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The above shows the number of deaths every year from all causes (light blue) and related to climate (dark blue) every year since 2001. The uptick at the end of the chart may be linked to the Covid pandemic

Climate change is sparing 30,000 lives every winter

Dr Kit Yates, a member of the Independent Sage pressure group, today called on the UK to 'do more' to prevent flu

Now Indy SAGE wants us to ‘do more’ to prevent flu!

NHS England told local leaders today that 20 batches of Pfizer's injections can be administered up to 45 days after being removed from ultra-cold freezers, compared to the currently recommended 31 days

Health chiefs extend shelf-life of Pfizer Covid vaccines by TWO WEEKS

New COVID infections in the US dropped by 47 percent in a week, sparking cautious hopes that the latest surge triggered by the Omicron variant may have peaked

Daily Covid cases are down 10% in the US – first case decline since the New Year

Health Secretary Sajid Javid with NHS staffs at the King's College hospital in London earlier this month. He told MPs last year he would be 'watchful for any waste or wokery' as he awarded the NHS a record funding boost

Sajid Javid plans ‘academy school’ style NHS revolution in bid to reduce hospital waiting times

In some trusts, as many as 12 per cent of staff have not been vaccinated, meaning those hospitals could lose more than one in 10 workers if they do not come forward for the vaccine in the coming weeks. The top 10 trusts with the lowest vaccine uptake among staff are all in London or Birmingham

More than 80,000 unvaccinated NHS workers face the sack

Health Secretary Sajid Javid with NHS staffs at the King's College hospital in London earlier this month. He told MPs last year he would be 'watchful for any waste or wokery' as he awarded the NHS a record funding boost

Paying extra to NHS bosses does not boost quality of hospitals, study suggests

Gout is estimated to affect more than 2 million people in the UK ¿ with cases rising, due to diet and lifestyle changes

Medieval ‘bloodletting’ could ease gout pain

Researchers from NYU found that some elderly Covid patients had biomarkers indicating they had suffered more brain damage as a result of the virus than the average Alzheimer's patient

Covid infection can cause debilitating brain condition that causes more damage than Alzheimer’s

For Helen and Simon Wright, attending the inquest into the death of their 15-year-old daughter Annabel was always going to be an ordeal. They were, however, determined to see it through in the hope that the coroner would share their concerns about Roaccutane

Expert calls for much stricter rules on how Roaccutane is prescribed to teenagers

You can¿t walk past a bakery without gagging, the smell of onions makes you physically sick and even brushing your teeth is unbearable. It sounds unthinkable, yet that¿s the reality for tens of thousands of people after getting Covid ¿ myself included

Covid could be turning children into ‘fussy eaters’ because it can distort their sense of smell

At present, there is no published evidence that Covid vaccines trigger shingles, although in time we will learn more [File photo]

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Some manufacturers claim postbiotic supplements are even better than probiotics, delivering faster results. A stock image is used above [File photo]

Are the new postbiotic pills the real key to better gut health?

Feeling tired all the time is a common problem ¿ and the list of possible causes is endless: an underactive thyroid gland, diabetes, depression, cancer, shift work, anaemia, carbon monoxide poisoning... the list goes on

PROFESSOR GUY LESCHZINER looks at managing sleep apnoea

At my heaviest, I weighed 23st 8lb; as I am 5ft 11in, my BMI was 46, ¿morbidly obese¿ [below 25 is ¿healthy¿]. And there have been consequences for my health

Pioneering operation using tiny beads turned off my hunger hormones!

I didn¿t even know what the word perimenopause meant when I first tentatively raised the subject of the menopause with my GP, after getting a few hot flushes in my late 40s, writes Kate Muir

Why do doctors know so little about natural HRT that can stop menopause wrecking your life?

Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), warned that the Omicron variant may not be the virus's final strain, as there is potential for another strain that can evade immunity from Omicron to emerge in the future

Fauci warns that Omicron may not be the ‘end’ of Covid

SAGE adviser hopes UK will have a 'flu-type' relationship with Covid by 2023

SAGE adviser hopes UK will have a ‘flu-type’ relationship with Covid by 2023

London's roads today are the BUSIEST since Plan B came in

London’s roads today are the BUSIEST since Plan B came in

Covid case rate per 100,000 people per region in the week to January 4

Covid outbreaks now shrinking in 96% of England’s neighbourhoods

Meredith Allen (pictured), vice president for health security at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, said that it would be wise for states to put resources into efforts that are not daily Covid case reporting

Covid deaths increase 36% and hospitalizations are up 60% over the past two weeks in US

More than half of Britons have not seen a dentist in the past year, with most saying they could not get an appointment

One in five people try dentistry at home including pulling out their own TEETH, report shows

Feeling okay: Bernard Tomic (pictured) has updated his fans as he recovers from Covid-19. The tennis player, 29, shared a video to Instagram Stories on Monday, saying that he was doing well

Freedomroo.com – Bernard Tomic gives fans an update on his health – after falling ‘really sick’ with Covid

A CT scan revealed the masses of the hardened insulation foam sprayed into the man's penis and bladder (shown, arrows). The 45-year-old and his partner had been inserting objects into his penis in a misguided attempt to treat his erectile dysfunction but their efforts went horrifically wrong when they used the straw connected to a can of weatherproofing foam

Impotent man’s partner accidentally deploys insulation foam inside his urethra during sex act

Having two vaccine jabs and a previous Covid infection provides 90 per cent protection from the virus for more than a year, a Government study has found (file photo used)

Two vaccine doses and a prior infection provides 90% protection against Covid for more than a YEAR

The switch to boozing at home was partly to blame for the rise as the drinking sessions can last hours longer than they would in a pub

Millions of people drink up to FIFTY units a week after alcohol consumption soared during Covid

About two months ago, I started developing pins and needles in my left hand. It’s usually worst in the morning, when I wake up, when it’s accompanied by numbness. Is there anything I could try to get rid of it?

DR ELLIE CANNON: How do I get rid of dreadful pins and needles in my hand?

A recent survey of 18-to-24-year-olds suggested that as many as seven per cent of this age group had undergone a cosmetic lip enhancement, while a staggering 68 per cent said they knew someone who had

Jabs to reverse Love Island lip fillers could leave your daughter disfigured for LIFE

Melanoma skin cancer patients will soon be able to get a 'striking' new drug treatment on the NHS that turbo-boosts their immune system. Pictured: Jessica Maggs (with husband Rob and children Charlie and Isla) was one of the first patients to receive pembrolizumab straight after surgery

Seek-and-destroy drug brings new hope to fight against melanoma

Jean Hatchet's ordeal began in November 2017 when a male radiographer carried out a 'rough' internal scan – and failed to spot tumours that had developed in her ovaries, liver and bowel. The 55-year-old former teacher from Sheffield was eventually diagnosed six months later

Why there are times a woman really should demand to see a female doctor

Officially, shielding ended in September. But there is a group who remain high-risk ¿ the estimated 500,000 Britons with a weakened immune system. Dan Baker (right), 25, from Warwickshire, received a kidney transplant in October and was told by doctors he needed to keep shielding because he is vulnerable to Covid.

What happens to the 500,000 people who are still shielding?

There¿s no doubt that the pandemic has exacerbated chronic trouble sleeping, with evidence that those who¿ve caught Covid, and many who haven¿t, have suffered sleep issues following the strain the pandemic has put on our minds and bodies (stock photo)

PROFESSOR GUY LESCHZINER: How to banish your insomnia without pills

It started with the faintest itch at the back of my throat, the Wednesday before last. As a health reporter, writes Eve Simmons, I’ve been writing about Covid for almost two years now, and I was well aware I wasn’t suffering an official listed symptom (stock photo)

EVE SIMMONS: Is my Covid saga proof we should stop testing ourselves all the time?

Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is yet to play for Gabon at this year's AFCON

Freedomroo.com – Gabon hope to have Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang back in their squad for their next AFCON match

Simon Ruda, co-founder of No10's 'Nudge Unit', accused ministers of using scare tactics during the pandemic

Ministers have used ‘propagandistic’ tactics to scare public into complying with Covid rules

People who received some of their three Covid jabs in Scotland and who now live in England are stuck in an NHS bureaucratic deadlock with no end in sight

Vaccine passport chaos as bungling NHS bosses still fail to recognise jabs dished out in SCOTLAND

A record 3.7million people were infected with Covid on any day last week in England — but cases were slowing nationally, the country's gold-standard Office for National Statistics' surveillance study has found

How many people in YOUR area have Covid? Interactive map reveals UK’s Omicron hotspots

Primary pollutants in London are particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3), many of which come from vehicle exhausts

Londoners warned to avoid strenuous outdoor exercise today due to pollution

Booster uptake is lowest among young adults, who ministers are appealing to to get boosted. But in older age groups who are more at risk nearly everyone has got a third dose

Millions of Covid vaccines ‘may need to be BINNED’ if young people don’t get their boosters

Lonely: Britain's bird flu 'patient zero' Alan Gosling has been left 'absolutely distraught' after being banned from keeping ducks for more than a year

Britain’s bird flu ‘patient zero’ is BANNED from keeping ducks for a year

Mother-of-one Becky Davis, 36, from Redditch, Worcestershire, who has never smoked and blamed her persistent cough on Covid was devastated to she has terminal lung cancer. The single mum is pictured with daughter Lexi, six

Mother, 36, devastated after terminal lung cancer diagnosis

Conservative estimates suggest at least one in ten Britons suffer with chronic insomnia, defined as difficulty getting to or staying asleep most nights for longer than four weeks

How to beat the insomnia epidemic caused by Covid anxiety, PROFESSOR GUY LESCHZINER writes

It¿s just over a year since the UK¿s coronavirus vaccine programme began, saving well over 100,000 lives, as well as preventing countless others from ending up in hospital and suffering long-term damage from Covid

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why vaccine immunity is better than natural immunity

A group of 22 Senators are calling for the FDA and HHS to lift restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood. Earlier this week, the Red Cross announced the U.S. was facing a 'blood crisis' with some hospitals and blood centers only having a day's worth of blood on hand. Blood donations have dropped 10% since the pandemic first began. Pictured: A woman in Los Angeles, California, donates blood on December 13

FDA called to lift restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood during ‘crisis’

Covid cases are now dropping in EVERY region of England as rates finally turn around in North East

Covid cases are now dropping in EVERY region of England as rates finally turn around in North East

Americans who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jab are now recommended to receive their booster shot five months after the second dose, down from the previous recommendation of six months (file photo)

