Super-COVID’: New UK variant set to take US pandemic to ‘new level’

NSW Acting Premier John Barilaro favours covid suppression

John Barilaro TORCHES interstate premiers for lecturing NSW on how to fight its Covid outbreaks

This map shows how the coronavirus variants have been tracked as they spread around the world. No cases of the South African variant have been detected in the US, but efforts to sequence the genomes of viral samples to find new mutations has been 'patchwork'

Is super-infectious South African coronavirus in the US?

Health minister slams pharmaceutical industry over SMA treatment controversy

Freedomroo – Health minister slams pharmaceutical industry over SMA treatment controversy

Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in March 'is set to be postponed'

Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix in March ‘is set to be postponed’

Western Australia's Premier Mark McGowan (pictured) said shutting borders stops the virus spreading

Paranoid premier threatens to close ALL borders to Western Australia, WA if coronavirus cases grow

Fragments of the virus were detected at two sewerage treatment plants in the Liverpool and Glenfield areas of Sydney's west

Fears coronavirus could be spreading undetected through Sydney as 63 suburbs are put on alert

As a trainer and sports scientist with more than 30 years of experience helping people improve their fitness, health and mental wellbeing, my philosophy is always that a little can go a very long way

You can launch your New Year health reboot with these simple steps from fitness expert JOANNA HALL

The British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa this year is under threat of being disrupted

CHRIS FOY: Don’t mess with the Lions magic… delay the South Africa tour for a year

Police were at the scene of a march through Nottingham city centre this afternoon, as demonstrators declared the Covid-19 pandemic as a 'hoax'

Children among lockdown protesters at Nottingham march

Alcohol changes the make-up of the trillions of microorganisms that live in the gut which play an important role in preventing the invasion of bacteria and viruses (file image)

Anyone receiving Covid vaccine should AVOID drinking alcohol, experts warn

Dr Andy Bates, a 56-year-old dentist based in Skipton, North Yorkshire, said the 'huge list of documents' he was asked to complete put him off applying to provide the vaccine

Dentist who offered to be NHS Covid vaccinator slams ‘overload of bureaucracy’

Deploying this second vaccine is another huge achievement for science and public health in the global effort to tackle Covid-19. Pictured: Assistant Technical Officer Lukasz Najdrowski unpacks doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex

New 12-week jab policy will save MANY lives, says deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam

Amid spiralling Covid cases, with acute care wards warning they are at breaking point, and a rampant new variant of virus, surgeries have been told to postpone giving a second Pfizer jab to the 600,000 or so patients who have already had one dose

Is it wise to carry on shielding in the 12 weeks between your first and second jabs?

Bikini clad revelers are celebrating the New Year in Miami, seemingly unperturbed by the city's rising number of COVID-19 cases. Maskless party animals are seen making their way along a sidewalk in the city, coming alarmingly close to an elderly citizen pushing along a walker

Thousands of maskless sun seekers pack Miami beaches and ignore social distancing protocols

A graphic demonstrates how the brolucizumab medicine works to slow vision loss

Thousands at risk of blindness set to benefit from a new eye drug

The number of patients admitted to hospital for alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) surged last year, amid concerns from experts that many people turned to drink due to anxiety about the pandemic

HEALTH NOTES: Surge in patients admitted to hospital for alcohol-related liver disease

Five years ago, Natasha Tiwari bravely spoke out about ‘a culture of mistrust and ignorance’ in her community which, she believed, would condemn her to die

How many have to die before Britain tackles its black and Asian organ donor crisis?

Doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex

I caught Covid from a hospital, we must give all NHS workers the jab – now, writes VIVIENNE PARRY

Writing in The Mail on Sunday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, urged teachers and parents to ‘move heaven and earth’, adding the young must not ‘bear the heaviest cost’ of the pandemic

GAVIN WILLIAMSON: We must all move heaven and earth to get children back into the classroom

David Richards is one of the participants in the BBC's experimental documentary, The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System

A couch potato took part in experiment on boosting immunity – and when he got Covid, it saved him

Tottenham stars Sergio Reguilon, Erik Lamela, Giovani Lo Celso and West Ham's Manuel Lanzini are believed to have broken Covid-19 rules by spending Christmas together

Tottenham and West Ham players who breached Tier 4 Covid-19 rules SLAMMED

Freedomroo – Turkish Cyprus to receive COVID-19 vaccines from Turkey

Fulham boss Scott Parker has seen his side's game against Burnley on Sunday called off

Fulham’s Premier League clash at Burnley tomorrow ‘is now OFF after more positive coronavirus cases’

Former Miss England, Zara Holland, 25, (pictured with partner Elliott Love) claimed her decision to break the Barbados¿ strict coronavirus rules had been a ¿massive mix-up and misunderstanding¿ in an apology to the people of Barbados

Love Island’s Zara Holland apologises to people of Barbados after ‘breaking quarantine’

California, the most populous state with 40 million residents, has become a leading US flashpoint of the pandemic

COVID hospitalizations surpass 125,000 for the third day in a row

Vaccine firms have rejected the Government's warnings of jab supply gaps lasting months, claiming there will be enough doses to hit the Government's ambitions targets (file image)

Pfizer and AstraZeneca reject government warnings of months-long supply gaps

Graphs from the new study show how, over eight weeks, the new variant became increasingly common (dots higher on each chart) in the UK and became more transmissible (dots further the right on each chart show rising R numbers, or transmission rates

New mutant coronavirus strain IS more contagious by nearly 50%

One of the best New Year resolutions you could make for 2021 is to be more active. But I¿d be the first to urge you not to throw yourself into a rigorous running programme or brutal high-intensity workouts

JOANNA HALL’S 30-day exercise plan to kickstart your New Year

At my age, the modern world can be confusing enough. But a new uncertainty over vaccines ¿ on which we are pinning so much hope ¿ is only making things worse, writes Joan Bakewell (pictured)

DAME JOAN BAKEWELL: This vaccine U-turn has left us oldies in limbo

Amazing! John Bishop has joined the cast of Doctor Who for the beloved sci-fi show's upcoming series 13

John Bishop joins Doctor Who series 13 amid comedian’s Covid battle

Everton vs West Ham - Premier League: live score, lineups and updates

Everton vs West Ham – Premier League: live score, lineups and updates

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson revealed that he is self-isolating on social media

Manchester City could be without goalkeeper Ederson for Chelsea clash

Steven Gerrard has asked Rangers fans to stay away from the Old Firm game this Saturday

Steven Gerrard pleads with Rangers fans to avoid Old Firm ahead of Ibrox Disaster anniversary

Party like it's 2021! Take a look inside Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding's New Year's Eve celebrations... including a much-needed recovery brunch. Pictured: Rebecca and a friend

Inside Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding’s New Year’s Eve celebrations

Authorities on Friday reported no new diagnoses of coronavirus for Victoria in past 24 hours, after the emergence of eight locally-acquired cases over the past two days. Pictured: Revellers line-up in face masks for New Year's Eve celebrations in Melbourne

Victoria uncovers another two new Covid cases linked to the Thai restaurant cluster

The dollar posted its biggest yearly loss since 2017 on Thursday, amid unprecedented fiscal stimulus from the Federal Reserve. Pictured, USD notes are bundled at the US Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC

Dollar suffers its worst yearly loss since 2017 amid unprecedented Federal Reserve stimulus

World Health Organization lists Pfizer - BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Freedomroo – World Health Organization lists Pfizer – BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

At least five hospitals in Los Angeles County declared an 'internal disaster,' resulting in them turning away all ambulance traffic, due to a storage of oxygen. Pictured: A clinician cares for a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence St Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California, December 23

Five hospitals declare ‘internal disaster’ after facing shortage of oxygen to treat patients

Coronavirus UK: Vaccinating 24m by Easter may STILL not end pandemic

Coronavirus UK: Vaccinating 24m by Easter may STILL not end pandemic

Deaths in England and Wales were just 7 per cent higher than expected during the most recent full week of data when taking into account changes for key demographics

