England’s chief medical officer also tells inquiry that UK’s low level of intensive care provision is a political decision

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust said it prioritises the wellbeing and safety of its patients and staff

Mencap says Do Not Resuscitate notices were placed on the medical files of many people with Down’s syndrome, autism and other learning disabilities who were otherwise healthy before contracting the...

'Boris Johnson needs to apologise.'

Town halls and pharmacies are distributing face masks as part of the ‘Masque solidaire’ campaign

Mary-Louise McLaws, who passed away at the weekend, stood firm against Australia’s conservative medical profession, arguing the official COVID-19 pandemic response was missing the key driver of...

A 'brutal' cold virus whose symptoms include coughs and fatigue is being reported across the UK - and it lasts for weeks, with sufferers begging for help to get back to normal

Infections have doubled in one month, with hospitalisation and death rates also rising

Parents have spent three years waiting outside Dollymixtures Nursery to collect their children

The highest hospital admission rate for confirmed COVID-19 continues to be in those aged over 85 years, although increasing to 34.70 per 100,000, after a new Covid variant was found

The civil claim is being brought against Matt Hancock and Public Health England

The pandemic has not ended. It is evolving, with big implications. Here are six.

The continuous spread of the super-infectious Covid variant Arcturus means the British public should revert to once again using face masks to protect themselves on public transport, it's been claimed

This open letter from suppliers across the UK has been put together by Lucy Wathan — organiser of the campaign calling on the Government…

By Covid Action Covid-19 has not disappeared. People are still falling sick, being hospitalised and dying from it. Long Covid numbers are increasing, preventing sufferers from working and adding to…

Technology could make indoor areas as safe as outdoors, say physicists

The minutes of a Sage meeting that informed government policy say both variants likely to remain common in the coming weeks

"Don't ignore this infection."

The Romanians, a mix of men and women and all wearing face masks, filed out of the near empty Stansted airport this afternoon in groups of five to comply with social distancing rules.

The Coronavirus Files: After Sars swept across the globe, the UK drew up a plan for fighting an airborne virus arriving in Britain from China. The 2005 document was filed away in Whitehall, and...

The CDC is considering fuzzy guidelines on infection control in hospitals that critics...

'People's antibody levels against Covid are probably as low now as they have been since the vaccine was first introduced'

Face mask rules have been tightened at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, in Stafford

A Spanish holiday hotspot is set to reintroduce face mask measures in response to increasing cold, flu and Covid-19 cases

The latest figures show 49 deaths in the week beginning 1 July, with almost three-quarters in the over-75 age group.

US, Netherlands, Germany all show spikes while UK no longer collects data

This year has rocked my belief in the Britain I thought I lived in

Hundreds of hospital wards have been forced to close due to Covid outbreaks in the first seven months of this year, according to figures obtained by…

India has reintroduced some mask laws following the spike in coronavirus cases

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Exclusive: Lower levels of protective antibodies could leave the UK population vulnerable to a rapid spread of the XEC Covid variant

Healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections after discontinuing universal masking - Volume 45 Issue 2

More resilient variants are emerging. Yet monitoring and testing have slowed, and access to vital drugs is patchy, writes immunologist Sheena Cruickshank

Next week NHS England will send booster jab invites as emails, letters and texts to six million eligible people who are either clinically at risk from Covid or aged over 75

A leading hospital consultant has appealed for “mammies and girlfriends to stay at home” rather than accompany loved-ones to emergency departments amid a s...

As more and more lockdown gatherings are exposed, there are calls for the police to override the civil service investigation

A FORMER Conservative deputy Prime Minister has claimed that he is in favour of “anything that kills Brexit” during an astonishing tirade.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of a new strain of coronavirus known as JN.1 which has been found in the UK, as well as countries across Europe and the USA

The school confirmed that 'measures' have been taken

Routine covid testing for all symptomatic health and social care workers, care home residents, prisoners and staff and residents in special schools has been paused in Wales. Health Minister Eluned...

The number of patients with Covid-19 has also increased in recent days.

Pathogenic bacteria and fungi, including multi-drug resistant 'superbugs' have been found on the floors, ceilings, door handles and other surfaces of hospital toilets in the UK, with patient toilets...

As a mysterious virus sweeps through China, its neighbouring countries are beginning to prepare for it to spread. Britain may be able to avoid it this winter, one expert says

Comment by Dame Angela McLean in message during meeting was apparently in reference to ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

Experimental evidence suggests that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains viable within aerosols with a half-life of approximately 3 hours; however, it remains unclear...

The daughter of a Jewish refugee, who came to the UK from Hungary in the 1930s, has delivered a letter to Gary Lineker’s home – thanking him for his stance on immigration policy.

The World Health Organisation recently announced that Covid is no longer a global health emergency. But contrary to some reports, it says the pandemic is still ongoing.

The considerable upcoming reduction in spending calls into question the Government's 'Living with COVID’ strategy

But UK government says masks are not recommended for use by primary or secondary pupils

Even in those without long COVID.

So far, the Covid inquiry has considered little evidence from abroad.

Mounting scientific evidence reveals that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID — profoundly impacts brain health in many ways.

In an often foul-mouthed and frequently chilling three days, Downing Street insiders shared memories and WhatsApp messages that demonstrated the scale of the turmoil in Boris Johnson's government

Channel 4's Dorothy Byrne says journalists must say when a politician is not telling the truth.

By now we've learned playing catch-up on COVID is too little too late.

As the COVID-19 pandemic fades, we may debate whether public health responses could have been better. But first we need to understand what public health errors are — and are not.

This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses, and the refusal of world capitalism to...

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THE majority of Conservative MPs elected in the General Election do not want the UK to severe ties with the EU in the referendum last year, damning research has claimed.

County Hall in Preston. Pic: Blog Preston The cost of installing air filters in every classroom in the UK would be “eclipsed” by the health, educational and financial benefits of reduced absence and...

By tradition, the queen’s speech is when the governing party lays out its legislative agenda. But Parliament is preoccupied with other matters just now.