CDC reduces recommended time between second shot of Pfizer vaccine and booster from to five months

UK Health Security Agency scientists found 54 per cent of Omicron infected people suffered a sore throat, compared to 34 per cent of Delta infected people. They also found that just 13 per cent of Omicron cases had loss of smell and taste, compared to 34 per cent for Delta

Just 13% of Covid infected people now lose their smell or taste

Another 99,652 Britons tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, according to Government dashboard data, marking a 44 per cent fall on the figure last week

UK’s daily Covid cases dip below 100,000 for first time since before Christmas

Covid surges in 44 states are now slowing as experts predict cases to top out in the coming weeks

Covid surges in 44 states are now slowing as experts predict cases to top out in the coming weeks

David Bennett (pictured right with surgeon Dr. Bartley Griffith on his left) last week became the first patient in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. Now, he is facing criticisms from the family of a man he stabbed seven times

Pig heart transplant recipient stabbed a man seven times in 1988 leaving him wheelchair-bound

Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed the length of quarantine for positive cases is being reduced from the current seven days to just five

One in ten people may still be infectious for Covid after ten days, study finds

People wearing face masks are deemed to be more attractive than when they have nothing covering their faces, according to a new study (stock image)

Wearing a facemask makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, study finds

Amanda Pritchard (pictured), chief executive of the health service in England, warned Sajid Javid his £90million per month deal with the private sector could waste taxpayer money, it emerged today

NHS chief warned Sajid Javid that deal for private hospitals could waste of taxpayers’ money

While the researchers did not test individual soft drinks, Diet Coke contains aspartame, one of the artificial sweeteners tested in the study

Mothers-to-be who consume artificial sweeteners may be more likely to have fat children, study warns

One in NINE people in England now on NHS waiting list amid Omicron wave

One in NINE people in England now on NHS waiting list amid Omicron wave

Work continued today on the construction of the Nightingale Surge Hub at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, one of eight being created across England

More than HALF of NHS Covid ‘patients’ in London are now NOT being treated for virus

For diners, food appears less fattening to them when it is shared because they do not feel they 'own' the food

Taking chips and snacks from a shared plate makes them seem less fattening, researchers suggest

King's College London scientists estimated 183,364 people were now catching the virus every day, down from the record high of 208,471 in the previous seven-day spell. The data is also from health data science company ZOE

Symptom-tracking app finds 12% drop in number of people getting ill with virus every day…

Covid UK: Cases fall by nearly 40% in a week to 109,133 as Omicron wave continues to collapse

Covid UK: Cases fall by nearly 40% in a week to 109,133 as Omicron wave continues to collapse

A similar pattern was seen for premature births with mums-to-be who caught the virus less than a month before their due date having more than double the chance of giving birth before their 37th week of pregnancy

Mothers-to-be who get Covid within a month of their due date ‘are at greatest risk of complications’

The World Health Organization is calling for vaccine manufacturers to work on developing longer lasting, stronger, vaccines that will be effective against future Covid variants. The agency's TAG-CO-VAC work group believes the regular distribution of booster shots is not feasible. Pictured: A man in Los Angeles, California, receives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine on January 7

WHO warns that repeated booster shots are not sustainable

Office for National Statistics figures showed 2.4 per cent of women gave birth at home during 2020, the highest proportion in nine years

One in 40 new mothers delivered their babies at home in 2020, official data shows

Omicron heads west: Oregon, Alaska and Utah now lead US in case growth

Omicron heads west: Oregon, Alaska and Utah now lead US in case growth

A graphic showing a 3D model of the Epstein-Barr virus. Harvard scientist say they have found compelling evidence this virus is behind MS, a crippling illness affecting the body's nerves which leads to problems with movement and the senses

Glandular fever may be the biggest cause of multiple sclerosis

Unjabbed people are more vulnerable to omicron, WHO says

Freedomroo – Unjabbed people are more vulnerable to omicron, WHO says

'That would be a very foolish proposition,' said Dr Kitonga Kiminyo, discussing the 'get Omicron out of the way' strategy some Americans are employing on WPBF 25

Some Americans are catching Covid on PURPOSE to ‘get it out of the way’ in ‘foolish’ move

In Bristol County, police officers are using dogs trained in Covid-sniffing to identify the virus in schools, police stations, and other buildings. Pictured: Human and dog K-9 unit officers visiting a school in the county

Trained dogs can identify the coronavirus in the air with over 97% accuracy, study shows

Has omicron peaked? COVID cases flatten in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and LA

Has omicron peaked? COVID cases flatten in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and LA

Lord Frost has urged Boris Johnson to categorically rule out another lockdown as he suggested the Government's current coronavirus rules are 'Covid theatre'

Freedomroo.com – Ex-Cabinet minister Lord Frost says Covid lockdowns are a ‘mistake’

The Lumie Vitamin L SAD Light - a popular way to combat SAD - is now available for only £59.99 on Amazon (was £90)

This on-sale Lumie SAD desk lamp boosts mood, reduces eye strain AND helps combat tiredness

Helen Carroll speaks to three British women breaking the taboo to reveal the hell of 'second menopause - including Jill Slater, 78, (pictured) who was on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for 22 years

Here three women break the taboo to reveal the hell of the ‘second menopause’…

Before: Ashleigh Barnes, 36 an NHS mental nurse from Manchester, used to take pride in her thick, luscious locks but began noticing clumps falling out following a divorce

Hair growth treatment with ingredients from PEAS

NHS figures, analysed by The Times , show there has been a 777 per cent increase in the number of people in older age groups receiving substance misuse treatment for cannabis in the last 15 years

Record rise in older cannabis addicts seeking help: Number of over-55s in treatment soars by 777%

In guidelines aimed at encouraging more inclusive language, the British Psychological Society told its 60,000 members to refer to patients using their 'preferred term', including so-called 'reclaimed terms like dyke or slut'

Fury as psychologists are encouraged to call their clients ‘SLUTS’ if requested

Sir Jeremy Farrar

Top SAGE adviser admitted lab leak theory was ‘most likely’ origin of Covid in February 2020

The above shows the distance travelled by droplets from someone when they spoke or coughed for five minutes while un-masked, wearing a cloth mask, or wearing a disposable mask. Standard disposable masks have three layers

Face masks can slash distance infectious Covid droplets travel by up to EIGHT-FOLD, study suggests

Around 23% of U.S. hospitals are currently facing critical staffing shortages as many doctors and nurses are out due to Covid infection. Last month, the CDC revised its guidelines to allow health care professionals in facilities facing shortages to more quickly return to work. Pictured: A man receives treatment for Covid symptoms in a Rexburg, Idaho, hospital on October 28

Nearly one in four hospitals are suffering shortages of doctors due to so many being sick with Covid

Data from the CDC shows that people infected by the Omicron variant (green) are 50% likely to be hospitalized within 14 days of first feeling symptoms than those infected by Delta (purple)

Omicron variant is half as likely to cause hospitalization and 91% LESS likely to cause death

NJ, VA, go into emergency mode and Kentucky activates the Guard in an effort to combat Covid

NJ, VA, go into emergency mode and Kentucky activates the Guard in an effort to combat Covid

PROF KAROL SIKORA warns thousands of lives will be lost to cancer without urgent action

PROF KAROL SIKORA warns thousands of lives will be lost to cancer without urgent action

CDC chief Delta variant, NOT Omicron, is responsible for the 1,700 daily Covid deaths in the US

CDC chief Delta variant, NOT Omicron, is responsible for the 1,700 daily Covid deaths in the US

Omi-gone? Cases are now falling in 30% of England's boroughs

Omi-gone? Cases are now falling in 30% of England’s boroughs

Alcohol was by far the most popular beverage type for celebrities to post about on Instagram in the study found. The authors said the frequency of celebrities posted about alcohol significant considering it could normalise drinking to the stars' young followers

90% of celebrities’ social media posts about food and drinks are for unhealthy items

Alcohol was by far the most popular beverage type for celebrities to post about on Instagram in the study found. The authors said the frequency of celebrities posted about alcohol significant considering it could normalise drinking to the stars' young followers

Majority of celebrities’ social media posts about food and drinks are for UNHEALTHY items

A study has total of 17 sudden cardiac arrest deaths have been linked to sexual activity out of nearly 7,000 cases. Authors say the finding should reassure the millions of Britons living with heart disease that their sex lives are not putting their health at risk

Just 17 Britons have died from cardiac arrests while having sex over the past three decades

Covid cases in the U.S. have surged in recent weeks, up by 185% over the past two weeks. Some experts believe the rapid surge in cases will lead to the variant running out of steam soon and reaching its peak before receding

All signs are pointing to the Omicron variant surge in the US soon reaching its peak

T-cells from common colds may protect against COVID-19: Study

Freedomroo – T-cells from common colds may protect against COVID-19: Study

Separate figures from the United Nations (UN) Population Division suggests Britain's overall life expectancy across ages and sexes is 81-and-a-half. It means the UK has the 29th highest life expectancy in the world, with Hong Kong topping the chart at 85.3 years. For comparison, the US ranks 46th, with an expectancy of 79.8 years

Will I live until I’m 100? Online calculator works out your average life expectancy

Alan Gosling, 79, was pictured giving the thumbs up from his home in Devon on Sunday after testing negative for the H5N1 strain

Britain’s bird flu ‘patient zero’ gives thumbs up as he tests negative for deadly strain

Millions of pounds of NHS funding would be better spent on schools to improve the nation’s overall health following the pandemic, a study has found

Divert NHS cash to schools to improve the nation’s health after the pandemic, says new study

Last week, a genetically modified pig heart was transplanted into a terminally ill cardiac failure patient for the first time and the organ appears to be functioning properly so far. The lead surgeon who carried out the pioneering procedure, Dr Bartley Griffith (left), is pictured with the recipient David Bennet, 57

UK doctors could soon begin giving heart transplant patients organs from PIGS after US case

Gligor Kedioski (pictured above with his wife Bolyana and their five-year-old daughter), who lived in Liverpool, died of Covid-19 aged 45 on January 2 after being admitted to hospital in December and placed in an induced coma

Father, 45, who ignored wife’s pleas to get vaccine dies of Covid after three weeks in hospital

Pictured here are 3D images of the Omicron and Delta viruses. Omicron is nearly five times more mutated than Delta in terms of its spike proteins. While a crossbreeding of the two variants, called a recombination, is a technical possibility, other scientists say recent reports of Deltacron is 'almost certainly' the result of a lab contamination

Don’t panic about ‘Deltacron’: Scientists call for caution over reports of new variant