Deaths in England and Wales were 7% higher than usual during week ending Dec 18

Covid UK: 55,892 cases and 964 deaths as daily toll hits record high

Covid UK: 55,892 cases and 964 deaths as daily toll hits record high

Johns Hopkins professor Dr Marty Makary slammed the slowdown in the U.S. approving AstraZeneca's vaccine and said the real reason for the delay is due to a 'broken [federal] bureaucracy'

Doctor slams FDA for not approving AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine

Two thirds of England's population – around 44million people – is now in Tier 4, with the remainder living in Tier 3 lockdowns. Only the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, is in the looser Tier 2

Coronavirus UK: Britain will need lockdowns until summer 2021 even with vaccines, scientists warn

The biggest takeaway from 2020? Learning how to accept the good, the bad and the ugly

Freedomroo – The biggest takeaway from 2020? Learning how to accept the good, the bad and the ugly

Is the great vaccine drive by Easter doomed already? Volunteers army has NOT been recruited

Is the great vaccine drive by Easter doomed already? Volunteers army has NOT been recruited

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be lit up the night before Joe Biden's inauguration to pay tribute to those who lost their lives to COVID

Joe Biden’s pandemic inauguration to include tribute to COVID victims with church bells and lights

Return to school chaos for millions: Confused parents rage

Return to school chaos for millions: Confused parents rage

Western Australia brands Victoria a coronavirus hot spot after just EIGHT cases

Western Australia brands Victoria a coronavirus hot spot after just EIGHT cases

Deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam on Wednesday urged people to be 'patient' before they act with 'wild abandon' when they have been vaccinated against coronavirus

Having vaccine doesn’t mean Britons can act with ‘wild abandon’ says Jonathan Van-Tam

Professor Sarah Gilbert, a vaccinologist at the University of Oxford and expert at the Jenner Institute, stands to make millions from the jab

Covid vaccine: Oxford AstraZeneca professors stand to make MILLIONS

Vaccinating the planet will take time, WHO chief Tedros warns

Freedomroo – Vaccinating the planet will take time, WHO chief Tedros warns

The US has vaccinated fewer than 2.6 million Americans as of Wednesday morning, updated CDC figures showed that evening

US won’t approve AstraZeneca shot until APRIL, Operation Warp Speed chief says

A volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which has been approved for use today

Questions over Britain’s decision to drop two-dose vaccine regimen

Western Australia is weighing up shutting the border with Victoria after the state recorded three new coronavirus cases. Pictured: Premier Mark McGowan

Paranoid premier flags closing Western Australian border to Victoria

Britain's deadliest day since April: Health chiefs record 981 Covid victims

Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health chiefs record 981 Covid victims

Britain will only have 530,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine at its disposal from Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted today

Matt Hancock reveals Britain will only have 530,000 doses of Oxford’s Covid jab next week

Weekly Covid deaths rose again in last full week of data and rose by 44% in the South East

Weekly Covid deaths rose again in last full week of data and rose by 44% in the South East

Teens get more sleep with later school start time, study finds

Freedomroo – Teens get more sleep with later school start time, study finds

A second man in Colorado is suspected to have the new, more contagious variant of coronavirus. Both he and the first confirmed patient had worked at the Good Samaritan Society assisted living facility in Simla, Colorado (pictured)

Second ‘super-COVID’ case suspected in Colorado

Another 13m could be plunged to Tier 4 despite vaccine breakthrough

Another 13m could be plunged to Tier 4 despite vaccine breakthrough

Top experts, including members of SAGE, have warned ministers they need to ramp up weekly vaccination rates sevenfold to 2million by mid-January to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed this winter. Currently about 280,000 Brits are being inoculated each week

Covid-19: All you need to know about the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

LONDON: The 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital stands empty, amid surging coronavirus cases and hospital admissions across the country. NHS England figures reveal England has more Covid-19 patients in hospital now than during the first wave of the pandemic in March and April. The hospital is pictured on December 22

Only 28 Covid patients are currently being treated in No10’s £220million Nightingale hospitals

China's Sinopharm says COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective

Freedomroo – China’s Sinopharm says COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective

A number of ambulances were forced to wait outside the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel last night. The pictures came just hours after Britain recorded a record daily high of 53,000 Covid cases, with the surge blamed on a a highly-infectious new variant considered more transmissible than previous strains

Patients from London could be taken to YORKSHIRE for treatment

Millions more face Tier 4 as Boris Johnson reveals TODAY where tougher restrictions are needed

Millions more face Tier 4 as Boris Johnson reveals TODAY where tougher restrictions are needed

Queens Hospital, Romford: Medics in PPE caring for patients in ambulance parking bays as sources report a lack of A&E beds yesterday

Essex declares ‘major incident’ over surging Covid cases

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'can't see the benefit' of pausing the Premier League for two weeks as a 'circuit breaker' following a spike in positive Covid-19 cases among players and staff

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ‘can’t see the benefit’ of two-week Premier League shutdown

A volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which has been approved for use today

Covid vaccine from Oxford University and Astrazeneca is APPROVED

Contagion return: Director Steven Soderbergh's 2011 pandemic-themed thriller Contagion gained a resurgence due to the real-life COVID-19 pandemic, and it seems the filmmaker wants to return to this world, in a manner of speaking

Contagion director Steven Soderbergh reveals he’s working on a ‘philosophical sequel’

Victoria and the ACT are expected to extend their border restrictions with NSW after a new mystery cluster emerged on Wednesday (sign pictured at the NSW-Victoria border)

States rush to extend border closures with New South Wales after huge increase of Covid cases

Governor Jared Polis said in a tweet: 'Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK'

Colorado confirms it has detected first cases of ‘mutant COVID’ strain

How a QUARTER of hospitals are operating at Covid 'danger zone'

How a QUARTER of hospitals are operating at Covid ‘danger zone’

Covid England: How the new mutated strain has spread in a fortnight

Covid England: How the new mutated strain has spread in a fortnight

Covid UK:New cases DOUBLE in a week with 36,804 more infections

Covid UK:New cases DOUBLE in a week with 36,804 more infections

How to tell difference between depression and winter blues

Freedomroo – How to tell difference between depression and winter blues

Scott Parker will be back in the dugout on Wednesday after completion of 10-day self-isolation

Scott Parker returns to the dugout for Fulham vs Spurs after household member’s positive test

New coronavirus variant has triggered 'explosive' outbreaks in London schools

New coronavirus variant has triggered ‘explosive’ outbreaks in London schools

The lateral flow devices (LFDs), which give results in 30 minutes, are to be used at home by members of the public. Pictured: Seth Thomas performs a university-provided lateral flow test on himself in Oxford

Moonshot scientists DEFEND rapid lateral flow coronavirus tests

Coronavirus UK: R rate is UP again to a possible 1.3, SAGE warns

Coronavirus UK: R rate is UP again to a possible 1.3, SAGE warns

When he hit 50, TV chef HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL piled on the pounds - until he devised his own foolproof food plan

HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL: Eat your way to weight loss

A 72-year-old man is given his first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a nursing home in Madrid on Sunday as Spain begins its Covid-19 vaccination programme

Spain will keep registry of people who refuse Covid-19 vaccine

Irisa Kelly, 27, from New York (pictured right) revealed how her daughter (pictured left) had to have both legs amputated after her flu-like symptoms turned out to be deadly meningitis

Mother reveals two-year-old daughter’s flu-like symptoms were deadly meningitis

Bob Sullivan, a 98-year-old D-Day veteran, was one of the first of the Chelsea Pensioners to be vaccinated against coronavirus today

Oxford coronavirus vaccine to be approved ‘shortly after Christmas’

Above the dark green lines reveal the actual impact of measures at the time, and the green lines show the predicted impact when an aspect of the situation is changed. The graph in the top left shows what could have happened if lockdown was imposed a week earlier

Covid England: Earlier spring lockdown could have saved 20k lives

The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS choir could easily have been forgiven for thinking they had already reached the height of fame with their celebrity collaborations. They are pictured performing for the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast

Frontline medic choir in Queen’s Christmas message tell of sacrifice

Luna in first place for female canines and felines, and Archie as the most popular for male counterparts (stock)

Australia’s favourite dog and cat names are revealed – and it’s good news for fans of Harry Potter

I agree with your consultant that your symptom is not a nerve condition, nor do i think it a sign of peripheral neuropathy [File photo]

‘My feet burn with pain if I go walking’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

A male counterpart to the contraceptive pill for women, which first appeared in Britain 60 years ago, is seen as the Holy Grail

Will 2021 finally be the year we finally get the male pill?

