Why do I cough all the time as if I have to clear my throat? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions 

I constantly feel as if I have phlegm stuck in my throat. I’m always coughing to try to clear it, and I also suffer terrible breath. What is wrong with me, and is there anything I can do? Feeling as though there’s phlegm always in the throat (something stuck in your throat is a different … Read more

New app could detect Covid-19 from a cough with 98% accuracy 

Scientists have created an algorithm that can accurately diagnose people with Covid-19 just by the sound of their cough.  DeepCough, created by experts from the University of Essex, was built using 8,380 clinically-validated audio samples of people coughing.  The samples were taken from hospitals in Spain and Mexico since April last year –2,339 who tested … Read more

COVID-19: Dental patients could soon wear HELMETS to suck cough droplets away from their mouths

You thought you knew the drill: Dentists’ patients could soon be asked to wear open-faced HELMETS that suck up any COVID-infected cough droplets from their mouths Healthcare professionals are at a higher risk of contracting a COVID infection The helmet will keep dentists safe while letting them work on patient’s mouths A pump attached to … Read more

COVID-19: Dental patients could soon wear HELMETS to suck cough droplets away from their mouths

You thought you knew the drill: Dentists’ patients could soon be asked to wear open-faced HELMETS that sucks up any COVID-infected cough droplets from their mouths Healthcare professionals are at a higher risk of contracting a COVID infection The helmet will keep dentists safe while letting them work on patient’s mouths A pump attached to … Read more

President Macron is suffering from ‘fever, cough and fatigue’

France’s president Emmanuel Macron is suffering a fever, a cough and fatigue and has a military doctor at his bedside in Versailles after catching coronavirus, it emerged today.  Macron, 42, is staying at a residence called La Lanterne after testing positive for Covid-19 in a result which sparked frantic contact-tracing among EU leaders.   The Elysee’s … Read more

President Macron is suffering from ‘fever, cough and fatigue’

France’s president Emmanuel Macron is suffering a fever, a cough and fatigue and has a military doctor at his bedside in Versailles after catching coronavirus, it emerged today.  Macron, 42, is staying at a residence called La Lanterne after testing positive for Covid-19 in a result which sparked frantic contact-tracing among EU leaders.   The Elysee’s … Read more

Carrie Ann Inaba reveals she tested positive for coronavirus and has a ‘bad’ cough

Carrie Ann Inaba, 52, of The Talk and DWTS reveals she has COVID-19 and is battling a fever and ‘bad’ cough: ‘I’ve had a lot of aches and pains’ Inaba revealed she has tested positive for coronavirus in a new Instagram video ‘I’m home with some symptoms and will be sequestering,’ she said ‘Resting and … Read more

A croak, a cough, then hot tears of joy… HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary weep on live TV

Gwyneth at the 1999 Oscars. Gazza at Italia 90. To that list of lip- wobbling blubberers, we can now add the name of Matthew Hancock. With the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, the Health Secretary was on Good Morning Britain yesterday to witness the first inoculations take place live on air. Of course he was! … Read more

Why have Boris’s tiers gone down like a dry cough on a busy train? Asks SARAH VINE 

No doubt like many of you, I have spent the last few days trying to get my head around the Government’s latest response to coronavirus, and the fact that, for the most part, it seems to have gone down like a dry cough in a crowded train carriage. And I’ve concluded that, when it comes … Read more

Why have Boris’s tiers gone down like a dry cough on a busy train? Asks SARAH VINE 

No doubt like many of you, I have spent the last few days trying to get my head around the Government’s latest response to coronavirus, and the fact that, for the most part, it seems to have gone down like a dry cough in a crowded train carriage. And I’ve concluded that, when it comes … Read more