Q&A: How to identify symptoms of omicron vs. other variants

Freedomroo – Q&A: How to identify symptoms of omicron vs. other variants

Covid remains infectious for at least five minutes in bathrooms

Covid remains infectious for at least five minutes in bathrooms

The above graph shows infection rates in under-60s in London since late November. It reveals that while rates are highest in 20 to 35-year-olds, there has recently been an uptick among children and their parents

Covid UK: London’s Omicron outbreak continues as infections rise in under-30s but fall in over-60s

Brahamdev Mandal, 84 (pictured), had 12 Covid-19 vaccines in just 11 months, and even had two within half an hour of each other on the same day

Serial-vaxxer, 84, illegally gets himself jabbed TWELVE times in India

Pressure mounts on No10 to cut Covid isolation time to five days

Pressure mounts on No10 to cut Covid isolation time to five days

The above figures show Covid infection rates across all regions except the North East fell on January 5, the latest date available. It could suggest the worst of the wave is over

Covid cases are now falling in EVERY region except the North East

NHS England figures show there were 2,158 new positive tests in English hospitals on January 3, the latest date data is available. But of those, just 1,635 were infections occurring 'in the community', NHS England said — meaning 523 are likely to have caught the virus in hospital (24 per cent). This figure is more than double the amount being infected on wards back at the start of December, when fewer than 10 per cent were catching Covid in hospital each day

Proportion of Covid patients that may have caught the virus in hospital doubles in December

Exeter University academics found nations where at least 40 per cent of the population agreed with the statement 'most people can be trusted' were more successful in bringing down Covid rates from peak levels in the first year of the pandemic. China, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have some of the most trusting populations. The UK met the 40 per cent threshold, while the US fell below it. The graph shows Norway and Denmark saw cases fall back to low levels faster than the UK and US

Countries with trusting societies have fared better during Covid pandemic, study says

A review by Austrian researchers of eight studies that included 1.2million women found breastfeeding mothers were 14 per cent less likely to develop coronary heart disease, while 12 per cent fewer had strokes

Breastfeeding cuts heart disease AND stroke risk, study shows

Ontario's provincial government may ask hospitals to rehire unvaccinated workers, according to local reports. Pictured: A nurse checks on a Covid patient in the ICU of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, April 2021

Covid Canada: Ontario government may ask hospitals to rehire unvaccinated healthcare workers

The FDA has recommended that Americans stick to the instructions when using rapid test kits and swab only their noses. Pictured: A Washington, DC resident uses a rapid test outside a local library in the city, December 2021

FDA warns against using throat swabs with at-home antigen tests

Pfizer plans to produce anywhere between 50 to 100 million shots of its Omicron specific COVID-19 vaccine between now and the end of spring. The company plans to begin trials for the shots as early as late January (file photo)

Pfizer plans to produce up to 100 million doses of new Omicron-specific Covid vaccine by spring

The Red Cross issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States is currently suffering a 'blood crisis' due to shortages of blood donations. The organization says donations are down by 10% overall since the pandemic began, and donation drives at schools have been slashed 62%. (file photo)

Red Cross declares ‘blood crisis’ as the number of blood drives in America’s schools drops 62%

A new nasal spray developed by researchers at the University of Helsinki may be able to prevent infection in immunocompromised patients (file image)

Nasal spray could prevent Covid infection for up to eight hours

Covid cases are now rising in all 50 US states: South Carolina see 759% jump in cases

Covid cases are now rising in all 50 US states: South Carolina see 759% jump in cases

Daily Covid cases see biggest fall in Omicron outbreak: UK reports 120,821 new infections

Daily Covid cases see biggest fall in Omicron outbreak: UK reports 120,821 new infections

WHO scientist Dr Catherine Smallwood (pictured) said on Tuesday that Covid is 'nowhere near' becoming endemic as the virus circulates globally at very high levels

WHO official says Covid is ‘nowhere near’ becoming endemic

Viruses cannot combine: 'Deltacron' likely result of lab error

Freedomroo – Viruses cannot combine: ‘Deltacron’ likely result of lab error

Dr David Hepburn said there are now no vaccinated Covid patients in critical care at his hospital in in Cwmbran, South Wales

Doctor reveals every critically ill Covid patient being treated at his hospital is unvaccinated

Scientists found that switching on a set of four genes named after the bulbous mammals may help to slow weight gain (stock)

Being fat really IS in your genes

UK's Covid cases fall 10% in a week to 142,224 while hospitalisations flatten out

UK’s Covid cases fall 10% in a week to 142,224 while hospitalisations flatten out

Phil Holdcroft, 42, from Oxfordshire, is rowing across the Atlantic to mark five-years since his 'brave' nine-year-old daughter, Isla (above) was cured of leukaemia

RAF pilot is rowing across Atlantic to mark five-years since his daughter was cured of leukaemia

American researchers found consuming more than 7g, equivalent to half a tablespoon, of olive oil a day led to a 19 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular death compared to those who consumed 4.5g or less per day. Similar findings were observed for a number of other conditions, such as cancer

Cooking with just HALF a tablespoon of olive oil a day keeps your heart healthy, study claims

Last post: Saget's final Twitter and Instagram posts were sent late at night following his final performance in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday. He wrote that performing felt as fresh as 'when I was 26' and said he was 'finding my new voice and loving every moment of it'. Cops now believe the comedian star may have died from a heart attack or stroke

Freedomroo.com – Cops ‘suspect Bob Saget suffered a heart attack or stroke’ in Orlando hotel

By drinking substitutes based on oat or almond and following a meat-free diet, teenage girls could be risking their health, a food expert warned yesterday (Stock image of almonds and almond milk)

Oat and almond milk could cause people to miss out on essential nutrients, warns food expert

Scientific miracle: Surgeons successfully implant pig heart in human

Freedomroo – Scientific miracle: Surgeons successfully implant pig heart in human

Couch potatoes everywhere may soon be able to sink even deeper into the sofa: scientists are close to bottling the health benefits of exercise and turning them into a pill

Scientists reveal they are close to bottling perks of exercise in a PILL

Divorce and living alone could lead to ill health and death for middle-aged men (stock image)

Divorce is VERY bad news for men’s health as study reveals

US scientists have found secondhand smoke from vapes and e-cigarettes is linked to a heightened risk of coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath in young people

Exposure to second-hand nicotine from VAPING doubles risk of young adults developing a wheeze

US smashes COVID record with 1.486M new cases recorded on Monday but just 1,906 new deaths

US smashes COVID record with 1.486M new cases recorded on Monday but just 1,906 new deaths

Nasal spray containing oxtyocin could treat TINNITUS

Nasal spray made with nasty gut bug to stop flu

The graph shows the average percentage of days over the six-month study that the participants in each of the four groups were sober for. Those prescribed ketamine and psychotherapy did not drink for 87 per cent of the trial (162 of the 180 days), followed by 81.7 per cent alcohol abstinence among those given ketamine and alcohol education classes (147 days). Meanwhile, those given a placebo drug and therapy were sober for just 77.2 per cent of the six months (139 days) and those given the placebo drug and alcohol education class did not drink alcohol for 70 per cent of the study (126 days)

Alcoholics who are given KETAMINE alongside therapy are more likely to stay sober for six months

Anna Price was in her early 40s and a working mother of two girls when she began to feel that life was too much. She'd lose everything, constantly, from car keys to hidden Christmas presents

When your ‘brain fog’ isn’t menopause – it’s middle-age ADHD

The search for smarter — better, shorter and less toxic or damaging — cancer treatments, with better outcomes, such as TAD is now a holy grail of cancer research

How cutting doses of cancer therapy can reduce side-effects… but be just as effective

A growing body of research suggests there may be a simpler way to improve your slumber ¿ and that is by improving what you eat

Why fruit and veg could be nature’s secret sleep remedy

We hear so much about the need to cut our salt intake to avoid high blood pressure but, in fact, we all need some salt ¿ in the form of sodium ¿ as it¿s used by the body for healthy muscle and nerve function

Do low salt levels slow down stroke recovery? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

App that tells you when to worry about a tickly cough

App that tells you when to worry about a tickly cough

Former prison officer Jim Pegg, 88, has been in a care home in Northumberland since Christmas 2019, following a foot injury that severely affected his mobility. His granddaughter Victoria, 27, a community nurse, says she has seen him go downhill rapidly over lockdown

Why are care home residents still locked away from loved ones?

Canada has been designated as danger 'Level 4' for American travelers by the CDC. The agency now recommends Americans not to travel to the nation currently suffering a surge in cases. Pictured: A man in Toronto, Ontario, receives a Covid test on June 15

CDC warns Americans against traveling to Canada

Imperial College London scientists took blood samples from 26 people who caught Covid from a positive household contact and 26 who warded off the virus to determine their T cell levels. They found two types of T cells - scientifically known as IL-2 (two left graphs) and pan-N-specific IL-2 (right two graphs) were on average higher among people who tested negative (blue) compared to those who tested positive (red)

Catching a common cold may protect you from getting Covid, another study finds

Covid cases grow across the south during early year surge though deaths remain low in the region

Covid cases grow across the south during early year surge though deaths remain low in the region

To work out flu deaths, the UK Health Security Agency ¿ formerly Public Health England ¿ estimates them using a statistical model, which looks at the prevalence of flu and excess winter fatalities. The cumulative number of fatalities was estimated to be in the region of 15,000 in 2016/17, with about 300 people dying every day at the peak. In 2017/18, during the Aussie flu outbreak, a total of 22,000 people were killed by influenza, with in excess of 400 dying per day at the worst of the epidemic. But in 2018/19 just 4,000 were estimated to have died to the virus, with just tens of people dying per day at the peak

Covid UK: Infection is now killing half as many people as a bad flu year

On a visit to a vaccination clinic in Uxbridge, Boris Johnson poured cold water on rumours that lateral flow tests could stop being free soon, saying they will stay 'as long as necessary'

Ministers brace to live with Covid amid push for five-day isolation

Hospitals will be able to use spare capacity in the private sector

Hospitals will be able to use spare capacity in the private sector

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla (right) said that Covid could be around for the next ten years, but could be controlled with yearly booster shots his company produces

More than 130,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid – the highest number in a year

Q&A: How can you differentiate cold, flu and COVID-19?

Freedomroo – Q&A: How can you differentiate cold, flu and COVID-19?