Earlier this year it was reported that Alana Cutland, a 19-year-old Cambridge University student,pictured, jumped to her death from a light aircraft 5,000 feet over Madagascar in July 2019 after taking doxycycline for 11 days

Why common antibiotics may trigger mental breakdowns

ORAL-B iO9, £250

High-tech new toothbrushes designed to make you smile

NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens shared his optimism that everyone over-50 in the 'vulnerable' group, numbering some 22 million people, could be vaccinated by spring

Hopes all over-50s can be vaccinated by spring to save UK

The device, about the size of a ping pong ball, is stitched to the top of the inside of the stomach via keyhole surgery

‘Ping pong ball’ implant that eases heartburn

A WHO spokesperson told The Sun that the use of azithromycin in misguided attempts to treat coronavirus may be encouraging gonorrhea to become resistant to it and other antibiotics

Super gonorrhea could be fueled by antibiotic use amid the pandemic

A cluttered kitchen could be causing you to overeat — so spruce it up, suggests research from Cornell University in the U.S. One theory is a cluttered and confusing environment makes us anxious and prone to overeating

Why tidying your kitchen will help you polish off the pounds!

The number of people with coronavirus in England last week spiked to pre-second lockdown levels with almost 646,000 people carrying the illness

Covid cases in England spike back up to pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people infected last week

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is in the dark over the status of his side's two upcoming fixtures

Frank Lampard in the dark over Chelsea’s next two fixtures as games amid Covid-19 outbreaks

The total number of patients in hospital with the virus is likely to exceed the peak from the first wave, with 21,286 coronavirus patients being treated on December 22 - the most recent day data is available for. In comparison, the figure on April 12 was 21,683

Millions more Britons face being plunged into Tier 4 lockdown this week

Hospitals in England 'on track' to have more than 20,000 Covid patients on New Year's Eve

Hospitals in England ‘on track’ to have more than 20,000 Covid patients on New Year’s Eve

Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four?

Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four?

Britain records 41,385 Covid cases and 357 more deaths as second wave continues to grow

Britain records 41,385 Covid cases and 357 more deaths as second wave continues to grow

Right thing to do: Diddy - real name Sean Combs - took to his Instagram on Monday morning to announce that his annual, celeb-filled New Year's Eve party has been cancelled this year over COVID-19 concerns, as he is seen at the event in 2018

Diddy announces lavish, celeb-filled New Year’s Eve party has been CANCELLED over COVID concerns

More than a million Americans flew on Sunday despite COVID-19

More than a million Americans flew on Sunday despite COVID-19

Mosquito takeover in possible drought prompts disease concerns for Turkey

Freedomroo – Mosquito takeover in possible drought prompts disease concerns for Turkey

Cristiano Ronaldo poses with son Cristiano Junior (left) and partner Georgina Rodriguez after winning the Player of the Century prize at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday

Robert Lewandowski flies to Dubai – deemed a ‘risk area’ in Germany – to collect player prize

Prince Philip, 99, is proving to be a 'reluctant celebrant' and 'doesn't want a fuss' ahead of his 100th birthday in the summer, sources have revealed

Prince Philip ‘a reluctant celebrant’ and ‘doesn’t want a fuss’ ahead of 100th birthday

COVID-19 pandemic turns 50 doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs into billionaires

COVID-19 pandemic turns 50 doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs into billionaires

Scientists have warned that the new coronavirus mutation appears to spread quickly among youngsters, and schools had high rates of infection before the Christmas holidays

Schools ‘could be closed until February half-term’ under plans being discussed TODAY

