CDC may not recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children in first wave of roll outs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said coronavirus vaccines may not initially be recommended for children when they become available.   Children, who rarely develop severe COVID-19 symptoms or require hospitalization for the disease, have not yet been tested for any experimental jab.  In the statement, posted on Wednesday, the CDC said that, up … Read more

Almost half of Britons could be less likely to catch Covid-19 because they have Type O blood

People with blood type O could be less likely to get sick with Covid-19, according to new research. Their risk of severe complications such as organ failure — and even death — is also reduced, say scientists.    Danish researchers used data from 473,000 individuals tested for Covid-19 against a control group of more than 2.2million … Read more

Cambridge academics estimate more than 400,000 people caught Covid-19 the day before lockdown

Coronavirus infections in England are still more than eight times below the devastating levels they reached in the spring and the country’s outbreak is growing slower than it did in the first wave, according to top scientists. Cambridge University researchers, whose estimates feed into No 10’s advisory panel SAGE, believe 47,000 people are currently catching … Read more

How Covid-19 could leave you DEAF

A 45-year-old man suddenly lost his hearing because of his Covid-19, doctors have claimed in the first British case of its kind. The unidentified patient, who suffered from asthma but was otherwise ‘fit and well’, needed intensive care treatment after catching the disease. After a long stint in hospital, he complained about losing hearing in … Read more

London’s Covid-19 outbreak sees 12 boroughs top infection threshold of 100 cases per 100,000

Twelve London boroughs have seen Covid-19 infection rates tip the worrying threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 people, amid fears the capital is hurtling towards Tier 2 restrictions.  Richmond upon Thames (140.4), Hackney and City of London (133.1) and Ealing (132.5) had the highest daily new cases per 100,000 people in the week to October 8, according … Read more

London’s Covid-19 outbreak sees 12 boroughs top infection threshold of 100 cases per 100,000

Twelve London boroughs have seen Covid-19 infection rates tip the worrying threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 people, amid fears the capital is hurtling towards Tier 2 restrictions.  Richmond upon Thames (140.4), Hackney and City of London (133.1) and Ealing (132.5) had the highest daily new cases per 100,000 people in the week to October 8, according … Read more

Little Mix: The Search live shows are POSTPONED after crew members test positive for COVID-19

Little Mix: The Search live shows are POSTPONED after ‘a small number’ of crew members test positive for COVID-19 By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 10:23 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 10:36 BST, 14 October 2020 Little Mix: The Search have been forced to postpone this weekend’s live shows after ‘a small number’ of … Read more

Britain must not be sacrificed on the altar of fighting Covid-19, writes Professor ROBERT DINGWALL

Boris Johnson, it emerged this week, has finally decided to disagree with Sage, the committee of scientists that seems to have been running our response to the pandemic ever since it became clear we had an international crisis on our hands. They had recommended the return of a full national lockdown of the sort imposed in … Read more

Britain must not be sacrificed on the altar of fighting Covid-19, writes Professor ROBERT DINGWALL

Boris Johnson, it emerged this week, has finally decided to disagree with Sage, the committee of scientists that seems to have been running our response to the pandemic ever since it became clear we had an international crisis on our hands. They had recommended the return of a full national lockdown of the sort imposed in … Read more

One in four Britons believe Covid-19 was developed in a Chinese lab

One in EIGHT believes Covid-19 pandemic is a ‘plot’, new figures reveal One in eight Britons believe Covid is a conspiracy to force people to vaccinate Dr Sander van der Linden and his team interviewed more than 2,000 Britons  People using social media are more likely to believe Covid conspiracy theories Almost a quarter of … Read more