The policy of obsessive Covid screening of the population using lateral flow tests has lurched into mass hysteria

Obsessive tests are tantamount to self-harming, writes PROF ANGUS DALGLEISH

Clive Dix

Freedomroo.com – Ex-chief of the UK’s vaccine taskforce calls for ‘new targeted strategy’ to manage the virus

COVID-19 roundup: Kidney scarring, weight-loss surgery, antibodies

Freedomroo – COVID-19 roundup: Kidney scarring, weight-loss surgery, antibodies

These high tech contact lenses will soon be on the market and are able to diagnose diabetes

The contact lenses that can diagnose diabetes

One in two children in England aged between 12 and 15 have had their first Covid-19 vaccination

Why your teen is more likely to get Covid-19 from the virus than the vaccine

Dr Martin Kaiser, consultant haematologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London and The Institute of Cancer Research, said: ¿We could take these drugs off the shelves now and give them to people quickly and easily¿

New five-drug cocktail to treat deadly bone marrow cancer

Parents have been warned against using a popular skin cream on their babies as it has been found to contain potentially harmful amounts of steroids. Watchdogs have recalled a batch of Dermaved Sensitive Cream

HEALTH NOTES: Parents warned against using ‘harmful’ skin cream on babies

Today's reader is seeking advice having developed a muscle twitch since he started caring for his wife who is ill. The reader fears the twitch could also be a response to his gout treatment

DR ELLIE CANNON: Is stress caring for my ill wife giving me muscle twitches?

Journalist Giulia Crouch, pictured, has been vaccinated twice but despite this she has been infected twice by Covid-19

Are some people Covid-19 magnets?

More than one million people across Britain are self isolating having been infected with Covid-19

Is it time to follow the US five day Covid-19 isolation rule?

The probiotic pills have been used on patients suffering Long Covid and have relieved symptoms such as breathlessness and shortness of breath

Could THIS twice-daily probiotic filled with gut friendly bacteria help beat Long Covid?

Dr Leah won Apprentice Lord Sugar's £250K investment in 2013 and has since opened three clinics turning over millions

The Hip dip bum filler replacing Brazilian Bum Lift and works out your ‘perfect hip to waist ratio’

A college student revealed how she shed 100 pounds after she nearly died from a blood clot. She is pictured before her weight loss

College student reveals how she turned life around, shed 100LBS after nearly dying from blood clot

Covid-19 UK: Nearly 40% of NHS Covid 'patients' are not being treated for virus, official data shows

Covid-19 UK: Nearly 40% of NHS Covid ‘patients’ are not being treated for virus, official data shows

The graph shows the viral load — measured in cycle threshold (Ct) — and lateral flow test results from patients infected with Covid after they tested positive on a PCR test (day zero). Patients were tested with either an Abbott BinaxNOW test (squares) or Quidel QuickVue test (circles). In the first three days after testing positive on a PCR, patients falsely tested negative on both tests (indicated by red shapes) despite being most transmissible at that point (indicated by a low Ct value, which equates to a higher viral load and more chance of infecting others)

Lateral flow tests may FAIL to spot Omicron when people are most infectious, study warns

Roughly one in three women under age of 35 have yet to get a Covid booster and some fear that hesitancy over interactions between vaccines and Botox and fillers may be playing a role

Thousands of young girls aren’t getting Covid jabs because of fears it will interact with Botox

As the rest of the UK eases some restrictions Mr Drakeford warned of 'a difficult month ahead' for the NHS, despite admitting that the variant may not be as severe as previous waves.

‘England is just an outlier’: Mark Drakeford launches astonishing attack on Boris Johnson over Covid

The above map shows vaccine uptake across England's 300-plus local areas, with darker colours indicating a higher proportion of the population that has got a booter. Uptake is lowest in London

Less than a third of adults are boosted in England’s worst-hit areas

Today, with Blue Monday looming (reportedly the ¿saddest¿ day of the year), I reveal the practical steps you can take to fight off this slough of despondency and protect your mental health now and in the year ahead

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why a sauna is your hot ticket to happiness

This graph shows the likelihood of testing positive for Covid after certain events from Sage's Virus Watch Study, the findings were adjusted for people's vaccination status, age and region

Shopping is RISKIEST activity for getting Covid

As many as one in five people in London's worst-hit boroughs may have had Covid on New Year's Eve

As many as one in five people in London’s worst-hit boroughs may have had Covid on New Year’s Eve

Britons DON'T need a fourth jab... yet: Health chiefs say booster doses are working against Omicron

Britons DON’T need a fourth jab… yet: Health chiefs say booster doses are working against Omicron

The above graph shows Covid infection rates across England's regions up to January 2, Department of Health data shows

None of England’s 25 boroughs worst hit by Omicron are now in London

MailOnline analysis shows the UK's case fatality rate — the proportion of confirmed infections that end in death — has shrunk 21-fold from three per cent during the darkest days of the second wave last winter before the vaccine rollout to 0.15 per cent at the end of December. For comparison, widely-circulated data suggests seasonal influenza has a case-fatality rate of around 0.1 per cent

Omicron may be up to nearly 100 TIMES less deadly than seasonal flu, scientists believe

Heartbroken grandfather Alan Gosling, 79, is pictured for the first time in isolation at his home in Devon, where more than 100 of his ducks were culled

Pictured: Britain’s bird flu ‘patient zero’ seen for first time in self-isolation at home in Devon

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg he has Covid and is isolating with his family, he revealed on Friday (pictured, Frydenberg during question time in June 2021)

Freedomroo.com – Omicron: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tests positive to Covid-19, is isolating with his family

Covid deaths rose for first time in five weeks before Xmas amid Omicron outbreak

Covid deaths rose for first time in five weeks before Xmas amid Omicron outbreak

Data justifying move to cut self-isolation period to five days has been evident since last summer

Data justifying move to cut self-isolation period to five days has been evident since last summer

The proportion of beds occupied by patients who are primarily in hospital 'for' Covid, versus those who were admitted for something else and tested positive later, referred to as 'with' Covid. The data looks at (55 per cent). That suggests 45 per cent were not seriously ill with Covid, yet were counted in the official statistics. In the South East of England 66 per cent were primarily non-Covid, in the East of England it was 51 per cent and in London it was 48 per cent. Critics argue, however, that the figures are unreliable because they don't include discharges, which could skew the data. But they add to the growing trend

At least 5,000 Covid patients in England are NOT primarily in hospital for virus: analysis

The map shows the researchers' estimated percentage change in dementia rates by country, with blue signalling the least growth in cases and red signalling the highest growth in cases. Dementia rates are expected to balloon 367 per cent in North Africa and the Middle East, compared to 74 per cent in Western Europe

Global dementia cases will TRIPLE by 2050 unless people adopt healthier lifestyles, study warns

MailOnline analysis shows just 0.15 per cent of cases led to a death towards the end of December, compared to highs of over three per cent during the darkest days of last year's second wave when the Alpha variant was in full motion and the NHS had yet to embark on its vaccination drive. The rate is calculated by comparing average death numbers to average case numbers from two weeks earlier, which is roughly the amount of time it takes for the disease to take hold, experts say

Covid-19 UK: Experts say Omicron is ‘best thing’ for pandemic as data show deaths dropped 6% on NYE

The UKHSA graphic shows the number of Covid patients who tested positive for another virus within a day of having their Covid infection confirmed (black bar). It also shows the number of people who tested positive for another virus within 28 days before testing positive for Covid (light blue bar) and within 28 days after having their Covid status confirmed (blue bar)

More than 160 cases of ‘flurona’ were detected in England BEFORE Omicron

King's College London scientists today suggested that cases in the capital also appeared to be peaking. They said they had dropped by a third within a week, raising hopes that the worst of the outbreak may be over. The figures rely on weekly reports from three quarters of a million people nationally to estimate the prevalence of the virus

Covid UK: Yet ANOTHER study suggests London’s Omicron crisis has peaked

While Omicron drives record Covid cases in the U.S., deaths have remained relatively low so far. Pictured: Hospital staff treat a Covid patient in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 2022

COVID deaths could stay low during Omicron surge, experts say

While New York and other Northeast states continue to see the highest Covid case rates, states like Florida and California are catching up as their case rates increase rapidly

States in the South and West are catching up to the Northeast’s record-breaking case rates

UK's daily Covid cases FALL for first time in a month in 5% weekly drop to 179,756

UK’s daily Covid cases FALL for first time in a month in 5% weekly drop to 179,756

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions today, he said it was important to avoid Covid restrictions as Britons didn't see the dentist during lockdown, leading to millions of people suffering from tooth decay

PM says Britons have 10 million unfilled fillings after people skipped dentist during lockdown

The pandemic has had a ‘catastrophic impact’ on patients with almost 6million now waiting for care in England

Drive to clear NHS backlog is thrown off course by staff shortage, MPs are warned

Boris Johnson is confident the country can ride out the current wave without further restrictions

More patients were in hospital two years ago than during current Covid wave, writes SHAUN WOOLLER

COVID-19 omicron, flu, viral infections spike in children in winter

Freedomroo – COVID-19 omicron, flu, viral infections spike in children in winter

Confirmatory PCR tests will no longer be need for people testing positive for Covid on a lateral flow test, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed today. Pictured: UKHSA chief executive Dr Jenny Harries

Covid England: Asymptomatic people won’t need confirmatory PCR from January 11, say health chiefs

Matthew Taylor, head of the NHS Confederation, said he would back a reduction in self-isolation to five days providing it is backed up by the science

Even NHS chiefs back cutting self-isolation period to five days

Covid cases rose 12 per cent in South Africa yesterday but have been tumbling for 17 days in a row after appearing to peak at 26,976 on December 15

A sign of what’s to come for Britain? South Africa’s Omicron wave has ‘subsided’

Record 3.3MILLION people - one in 15 - had Covid on New Year's Eve in England

Record 3.3MILLION people – one in 15 – had Covid on New Year’s Eve in England

Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, has said people who follow Veganuary tend to binge on meat-free junk foods rather than trying new fruit and vegetables

Going vegan in January could be LESS healthy, scientist warns

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show Covid cases in Omicron hotspot London are now only going up in people aged 60 and above. Graph shows: The case rate per 100,000 in people aged 60 and above (yellow line) and under-60 (red line). Cases have started to drop in under-60s, though the rate still remains above the more vulnerable older age groups

Covid cases in London are now ONLY going up in over-60s

Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling group (Spi-M) which feeds into SAGE, questioned the need for more curbs when 'we're starting to see things turn around'

Now one of No10’s gloomy modellers backs Boris’ plan to ‘ride out’ Omicron wave

Office for National Statistics data today revealed the number of people dying with the virus dipped by 20 per cent in the seven days up to Christmas Eve, from 755 to 591