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said Sunday morning that Donald Trump is 'unbelievably cruel' for not yet signing the $900 billion in coroanvirus relief and suggesting he could veto the whole package

Bernie Sanders says Donald Trump is ‘unbelievably cruel’ for not yet signing COVID relief bill

AstraZeneca vaccine has 'winning formula' against COVID-19: CEO

Freedomroo – AstraZeneca vaccine has ‘winning formula’ against COVID-19: CEO

The data, which was recorded up until December 23, stated 1,911 people had died in hospitals in England after testing positive for Covid-19. Pictured: Health worker on the intensive care unit (ICU) at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside

Only 377 people aged under 60 with no underlying health conditions have died of Covid in the UK

Rich people are offering huge sums of money to skip the queue for the coronavirus vaccines, which can currently only be obtained through the NHS

Wealthy Britons ‘offering private doctors £2,000 to jump Covid vaccine queue and get jabs early’

Viewers complained to the BBC after none of the choristers involved in Christmas Eve's 'Carols from King's' appeared to be of non-white heritage

BBC embroiled in race row after Carols from King’s broadcast

Vicki Kirk and Dino Ballin, husband and wife owners of Pomp Salon in Stockton, California say they will continue to operate their salon despite coronavirus restrictions ordering them closed

Stockton salon upset about police enforcement visit due to COVID-19 violations

The 60-minute operation, which could be available to NHS patients as early as next year, closes gaps between the oesophagus and the stomach ¿ through which the stomach juices flow, causing the burn

Scar-free operation could banish acid reflux for good

Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse said she would not rule out having which cosmetic operation in the near future?

HEALTH QUIZ: How much of 2020 do YOU remember?

Josh Jones, from Warrington, suffers from a genetic illness and is severely disabled, requiring round-the-clock care which is provided by medical staff at the residential school where he stays five nights a week. Pictured: Josh with his parents Kate and Clive and brother Seb

Thousands of children are stuck in care home hell

Jenny Maree D'Ubios, 49, (pictured) refused to be tested for Covid and bizarrely claimed that it didn't exist before fleeing the Pan Pacific Hotel one week into her mandatory detention

Australian traveller hands herself in after escaping hotel quarantine in Perth

Pictured: Dr Ellie Cannon with Dr A Sohrabe as she received the first of her two Covid-19 jabs

Hope after a grim week

Dr Rubaiyat Haque explains that some people lack an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase in the liver, which is involved in the metabolism of alcohol. Pictured: Stock image

The intriguing reason you feel ill after a single glass

Nine-year-old Sam Gray (pictured with his mother Kristina), from Warwickshire, has been involved in the drug trial since 2018 and has already seen a marked improvement

Now here’s the good news

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said that 616,469 people were screened on Friday

TSA reveals 616,000 traveled on Christmas Day despite warnings not to travel

Eating mussels worse than gnawing batteries, famous Turkish gourmet says

Freedomroo – Eating mussels worse than gnawing batteries, famous Turkish gourmet says

A wild mink has tested positive for coronavirus in Oregon. Pictured: A mink in Denmark

Wild mink in Oregon tests positive for coronavirus after escaping from ‘quarantined fur farm’

Britain has become the world's fifth-largest economy once again, despite suffering a deep recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic

Britain is world’s fifth-largest economy again after overtaking India despite coronavirus recession

D-Day veteran and Chelsea Pensioner Bob James Sullivan, 98, was injected with the coronavirus vaccine at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Wednesday, December 23. Just seven other care homes have so far received the vaccine

Coronavirus UK: Elderly residents could count for as little as 0.3% of 613,000 to receive Pfizer jab

Christmas bikini: Alessandra Ambrosio put her toned figure on display Friday in a red bikini, as she spent Christmas Day by the pool with her family in her tropical home state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alessandra Ambrosio displays toned figure as she spends Christmas by the pool with family in Brazil

With 2020 having been such a difficult year, it would be completely understandable if you¿ve really gone to town over the festive period, eating, drinking and making as much ¿merry¿ as the rules allow [File photo]

