People with dementia at higher risk of catching and dying of COVID

People with dementia are TWICE as likely to catch COVID-19 and more than FOUR times more likely to die from the virus, new US study of 62 million people finds Case Western University researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records in the US  Of more than 15,000 cases of COVID-19, they found 810 people who … Read more

People with dementia face more than twice the risk of catching, dying of COVID-19

People with dementia are TWICE as likely to catch COVID-19 and more than FOUR times more likely to die from the virus, new US study of 62 million people finds Case Western University researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records in the US  Of more than 15,000 cases of COVID-19, they found 810 people who … Read more

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at higher risk of catching the virus, study finds 

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at higher risk of catching the virus, study finds 

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more

MP Owen Paterson believes catching coronavirus affected his wife’s mental health

Conservative MP Owen Paterson believes catching coronavirus affected his wife’s mental health before she tragically killed herself on his birthday and tells of his ‘utter devastation’.   Rose Paterson, who was 64 and chairman of Aintree Racecourse, took her own life in woodland close to the couple’s home near Ellesmere, Shropshire in June last year.  She … Read more

MP Owen Paterson believes catching coronavirus affected his wife’s mental health

Conservative MP Owen Paterson believes catching coronavirus affected his wife’s mental health before she tragically killed herself on his birthday and tells of his ‘utter devastation’.   Rose Paterson, who was 64 and chairman of Aintree Racecourse, took her own life in woodland close to the couple’s home near Ellesmere, Shropshire in June last year.  She … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER questions £500 ‘reward’ scheme for catching coronavirus as it is ditched

How quickly the pandemic is rotting the minds of supposedly clever civil servants and ministers.  The latest crazy ideas to emanate from Whitehall are contained in a leaked 16-page official document. Mad idea number one: to pay £500 to every person testing positive for Covid-19.  Mad (and dangerous) idea number two: to give police access … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER questions £500 ‘reward’ scheme for catching coronavirus as it is ditched

How quickly the pandemic is rotting the minds of supposedly clever civil servants and ministers.  The latest crazy ideas to emanate from Whitehall are contained in a leaked 16-page official document. Mad idea number one: to pay £500 to every person testing positive for Covid-19.  Mad (and dangerous) idea number two: to give police access … Read more

Coronavirus UK: How many people catching Covid each day in YOUR area?

Around 65,000 people in England are catching Covid-19 each day but the outbreak is no longer shrinking, according to analysts tracking the second wave.  London-based Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) — a consultancy firm that uses official data to estimate daily infections across the country — predicted that cases plunged to 62,552 on January 14.  … Read more

Coronavirus UK: How many people catching Covid each day in YOUR area?

Around 65,000 people in England are catching Covid-19 each day but the outbreak is no longer shrinking, according to analysts tracking the second wave.  London-based Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) — a consultancy firm that uses official data to estimate daily infections across the country — predicted that cases plunged to 62,552 on January 14.  … Read more