Covid-19 England: Deaths tumble again for sixth week in a row despite rapid spread of Omicron

The above graph shows the number of respiratory disease outbreaks recorded in care homes across England. An outbreak is declared when two or more cases are linked to a particular home. In the most recent week data is available 250 of 252 outbreaks where a respiratory disease was reported were due to Covid

Hundreds of UK care homes are closing their doors to new patients

The Omicron variant, which was first discovered by South African health officials in late November, is the most mutated COVID strain yet. It has more than 50 mutations, including 37 on the spike protein targeted by the COVID vaccines

Seven U.S. states see cases triple Omicron continues to ravage the nation

A Danish research team has found that up to 3% of Greenlanders have a rare genetic mutation that allows their body to process sugary treats in a way that makes them as healthy as foods like broccoli (file photo)

Up to 3% of Greenland residents have rare genetic mutation that makes sugary food healthy

The Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot will soon be available to children aged 12 to 15, according to a report (file photo)

FDA to greenlight Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children aged 12 to 15 on Monday, report says

Covid US: Cases rose 150% in past two weeks as Omicron variant hit Florida, Georgia and Louisiana

Covid US: Cases rose 150% in past two weeks as Omicron variant hit Florida, Georgia and Louisiana

US hits record of nearly 500,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Experts says US will see 'viral blizzard'

US hits record of nearly 500,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Experts says US will see ‘viral blizzard’

Struggle: Helena Merriman with her son, Sam

BBC presenter who started going deaf gave up having a third baby

Keir Starmer has tested positive for coronavirus again and will miss today's PMQs battle with Boris Johnson

Freedomroo.com – Keir Starmer tests positive for Covid AGAIN and will miss PMQs

Shy bladder is surprisingly common ¿ one review published by Australian academics in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 2017 estimated that up to 16 per cent of the population ¿ which would be in the region of ten million people in the UK, are affected to some degree

The embarrassed millions blighted by ‘shy bladder’

Linda McCartney's Vegetarian Sausages

As supermarkets cash in on Veganuary, just how healthy are vegan meals?

Will it ever end? Here is what happened with previous pandemics

Freedomroo – Will it ever end? Here is what happened with previous pandemics

A woman with a brain tumor revealed she can't get surgery to remove it despite doctors saying she needs the procedure ASAP - because the hospital if full of anti-vax COVID patients

Woman with brain tumor can’t get surgery to remove it because hospital is full of COVID patients

Corinne lost her hands and legs to sepsis in 2013. With sepsis, the immune system over-reacts to an infection (in her case, pneumonia), starving the limbs and organs of blood

Having a double hand transplant means I can ruffle my son’s hair again

Since the pandemic, one of the things people tell me they have struggled with most is finding motivation, writes PAUL McKENNA

PAUL McKENNA: Banish negative thoughts to glow with good feelings

Last month researchers suggested it may help treat Alzheimer¿s, reported the journal Nature Aging. U.S. investigators analysed data from seven million patients and found men taking the drug had a lower risk of Alzheimer¿s over a six-year period

The (other) surprising uses for Viagra

Some 12 cases have been spotted so far near Marseille, with the first linked to travel to the African country Cameroon

French Covid variant is NOT ‘worth worrying about’, scientists say

Louise Millward, 34, from Inkberrow, Worcestershire, correctly diagnosed daughter Grace, two, pictured, with a rare liver cancer by Googling her symptoms (pictured receiving treatment at Birmingham Children's Waterfall House)

Worcestershire woman who diagnosed liver cancer in daughter via Google slams doctor’s misdiagnosis

Skateboarding in middle age helps navigate depression, study finds

Skateboarding in middle age helps navigate depression, study finds

Roughly 50,000 men in the UK each year are diagnosed with cancer of the prostate ¿ a gland found just below the bladder. Eight in ten survive a decade or more. Pictured: Stock image

Life-extending prostate drug is ruled out for NHS use as officials deem it’s not worth the money

If you believe people are not enjoying your company, or appear a bit cross, it can make you even more anxious (stock image)

Anxiety can cause the sufferer to wrongly feel someone is angry with them, study shows

Key genetic causes of type 2 diabetes have been discovered by British scientists ¿ revealing the risk of getting the disease is ¿hardwired into our DNA¿

Risk of diabetes could be ‘hardwired’ into our DNA as ‘two sets of genes increase chance of illness’

New York state reported 53,276 new Covid cases on Tuesday - a decrease from last week, but Governor Hochul warned that case reports in the coming days may be higher

New York records 53,276 new Covid cases – down from last week’s peak but real number could be higher

December 22, London

Covid outbreaks are now shrinking in TWO-THIRDS of London’s neighbourhoods

As Florida sees more rapid case increase than any other state in the nation, Governor Ron DeSantis has failed to institute new Covid safety measures. Pictured: DeSantis speaks at a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, January 2022

Southeast US states with low vaccination rates are set to see ‘explosion’ of Omicron cases

Scientists say that small doses of the psychedelic drug psilocybin, found in 'magic' mushrooms are not only good at easing disorders resistant to treatment but they also have no short or long-term side effects in healthy people (stock image)

Active ingredient in magic mushrooms could help treat mental health disorders including PTSD

Anna Neary, from Yorkshire, with her Labrador, Harvey, eight, who persistently pawed at her right breast for six weeks before doctors diagnosed her with stage three breast cancer

A mother-of-two hailed her Labrador for sniffing out her stage three breast cancer

The number of daily positive Covid tests recorded in England has exceeded 100,000 for nearly two weeks. However, the number of patients in hospital with the virus is a fraction of the level seen last winter, while deaths remain flat

WHO hails ‘good news’ that ultra-infectious variant is less likely to penetrate deep into lungs

How many people in England have REALLY had Covid?

How many people in England have REALLY had Covid?

The nation's leading health officials have said that the CDC may add testing to its Covid isolation guidance, after facing significant criticism from public health experts

CDC is set to further update its guidance after slashing Covid isolation period to five days

Health leaders launch a New Year anti-obesity drive today to tackle figures that show two-thirds of adults are at increased risk of serious illness because they are overweight (File image)

Health chiefs launch anti-obesity drive after data shows 63% of British adults are too fat

A trial involving 120 patients is looking at whether a single jab of cells extracted from abdominal fat can ease the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis

Why a jab of fat from your tum could ease arthritis

The laboratories involved in researching harmful pathogens have graded safety standards, with the strength of the grading determined by the danger from the organisms that the staff handle [File photo]

Is lax security in labs putting us at risk of another pandemic?

In most people, damage to fingernails (sometimes toenails) follows these symptoms, as inflammation of the skin of the nail bed disrupts nail growth

Help, my fingernails are starting to fall off! DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Autologous blood therapy: Is reinjecting your own blood beneficial?

Freedomroo – Autologous blood therapy: Is reinjecting your own blood beneficial?

Some 12 cases have been spotted so far near Marseille, with the first linked to travel to the African country Cameroon

Covid-tracking scientists in France spot ANOTHER variant

Boris Johnson visited a vaccination hub at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury today

UK’s Covid cases rise by another 45% in a week to 157,758

A 2021 survey by Public Health England revealed that nearly half of us have put on around half a stone (just over 3 kg) during the pandemic

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: What 2021 taught me and how it can change your life, too

Covid England: Up to 85% of Omicron hospitalisations have NOT had booster vaccine, data shows

Covid England: Up to 85% of Omicron hospitalisations have NOT had booster vaccine, data shows

Nasim Forooghi (pictured), 46, a cardiac research nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in Central London, has been potentially exposed to hundreds of people infected with Covid since the start of the pandemic, but has had a succession of antibody tests which found no trace of the virus ever being in her system

Mounting evidence suggests some people are naturally Covid-resistant – even as virus mutates

Today, CBD is estimated to be a £690 million-a-year industry, outselling all other vitamin supplements combined (Pictured: Claudia Winkleman posing with a CBD product from the company Cannaray, for which she is an ambassador)

Why are CBD products so popular when there’s not a jot of evidence they do anything for our health?

HEALTH NOTES: A computer mouse is the biggest hotspot for bacteria at the office

Doctors in England and Wales have been given the thumbs-up to increase the use of fremanezumab – a monthly jab into the arm, tummy or leg

Thousands of migraine sufferers set to qualify for ‘life-changing’ monthly jab

Your GP surgery can offer a risk score indicating how likely you are to have a heart attack or stroke (file photo)

DR ELLIE CANNON: Could I be at risk of a heart attack by exercising too much?

While Nora Groce (pictured), a professor in epidemiology at University College London, received free care through the NHS, she could only watch as Nancy, a government adviser, had to balance gruelling treatment with negotiating mounting medical bills with her health insurance provider – which was branded 'more stressful than the cancer itself'

Twins with breast cancer – one in the US, the other the UK – compare vastly different experiences

BARNEY CALMAN: Some types of mask are vastly superior – namely, FFP2 masks (pictured), the ones that look like a beak. But, unfortunately, they're not the kind most people are wearing

If we have to wear masks to help stop the spread of Covid, can we at least get ones that work?