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Overdone it this year? Help’s just around the corner

Hundreds of Christmas revellers partied at Bronte Beach on Friday

Sydney: Bronte partygoer to face court after police ended Christmas Day party flouting COVID rules

New mystery coronavirus cases in Victoria leaves Melbourne WAY above the numbers it needs

Australian golf legend Greg Norman is diagnosed with coronavirus on Christmas Day

Cristina and Konstin Dogaro, from Spain, were distraught they were unable to spend Christmas with their four young children

Miles of Christmas misery | Daily Mail Online

Justin Welby (pictured) is expected to refer to a 'year of anxiety' in his Christmas message, after coronavirus turned a cough into a 'genuine threat'

Christmas service UK: Masked worshippers watch on as the Archbishop of Canterbury leads service

Many stranded drivers are now spending Christmas stuck in their truck cabs. Pictured: The M20 this morning on Christmas Day

Another 800 military personnel are sent to help test 4,000 drivers stuck in Kent on Christmas Day

The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released its latest projections for COVID-19 deaths, showing that the death toll could reach 731,151 without a vaccine rollout and other health measures, pictured above along the top red line. Yet more than 45,000 lives could be saved if the vaccine is distributed faster than planned (blue line) and 49,000 fewer deaths from the virus by April 1 with universal mask wearing (pictured along the green line)

US death toll could reach 731K by April 1 if states ease mandates, latest IHME predictions show

'I'm definitely on the road to recovery': Anna Vakili updated fans on her coronavirus battle in an Instagram clip shared on Thursday

Love Island’s Anna Vakili shares update on coronavirus battle

Figure skater Joelle Hammann, 15, from Lewiston, Minnesota, need a heart transplant after learning she had a rare genetic disorder. Pictured: Joelle competing in March 2020

Teen figure skater suffers rare genetic disorder her to have transplant at just 14

Flu is on rise with winter, don't confuse it with coronavirus

Freedomroo – Flu is on rise with winter, don’t confuse it with coronavirus

A CDC advisory panel has changed its recommendations to prioritize those aged over 75 in the next stage of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution after facing backlash for suggesting essential workers should be vaccinated before the elderly. Pictured is a frontline health worker receiving a vaccine shot in California

COVID US: CDC changes guidelines to prioritize over 75s for vaccine

People from Faversham are among the Kent locals who have rallied to help the stranded truck drivers who are waiting to be allowed to cross into France in order to travel home

Villagers help truck drivers stuck on the M20 in Kent by lowering food parcels from motorway bridge

150-year-old Turkish soap still used to fight germs

Freedomroo – 150-year-old Turkish soap still used to fight germs

Russian billionaire Igor Sosin has been found dead while on a family holiday in Zanzibar

Russian billionaire, 53, is found dead in Zanzibar months after recovering from Covid

Sit, stay, sniff out COVID! Chile dogs report for duty at Santiago airport

Freedomroo – Sit, stay, sniff out COVID! Chile dogs report for duty at Santiago airport

Tested positive: Shannon Beador finally tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday's episode of The Real Housewives Of Orange County

Real Housewives Of Orange County: Shannon Beador cries after she finally tests positive for COVID-19

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been mocked as the ‘Patron Saint of Wuhan’ in response to the Mayor of Washington DC proclaiming Christmas Eve to be ‘Dr. Fauci Day’ in the District to mark his 80th birthday

Fauci is mocked as the ‘Patron Saint of Wuhan’ after DC Mayor declares Christmas Eve ‘Dr. Fauci Day’

Dazzling: Elizabeth Hurley was dressed for the festive season in a plunging black lace crop top and sequinned trousers as she took to Instagram to share a stylish snap on Wednesday

Elizabeth Hurley flaunts her svelte physique in a plunging crop top

Moderna Inc says it expects interim results from a late-stage trial on the effectiveness of its coronavirus vaccine by next month. Pictured: A subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19 in Seattle, March 16

Moderna says it expects its coronavirus vaccine to protect against the new U.K. strain

