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Prioritising coronavirus testing in high-risk areas has led to shortages in other places, leading to some people with symptoms being asked to drive more than 100 miles for a swab. The government says areas with fewer Covid-19 cases have had their testing capacity reduced to cope with outbreaks elsewhere. But public health experts warn this […]
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 4,300 recovering coronavirus patients were sent to New York’s already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state directive that was ultimately scrapped amid criticisms it was accelerating the nation’s deadliest outbreaks, according to a count by The Associated Press. AP compiled its own tally to find out how many […]
A view of St George’s Municipal Hospital after a fire, five patients dead on ventilator support in the intensive care unit. The hospital was one of the first in St Petersburg to be repurposed as a medical centre to treat infectious diseases like pneumonia, including that caused by the novel coronavirus. Peter Kovalev The U.S. […]
The government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after “operational issues” in UK labs. The Department of Health said sending swabs abroad is among the contingencies to deal with “teething problems”. The samples were airlifted to the US in chartered flights from Stansted Airport, the Sunday Telegraph […]
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to […]
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Three British nationals have been brought back to the UK from Sierra Leone for medical assessment after coming into close contact with two people diagnosed with Lassa fever. One of the two infected Dutch nationals – both doctors working in Sierra Leone – has died from the virus. Health officials say the move is a […]
Margaret Thatcher apparently used alternative medicines and was sent them by romance author Dame Barbara Cartland, newly released files show. Dame Barbara, who wrote more than 800 books and was Princess Diana’s step-grandmother, sent the then-prime minister capsules to tackle tiredness. Baroness Thatcher is famously said to have slept for only four hours a night. […]
A baby boy who weighed just 268g (9.45oz) at birth has been released from hospital in Japan, and is believed to be the smallest boy in the world to have been successfully treated. The baby was born by emergency C-section in August, and was so small he could fit into a pair of cupped hands. […]
Queer Eye star Karamo Brown and his fiancé Ian Jordan just got engaged a few months ago, and the excited couple is already having conversations about their 2020 wedding. But as Brown explained at a recent event in New York City, those conversations may have some unintended side effects: After a wedding planning discussion during […]
Two men have been arrested after packages containing liquid were sent to a number of hospitals across the UK, the Met Police has confirmed. The force said a 29-year-old man from Brent and a 37-year-old man from Harrow, both in north-west London, were arrested by counter-terror officers on Thursday on suspicion of Malicious Communications Act […]
Former and current employees at a federal prison in California that began receiving a group of 1,000 immigration detainees on June 8 are warning that poor medical conditions in the prison in the Mojave Desert complex will endanger detainees, as well as the inmates and staff who are already at risk. Staff members at Federal Correctional […]