Pictured: Marion McMillan now

Shocking health timebomb of the anti-miscarriage drug given to 10,000 patients

Mother-of-two Monica Almeida (pictured), 37, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was just three days away from having her ventilator turned off

Nurse wakes from 28-day Covid coma after medics give her VIAGRA

Healthcare companies took £72million in furlough support - Ramsay Health Care (poster pictured) claimed £525,000 despite receiving £385million from the NHS

Private firms tasked with helping NHS during the Covid pandemic pocketed £72million in furlough

Prostate cancer could be cured with a 'game-changing' HOUR-long op

Prostate cancer could be cured with a ‘game-changing’ HOUR-long op

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the discolouration as an indication that someone should seek immediate medical care

US doctors say it could be an ’emergency warning sign of Covid’

The above graph shows the proportion of Covid patients needing ventilators while Delta was dominant (November) and after Omicron took hold (late December). It shows the proportion has halved, in yet another sign the disease is milder

Proportion of Covid patients needing ventilators has HALVED since Omicron took off in London

Yesterday, there were 3,744 patients in London's hospitals with Covid compared to around 1,000 at the end of November. Yet despite this, the number of mechanical ventilation beds in use increased from 175 to just 230. This equates to around six per cent of people in hospital who require help to breathe - a significant drop compared to around 20 per cent during the summer

Freedomroo.com – Fewer Covid patients in London are requiring ventilators in hospital than in previous waves

A man has set himself and his vehicle on fire in Richmond while screaming about Victoria's Covid-19 mandates on Saturday (pictured)

Freedomroo.com – Melbourne man sets himself on fire while screaming about Dan Andrews’ Covid vaccine mandates

One more and counting: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022 amid pandemic

Freedomroo – One more and counting: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022 amid pandemic

Half of UK deaths from cervical cancer, which kills around 850 women a year, are among those aged 65 and over

Painless smear test doubles uptake in over-50s

Britain's Omicron wave hits another pandemic high

Britain’s Omicron wave hits another pandemic high

Dr Chaand Nagpul said the Covid swab system was not working. He warned many staff were being left without tests in NHS hospitals

Covid testing shortage could have a ‘devastating’ impact on patient care, doctors warn

Office for National Statistics random swabbing suggested 2million people in England had the virus last week — equivalent to one in 25. This was a 70 per cent surge in seven days, and the highest number on record

Covid UK: Over 2MILLION people in England were infected on December 23 amid Omicron outbreak

NHS England data shows a total of 68,082 staff were off sick on Boxing Day, the latest date figures are available for. More than a third of the absences (24,632) were because of Covid, up 31 per cent on the 18,829 who missed work because of the virus one week earlier. Covid absences have more than doubled in a fortnight, with just 12,240 off because they were infected or isolating two weeks earlier on December 12

Boris is urged to convene COBRA to save NHS from ‘devastating’ staffing crisis

Up to 9.5MILLION eligible over-18s in England have still yet to get top-up vaccine

Up to 9.5MILLION eligible over-18s in England have still yet to get top-up vaccine

Experts warn dishing out fourth jabs in spring may be pointless

Experts warn dishing out fourth jabs in spring may be pointless

More kids hospitalized due to omicron, but it's not more severe

Freedomroo – More kids hospitalized due to omicron, but it’s not more severe

Row erupts as data shows a third of Covid patients are in hospital for reasons other than the virus

Row erupts as data shows a third of Covid patients are in hospital for reasons other than the virus

Nearly 200,000 Brits are 'getting ill with Covid' each day

Nearly 200,000 Brits are ‘getting ill with Covid’ each day

Pharmacies have today started putting up signs warning customers they have no lateral flow tests - even for those who have pre-booked an order and have a code

Covid: Lateral flow tests run out in minutes after becoming available on Government’s website

The above graph shows the change in antibody levels against the two variants following an infection. Scientists calculated this by measuring antibody levels in the first four days after symptoms appeared in 15 patients, and ten days later

Covid study suggests catching Omicron strain may protect against Delta

Britons searching self-isolation online may be taken to this page telling them to isolate for ten full days. To reveal the seven-day rule, they must then click on the link highlighted above

NHS guidance STILL says people who test positive for Covid should self-isolate for 10 DAYS

Sajid Javid also revealed that the UK had trebled its order of lateral flow kits

Sajid Javid warns kits could be rationed as contractors are spotted outside NANDOS handing out boxes

ST GEORGE'S HOSPITAL, SOUTH LONDON: Construction workers began erecting a temporary field hospital in the grounds of St George's Hospital in Tooting today

Soldiers will have to be drafted in to help staff make-shift ‘Nightingale’ wards

WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL IN ASHFORD, KENT: Pictured above is construction work beginning on the William Harvey 'mini-Nightingale' hospital, situated in the site's car park

NHS crisis continues as bosses warn of ‘massive problems’ caused by Omicron

Freedomroo.com – Pantone creates completely NEW shade ‘Very Peri’

Lateral flow test kits, like the one pictured above are a cornerstone of the Westminster Government's plans to keep venues like nightclubs and pubs open with ministers urging revelers to take one before heading out to meet others in case they have Covid

Lateral flow tests ARE less effective at spotting Omicron, US health chiefs rule

Infection rates per 100,000 people in London boroughs during the week to December 16

Did London’s Covid outbreak peak an entire WEEK before Christmas?

Scientists, MPs and business leaders have lined up to urge Boris Johnson (pictured during a visit to a Covid vaccination site in Milton Keynes this morning) to follow the US' example by once again reducing the time spent in quarantine. But the Government has said there are 'no further changes' planned

No10 rules out cutting Covid self-isolation to FIVE days

UK's daily Covid cases hit pandemic high of 183,037

UK’s daily Covid cases hit pandemic high of 183,037

NHS England aims to treat 85 per cent of cancer patients who receive an urgent referral from their GP within two months, but in October 2021 only 68 per cent of patients received treatment in this time frame. The graph above shows the October performance of meeting this target in the health service in England in the month of October from 2010 to 2021

Record third of NHS cancer patients waiting at least two months for urgent treatment, data shows

England Covid patients number is almost SEVEN TIMES lower than during devastating second wave

England Covid patients number is almost SEVEN TIMES lower than during devastating second wave

The UKHSA's 40 per cent figure doesn't mean that the current vaccines don't work, even though the majority of hospitalised patients were jabbed. Instead, it offers even more evidence of how effective jabs are — even in the face of Omicron. Britain has vaccinated the vast majority of eligible over-18s, meaning people who have been vaccinated make up a much bigger proportion of the population. Separate UKHSA data (taken from in November and shown in the graph) proving how well the vaccines work shows unvaccinated adults are up to eight times more likely to be admitted to hospital than people given two doses

Covid-19 UK: 40% of Omicron hospitalisations are unvaccinated adults, officials finally reveal

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data showed 129,471 people tested positive in England over the last 24 hours, up 43 per cent on last week's figure of 90,629 — which included case numbers for the other home nations as well

UK’s Covid cases hit pandemic high with nearly 130,000 in single day

A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer vaccine to a man amid the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 9

Covid cases in South Africa drop by 38% in a week as Omicron wave appears to burn itself out

Angelina Jolie, pictured, brought the BRCA1 gene to attention in 2013 when she revealed she had chosen to have a double mastectomy and her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed aged 37

‘Jolie gene’ test could help women avoid needless cancer operations

Sol Smith-Ryan, 6, (pictured) has had his drumming dream has come true after his father created an attachment that snaps the drumsticks in place

Boy, six, with one arm learns to play drums after his father made him a ‘hand’ to hold sticks

Today, the same message has appeared as yesterday, stating : 'Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now'

Home delivery rapid tests STILL unavailable while ministers say take a lateral flow before going out

Pfizer's twice-a-day antiviral was shown in clinical trials to slash the risk of hospitalisation or deaths by 87 per cent in vulnerable and elderly patients. It found that 0.8 per cent of those given Pfizer's drug within three days of symptom onset were hospitalised and none had died by 28 days after treatment. For comparison, the hospitalisation rate stood at 7 per cent for the patients given a placebo. There were also seven deaths in the placebo group

Covid UK: Government buys 4m extra doses of Pfizer and Merck at-home antiviral pills to beat Omicron

Up to 90% of Covid patients in ICU are unvaccinated, medic claims

Up to 90% of Covid patients in ICU are unvaccinated, medic claims

Justin Stebbing is a world-renowned cancer specialist, whose brilliance earned him a professorship and the role of head of oncology at Imperial College Healthcare Trust before the age of 40

Why HAS this brilliant doctor been frozen out of his career?

Victory was sweet for Joanne Clifton and celebrity dance partner Ore Oduba when they won the 2016 Strictly Come Dancing final. But, as they lifted the trophy, 33-year-old Joanne was in such dreadful pain she could barely stand

Strictly winner Joanne Clifton, 38, broke down in tears when she was told she has arthritis

Covonia Sore Throat Oromucosal Spray

Can a lollipop really ease a sore throat? We review the remedies that claim to help

Researchers believe the treatment, which is backed by previous successful studies, will stop progression of the condition, which affects more than half a million people in the UK

The hi-tech goggles that could beat glaucoma

For healthy bones, you need to be doing exercise three times a week. This should be weight-bearing, because this puts stress on the bone, which triggers the growth of more bone

How can I choose the right exercise to boost my bones? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

On this diet I’d have a shake, a bar and soup, then a 200-calorie dinner. I lost 4 st in five months. My mood started to improve within the first two weeks

We lost 45 stone in a year… and shed the conditions that were plaguing our lives

Policies to tackle the obesity crisis are likely to fail because the public are bombarded with unhealthy food options, ministers have been warned (file photo used)

Plan to fight obesity crisis is doomed to fail as too much junk food is available, ministers warned

A further danger may await — a fungus that experts warn is infecting the weakened lungs of one in three Covid patients in intensive care, and killing up to 70 per cent of those affected

The deadly fungus that preys on coronavirus patients and could have killed thousands

World falls short of WHO's 40% COVID-19 vaccination target

Freedomroo – World falls short of WHO’s 40% COVID-19 vaccination target

NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson said staff absences could pose a bigger challenge to the health service than patients needing treatment for Covid

Covid-19 UK: Patients WILL suffer because of NHS staffing shortages, health bosses warn

Today, the same message has appeared as yesterday, stating : 'Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now'

New Year’s Eve under threat: Government website is unable to send out rapid tests

Experts criticise Boris Johnson for holding his nerve by NOT cancelling New Year's Eve

Experts criticise Boris Johnson for holding his nerve by NOT cancelling New Year’s Eve

Covid outbreaks SEXTUPLED in size in week before Christmas in England's worst-hit neighbourhoods

Covid outbreaks SEXTUPLED in size in week before Christmas in England’s worst-hit neighbourhoods

Ministers have already squeezed the isolation period to seven days, providing Covid sufferers test negative twice at the end of their week of quarantine. But Sir John Bell (pictured), an immunologist who has advised the Government on Covid, said Britain could go even further and replicate the US by relying on lateral flow tests

UK faces calls to slash Covid isolation to just FIVE days

It came after a South African study, which has not been peer-reviewed and was published on pre-print website medRxiv , found an 80 per cent drop in the risk of being hospitalised with Omicron compared to Delta. Among the 10,547 Omicron cases identified between October 1 and November 30, 261 (2.5 per cent) were admitted to hospital. For comparison, among around 1,000 non-Omicron cases looked at 121 people were hospitalised (12.8 per cent). The researchers said shows that those who caught Omicron had a 80 per cent lower risk of requiring hospital care

Covid: Omicron is 80 PER CENT less likely to cause hospital admission than Delta, study suggests

There are also still 23 per cent of NHS frontline staff have also not had their boosters, despite millions of Britons rushing to their vaccination centres to get one over the past month

NHS staffing crisis timebomb: 130,000 workers are STILL not fully jabbed

Jordi Alba has tested positive for Covid-19 and is the third Barcelona player to get the virus