Vaccines likely to work on new coronavirus variant, scientist says

Freedomroo – Vaccines likely to work on new coronavirus variant, scientist says

In a new study from Michigan Medicine, about 2,220 veterans treated for coronavirus were compared w ith 1,600 non-COVID-related pneumonia patients and 3,500 heart failure patients. Pictured: Dr Rafik Abdou (right) and respiratory therapist Babu Paramban check on a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, November 19

COVID-19 patients up to 60% more likely to be rehospitalized or die within 10 days of discharge

President Donald Trump has until midnight to make good on his veto threat to turn down a massive Defense bill

Donald Trump VETOES Defense Bill because it strips Confederate names from bases

Researchers looked at 24 studies from eight countries between January 1 and October 27 that examined COVID-19 and air contamination. Pictured: Medical staff members treat a patient in the COVID-19 ICU at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, December 22

HALF of air samples taken from hallways and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of coronavirus

Tom Cruise's explosive Mission Impossible rant has left crew members 'walking on eggshells'

Tom Cruise’s explosive Mission Impossible rant has left crew members ‘walking on eggshells’

11 ways to remedy dry, chapped, overly-sanitized hands

Freedomroo – 11 ways to remedy dry, chapped, overly-sanitized hands

'Joe Donor' (pictured), 50, from Vermont, who conceals his real name, has been living in Ilford, Essex, for the past three months after first arriving in the UK in September

Sperm donor with 150 children worldwide is ‘over the moon’ after impregnating three British women

Britain should give 'as many people as possible' a single dose of a coronavirus vaccine to curb the spread of the mutant strain racing through the UK, according to Tony Blair

Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL coronavirus vaccine supplies on one dose strategy

5 civilians killed, 2 wounded in Baghdad rocket attack, Iraqi officials say

Freedomroo – Common household cleaners can trigger asthma in children

A Qantas crew member who worked on a repatriation flight from Darwin to Paris last week has since tested positive to coronavirus after flying from the NT to Sydney

Qantas flight attendant tests positive for Covid after flying into Darwin from Paris

Coffee before exercise helps boost performance, British researchers find

Freedomroo – Coffee before exercise helps boost performance, British researchers find

Ceawlin Thynn has just sent £50,000 to conservation programmes dedicated to aiding Australia's koala population (pictured with wife Emma)

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The largesse of Longleat! Marquess of Bath makes £50k donation to save koalas

Five types of face masks were examined with results showing that the N95 (top right) blocked the most at 100% of droplets and the regular cloth mask (bottom left) blocked the least at 96.4% of droplets

Cloth masks are NOT enough to stop the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing

In a new poll from USA Today/Suffolk University, 46% of U.S. adults said they want to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible (pictured), an increase from 24% in October

Covid US: Number of people keen to take vaccine DOUBLES to 46%

Health bosses are set to meet tomorrow to review the current tiers in place across England, as Boris Johnson faces growing pressure to tighten restrictions. One expert warned Britain faced a 'human disaster' unless ministers impose 'stricter' rules across the country

Coronavirus England: More areas may enter Tier 4 on Boxing Day

Mutated COVID-19 variant in UK could more easily infect children, scientists say

Freedomroo – Mutated COVID-19 variant in UK could more easily infect children, scientists say

The NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will enroll 'several hundred' people with a history of severe allergies and give them Pfizer's jab under supervision. Pictured: Rhoda Winkelman, 96, receives Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine at New Jewish Home longterm health care facility in New York City, December 21

NIH launches study on allergic reactions caused by Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine

And it comes as Cambridge University scientists have warned that England faced up to 900 daily Covid deaths by New Year's Day without the introduction of Tier Four restrictions

Covid deaths fell 3% in England and Wales after national lockdown

The base is one of 13 Chilean bases in Antarctica of a total of 70 international research bases at the South Pole, including five British stations

Covid reaches ANTARCTICA meaning it has spread to every continent

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania found that overall coronavirus mortality rates declined from 16% to 9%, survival rates were worst in counties with high COVID-19 case rates. Pictured: Clinicians prepare a COVID-19 patient for RotoProne therapy in the ICU at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, California, December 14

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