Freedomroo.com – Jordi Alba becomes the THIRD Barcelona player to test postive for Covid-19

South African Covid cases fall AGAIN by 22% on last week fuelling hopes that their Omicron wave over

South African Covid cases fall AGAIN by 22% on last week fuelling hopes that their Omicron wave over

Reports have claimed ministers are watching hospitalisation numbers in the capital, with a two-week 'circuit breaker' lockdown set to be imposed if daily numbers surpass 400

Omicron: London Covid hospitalisations rise by 50% in a week to 301

Omicron Covid IS MILDER, says SAGE member Neil Ferguson in first real-world study on severity

Omicron Covid IS MILDER, says SAGE member Neil Ferguson in first real-world study on severity

The above graphs show how Covid cases are falling in South Africa compared to when the Delta variant took hold. Both waves were set to begin the first time a case of the variant was reported, which was May 8 for Delta and November 25 for Omicron. It reveals that hospitalisations are also dropping earlier than they did when Delta took hold. Deaths are still rising, but this is a lagging indicator because of the time taken for someone infected with the virus to become seriously ill

What can Britain expect? Charts show how Omicron is already fading in ground zero South Africa

While booster numbers have risen in the past week No10's goal of delivering a-million boosters-a-day has remained frustratingly out of reach

UK fails to hit 1m Covid booster jabs a day target AGAIN

SAGE says Omicron needs to be 90% milder than Delta to avoid major NHS pressure

SAGE says Omicron needs to be 90% milder than Delta to avoid major NHS pressure

A fourth jab is set to be rolled out early to millions of Britons after a new study showed protection against Omicron wanes within three months of a booster. Pictured: Shona McCauley receives a booster vaccine from Alex Iheanacho at Elland Road in Leeds

Daily Covid cases hit new record of 119,789 as hospitalisations rise

ENGLAND: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Covid infection survey estimated 1.2million people were carrying Covid on any given day in England during the week in the week up to December 16 — an all-time record

Covid-19 UK: Record 1.4MILLION people had Covid in UK last week

A growing proportion of Covid patients in London's hospitals are actually being treated for a different ailment. Currently 25 per cent of 'Covid patients' originally went to hospital for a different reason, only later testing positive for the virus compared to 17 per cent a fortnight ago

Doctor admits number of patients testing positive for Covid AFTER admission is a ‘major problem’

More than 650,000 Britons will be forced to spend Christmas in self-isolation after catching Covid in just over a week. If cases continue to rise in line with current trends, around 890,000 could be barred from leaving their home. The rapid rise of the ultra-infectious Omicron variant has resulted in 766,000 people across the UK testing positive for Covid since December 16 and current trends suggest 125,000 more Britons will be diagnosed today. New rules designed to limit the damage to the economy and vital services mean infected people in England can come out of isolation after seven days so long as they test negative on lateral flows. This could potentially allow 243,000 people who received their positive result between December 16 and 18 to release from quarantine in time for the festivities

Ho ho home alone: Up to 900,000 Brits will spend Christmas in self-isolation after catching Covid

London is being battered hardest by the new variant, with one in 20 infected with the virus and ten of the worst hit postcodes in England located within a three square mile stretch between Wandsworth and Lambeth (highlighted in yellow above)

Covid-19 UK: Record 1.7MILLION Brits had coronavirus last week

Paramedics unload a patient from an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital in London on Friday as the UK records 114,625 new coronavirus cases

Covid UK: PM set to make decision on new restrictions as London’s daily hospital admissions surge

Official data shows the average number of daily Covid admissions rose 62 per cent week-on-week in the seven days up to December 22 in London, while they jumped 47 per cent in the North West and 39 per cent in the East. Hospitalisations are also on the rise in the Midlands, where they jumped 36 per cent, and the North East and Yorkshire (31 per cent) and the South East (10 per cent). The South West is the only part of the country where Covid admissions are falling, with the number seeking NHS care falling by four per cent

London’s Covid hospitalisation rate soared 62% in final week before Christmas

NHS staff off because of Covid at London's busiest hospital trust has TRIPLED in a week

NHS staff off because of Covid at London’s busiest hospital trust has TRIPLED in a week

Analysis by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) revealed immunity gained from third Covid jabs fades quicker against Omicron than Delta. The graph shows its finding that adults who received two AstraZeneca doses, plus a Pfizer or Moderna booster, are 60 per cent less likely to get symptoms than the unvaccinated if they catch Omicron up to four weeks after their third jab. But after ten weeks, efficacy drops to 35 per cent for Pfizer and 45 per cent for Moderna

So when WILL Covid chaos end? Booster vaccine immunity weakens after just 10 WEEKS

Burnout crisis: How can companies and employees avoid it?

Freedomroo – Burnout crisis: How can companies and employees avoid it?

England's Covid hospitalisations hit highest level since FEBRUARY

England’s Covid hospitalisations hit highest level since FEBRUARY

An NHS health worker administers a Covid jab at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination centre at the Redbridge Town Hall - the busiest site in the country on Christmas Day, where more than 900 people were immunised - in east London on December 25

All I want for Christmas… is a Covid jab! NHS dishes out 12,000 vaccines on Dec 25

Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), the nation's top infectious disease expert, warns that America's Covid situation will worsen in the coming weeks, and around 500,000 people could be infected every day in coming weeks

Fauci warns that US Covid situation is ‘gonna get worse’ with more than 200,000 cases every day

Q&A: How to protect kids too young for a COVID-19 vaccine

Freedomroo – Q&A: How to protect kids too young for a COVID-19 vaccine

Testing positive on Christmas Day: People lament getting the gift of positive Covid tests

Freedomroo.com – Testing positive on Christmas Day: People lament getting the gift of positive Covid tests

COVID-19 roundup: Antibody drug, neutralizing molecule and toddlers

Freedomroo – COVID-19 roundup: Antibody drug, neutralizing molecule and toddlers

Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, has launched its booze-free pints in just five pubs but plans to roll them out nationwide in the New Year, in time for the healthy resolutions we love to make, and inevitably break

The Mail on Sunday trials Heineken’s latest 0% beer that’s available on tap at your local pub

As the vaccination programme kicked off in early January, GP hubs and pharmacies welcomed 15million of the UK’s most vulnerable for their first doses. But which of the UK’s biggest supermarkets helped out by offering jabs too?

Test your knowledge with The Mail on Sunday’s ultimate festive health quiz

People with overactive bladders are more likely to suffer potentially deadly trips and falls. [File image]

HEALTH NOTES: The risk in rushing to the loo

Needle phobia is not uncommon. And unfortunately, in the rush to get everyone vaccinated, there hasn’t been enough time to help the thousands of people who suffer to overcome it

How can my son get his Covid jab if he is scared of needles? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, some of the UK’s leading hospital medics remain optimistic – and insist predictions of January 2020 levels of disaster are unlikely to come to fruition

Britain’s top doctors hail new Covid wonder drugs that half the risk of death from the virus

Thousands of blood cancer patients could soon benefit from revolutionary ¿anti-cancer antibodies¿, which cut the risk of relapse by a quarter and spare patients from the toxic effects of chemotherapy

Blood cancer patients may benefit from revolutionary ‘anti-cancer antibodies’ found in new chemo

Uproar over Covid curbs in Scotland and Wales but not in England

Freedomroo.com – Uproar over Covid curbs in Scotland and Wales but not in England

Q&A: How to protect yourself from the new omicron variant?

Freedomroo – Q&A: How to protect yourself from the new omicron variant?

Omicron hospitalization rate 70% lower: UK data

Freedomroo – Omicron hospitalization rate 70% lower: UK data

About one month since Omicron was first detected in South Africa, the country's Omicron-driven Covid wave appears to be fading, with cases falling 22% in the last week

Covid cases in South Africa’s ground zero fall rapidly one month after its outbreak

FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 pill as omicron cases surge

Freedomroo – FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill as omicron cases surge

Company in Sweden develops COVID pass that gets under the skin

Freedomroo – Company in Sweden develops COVID pass that gets under the skin

Omicron cases milder than delta, South African study suggests

Freedomroo – Omicron cases milder than delta, South African study suggests

COVID-19 antibody drugs: A turning point in global pandemic?

Freedomroo – COVID-19 antibody drugs: A turning point in global pandemic?

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard admits Saturday's postponement against Burnley was a 'NIGHTMARE'

Freedomroo.com – Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard admits Saturday’s postponement against Burnley was a ‘NIGHTMARE’

Ready or not: 2022 must be year 'we end pandemic,' WHO chief says

Freedomroo – Ready or not: 2022 must be year ‘we end pandemic,’ WHO chief says

Boris Johnson's pledge to get every adult a booster jab by New Year looks a bust

Boris Johnson’s pledge to get every adult a booster jab by New Year looks a bust

The above graph shows the proportion of GP appointments that were held with a doctor since February 2019. It reveals that the proportion is rising but is still far off pre-Covid levels

Just 10% of patients take up 40% of GP appointments and visit their practice 60 TIMES a year

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows just 764 of the nearly 12,000 fatalities recorded in England and Wales were linked with the virus in the seven days up to December 10. This weekly figure s the lowest recorded in two months, since 713 were registered in the week to October 15. The graph shows the number of non-Covid deaths (pink), Covid fatalities (red) and the five-year average (blue line)

Covid accounted for just one in 16 deaths in the week Omicron first hit UK

New York, along with New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Washington, and other states, has over 90% of its new Covid cases now caused by Omicron, according to the CDC. Pictured: New Yorkers wait in line for Covid tests in Times Square as cases surge, December 2021

Omicron is causing over 90% of new COVID-19 cases in New York, Florida, Texas, Washington, and more

COVID-19 vaccine pass to expire after 9 months in EU

Freedomroo – COVID-19 vaccine pass to expire after 9 months in EU

One reason for the Omicron variant's high contagiousness may be spike protein mutations allowing it to bond more efficiently with human cells, a new study finds

Many mutations of Omicron variant allow it to bond with human cells better than other Covid strains

Israeli officials have approved fourth doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for healthcare workers and residents aged 60 or older. The move comes as a response to the vaccine-evasive Omicron variant. Pictured: An elderly man in Jerusalem, Israel, receives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine

Israel will offer FOURTH dose of coronavirus vaccine to people over the age of 60

In New York City, people are waiting in hours-long lines to get tested for Covid while at-home rapid tests are in high demand. Pictured: A Covid testing line in Times Square, December 2021

Walgreens limits people to purchasing only four at-home COVID-19 test kits at a time

This chart shows how the blood samples of people who had received vaccines and and survived a previous Delta infection performed when exposed to Omicron in terms of producing neutralising antibodies, measured here as 'IC50', a measures of effectiveness. Any combination that failed to get higher than IC50 16 failed to produce enough antibodies to significantly fight off Omicron. These bars are averages based on all the samples of their respective combinations. It shows a previous Delta infection fails to provide any significant protection in terms of antibody production, but a combination of previous Covid infection and a vaccine provoked the best response

Unvaccinated people who caught Delta have virtually no protection against Omicron

Molnupiravir, developed by Merck, was the first oral medication to be developed to fight Covid. It is believed to be able to decreased hospitalizations and deaths caused by the virus by 30%. Some fear it comes with a risk of cancer, though, and could lead to the formation of more variants

FDA to authorize the use of antiviral Covid pills developed by Pfizer and Merck later this week

Amid rising anger that millions of people are being left in limbo, the PM completely ruled out any further curbs being introduced before December 25

Boris FINALLY rules out new curbs before Dec 25

FDA set to authorize Pfizer, Merck COVID-19 pills this week

Freedomroo – FDA set to authorize Pfizer, Merck COVID-19 pills this week

This chart shows how the blood samples of people who had received vaccines and and survived a previous Delta infection performed when exposed to Omicron in terms of producing neutralizing antibodies, measured here as 'IC50', a measures of effectiveness. Any combination that failed to get higher than IC50 16 failed to produce enough antibodies to significantly fight off Omicron. These bars are averages based on all the samples of their respective combinations. It shows a previous Delta infection fails to provide any significant protection in terms of antibody production, but a combination of previous Covid infection and a vaccine provoked the best response

Previous Delta infection alone provides little protection against Omicron

The FDA has approved a new preventative HIV drug, called Apretude, which is administered through injections. Pictured: A vial containing Apretude, provided by drugmaker Viiv

FDA approves new HIV prevention drug taken by injection every two months

Amazon has slashed the price of one of their number one bestselling electric toothbrush with a saving of 56 per cent - so you can score the Oral B Pro 3 3500 Electric Toothbrush for £39.60

This number one bestselling Oral-B electric toothbrush is just £39.60 at Amazon today

Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), the nation's top infectious disease expert, warns that the Omicron variant is spreading at an 'unprecedented' rate and will double in cases every two days

Covid US: Fauci says Omicron spreads at ‘unprecedented’ speed and cases will DOUBLE every two days

Researchers at Peking University in Beijing identified 95 studies which included 29.7million people who had been tested for Covid. Among those who went on to test positive, 40.5 per cent had no symptoms (yellow bar). And the figure was higher for pregnant women (red bar), air or cruise travellers (green bar) and care home residents and staff (orange bar), while it was lower among health workers and hospital patients (blue bar)

Four in 10 Covid cases are asymptomatic and pregnant women are most likely to be ‘silent carriers’

Whether COVID-19 jabs need omicron tweak still unclear: EU watchdog

Freedomroo – Whether COVID-19 jabs need omicron tweak still unclear: EU watchdog

UK Covid infections rise 64% to 82,886 but deaths fall from 52 to 45

UK Covid infections rise 64% to 82,886 but deaths fall from 52 to 45

Xevudy, a monoclonal antibody, will be available on the NHS from today. Health chiefs said it would be available to vulnerable patients such as organ transplant recipients or cancer patients

Vulnerable Covid patients to be given GSK’s antibody drug on the NHS that can fight Omicron

New push to cut ten-day Covid isolation period to a week

Self-isolation for people who catch Covid could be reduced from 10 to seven days within DAYS

No10 brags about hitting 1m daily jab target on Saturday

No10 brags about hitting 1m daily jab target on Saturday

As we face a rising tide of Omicron cases, much has been made of the importance of protecting the NHS and taking steps to minimise the spread. This is so that there are enough NHS staff to cope with the people who need hospital treatment. So why, then, are so many NHS healthcare workers unvaccinated?

JONATHAN GORNALL : Why have 200,000 NHS workers not had Covid jabs?

SAGE's modelling team at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found there could be 10,400 hospitalisations in England per day at the peak of the outbreak in February in a worst-case scenario. They assumed that Omicron will continue to grow exponentially even under Plan B curbs, two jabs offer just 50 per cent protection against severe disease from the mutant strain and boosters just 80 per cent

Why it’s easier to believe in Father Christmas than SAGE’s 6k Covid deaths a day projection

The mole was a malignant melanoma — the most dangerous form of skin cancer, which can quickly spread elsewhere in the body and claims more than 2,000 lives each year in the UK [File photo]

Why experts say you should never ignore a mole that appears after you hit 40

The theory is that stem cells ¿ master cells that can grow into different kinds of specialised cells ¿ in the pulp may help to encourage the formation of new nerve cells in the brain

Why stem cells from teeth could help treat depression

It was December 2020 and the previous day I’d spent more than ten hours in A&E in a blur of tests, examinations and pill-popping after a suspected stroke

MOIRA PETTY: Signing up for a drug trial after a stroke really helped me

Yes, there are some people who have high cholesterol levels in old age and remain perfectly healthy. But they are an unusual minority

Will cutting my cholesterol cause dementia? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Sleep Well Chocolate Milk Drink

Yes, there is such a thing as healthy hot chocolate that actually tastes good!

Covid cases soar above 90,000 again as Christmas hangs in the balance

Covid cases soar above 90,000 again as Christmas hangs in the balance

Around 358,000 Britons regularly carry adrenaline auto-injectors or AAIs, as they’re called, relying on them to deliver a vital shot of adrenaline to counter the potentially fatal effects of a severe allergic reaction to food, medicines or insect stings

Why the official advice on how to use EpiPens may not be the full picture

According to research by Cambridge University, Omicron appears less efficient at infecting cells in the deep part of the lungs, which can lead to severe illness

Everything the scientists know right now about Omicron

Emma, now 38, thinks the antibiotics she has taken for seven days at a time, ten times a year for around 18 years, were responsible for her weight ballooning from 9st to 12st

Is Emma’s story proof that antibiotics can make you pile on the pounds?

A 26-year-old man from New Zealand died of myocarditis that

New Zealand man, 26, dies from myocarditis tied to Pfizer vaccine, health officials say

Covid cases grow in New York and New Jersey, states in Northeast and Great Plains watch Covid recede

Covid cases grow in New York and New Jersey, states in Northeast and Great Plains watch Covid recede

South Africa's daily Covid cases fall for the THIRD day in a row and hospital admissions drop 20%

South Africa’s daily Covid cases fall for the THIRD day in a row and hospital admissions drop 20%

Boris Johnson has been presented with three options to slow the spread of the Omicron variant with the PM reportedly clearing his diary today for crunch meetings with scientists and advisers

D-day for Christmas as Boris Johnson considers new Covid curbs

US surpasses 1,000 cases of Omicron and expert warns that infection can not be avoided

US surpasses 1,000 cases of Omicron and expert warns that infection can not be avoided

EU med watchdog approves US-based Novavax COVID-19 jab

Freedomroo – EU med watchdog approves US-based Novavax COVID-19 jab

Tragic: Devastated fans paid tribute to Il Divo star Carlos Marin on Sunday evening after the singer's heartbroken bandmates confirmed he had lost his battle with COVID-19, aged 53

Freedomroo.com – Lorraine Kelly and Bruno Tonioli lead the tributes to Il Divo star Carlos Marín

New push to cut ten-day Covid isolation period to a week

New push to cut ten-day Covid isolation period to a week

Mandatory vaccination, we've long been told, would never come into force in the UK ¿ Ministers had declared the very idea to be distinctly unBritish. Pictured: Protestors march along Park Lane during an Outreach Freedom Rally in London today

Why are even our most Covid-fearing experts against compulsory jabs?

Thousands of babies are being wrongly diagnosed with milk allergy because of a 'perfect storm' of flawed GP guidance and parents' increasing paranoia about food allergies, experts have warned (stock photo)

Nanny state guidance has left thousands of babies wrongly diagnosed with milk allergies

A reader who says that they are uncomfortably warm 'all the time' and can't even bear to turn the heating on today asks DR ELLIE CANNON what might be the matter (stock photo)

DR ELLIE CANNON: Why do I feel so warm that I can’t even bear to have my heating on?

Britons at risk of cancer from severe heartburn are to be offered a scalpel-free procedure to cure the condition on the NHS (stock photo)

NHS offers patients at risk of cancer from severe heartburn new 60-minute operation

Flu, the respiratory virus that in a normal winter hospitalises about 400 Britons a week, was expected to push the NHS to breaking point with Covid still around. But as we approach the end of December, that supposedly insurmountable wave of flu is nowhere to be seen (stock photo)

Covid’s killed off flu for a SECOND year

Christmas treats we can ALL stomach to avoid painful bloating

Christmas treats we can ALL stomach to avoid painful bloating

Pep Guardiola has returned a negative Covid-19 test following an earlier coronavirus scare

Pep Guardiola WILL be in charge for Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle following Covid-19 scare

Richard Horton (pictured), the editor of the Lancet, admitted he knew about the lead author behind a letter denouncing the Covid lab-leak theory Peter Daszak's Chinese affiliations more than a year before the journal published an amendment

Brit scientist took a year to declare links to Chinese lab after opposing Covid lab leak theory

Pfizer said that its Covid pill, called Paxlovid (pictured), is up to 89 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisations and deaths when taken within the first few days of Covid symptoms

Fury over No10’s decision to only buy 250,000 doses of Pfizer’s ‘wonder’ Covid pill

WHO grants emergency approval for India's COVID-19 jab

Freedomroo – WHO grants emergency approval for India’s COVID-19 jab

A survey of more than 3,000 Britons by the Office for National Statistics found just seven per cent of adults believe there will be a return to normality within the next six months, a quarter of the 28 per cent of people who believed this to be the case when asked last winter

Just 7% of adults expect to back to normal in the spring…FOUR TIMES fewer than this time last year

Data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases showed that less than two per cent of patients were being hospitalised in the second week of the Omicron wave in South Africa. For comparison, when the Delta wave struck it was 12 per cent

11 TIMES fewer Covid patients in Omicron-ravaged South Africa are being admitted to hospital

As people eagerly queue up for their booster jabs, you can be reasonably sure that one group will be under-represented: men. At every stage in our two-year battle against Covid, men have proven to be the weaker sex.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why women are much better at fighting off Covid than men