Arthritis drug reduced the risks of dying of coronavirus by nearly half in a small study

Severely ill coronavirus patients treated with arthritis drug were HALF as likely to die as those who didn’t get it – and Acterma is now being eyed for a ‘treatment cocktail’ with remdesivir Half of 154 coronavirus patients on ventilators received doses of tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis  Patients given the drug … Read more

Girl, 12, saved by miracle heart transplant after nearly dying from a rare disease

A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe.  Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more

Sting has received portrait painted by a late fan to fulfil his dying wish

Sting has received the portrait painted by a late fan, after his daughter Mickey Sumner fulfilled his dying wish by getting the artwork to the rocker. Earlier this month photoblog Humans Of New York detailed the story of a woman who had made it her ‘assignment’ to reach out to the singer after her stepdad – … Read more

Coronavirus: Dutch Prime Minister unable to visit dying mother

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes, his office said on Monday.  Rutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government … Read more

Coronavirus: Dutch Prime Minister unable to visit dying mother

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes, his office said on Monday.  Rutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government … Read more

Coronavirus: Widower describes being separated from dying wife

‘On the day she died, I couldn’t be with her or hold her hand’: Widower’s heart-breaking letter about staying apart from dying wife in lockdown – as MPs are flooded with emails in response to Dominic Cummings scandal John Wilson from Whitchurch revealed his heartbreak in a social media post  He has written to Buckingham … Read more

Coronavirus: Widower describes being separated from dying wife

‘On the day she died, I couldn’t be with her or hold her hand’: Widower’s heart-breaking letter about staying apart from dying wife in lockdown – as MPs are flooded with emails in response to Dominic Cummings scandal John Wilson from Whitchurch revealed his heartbreak in a social media post  He has written to Buckingham … Read more

Scientist who couldn’t be at his dying father’s side condemns Dominic Cummings

Scientist who couldn’t be at his dying father’s side condemns Dominic Cummings for breaking lockdown amid growing anger among public Growing calls from MPs and the public for Dominic Cummings to lose his job Mr Cummings is accused of breaking lockdown rules on several occasions  Neuroscientist Dean Burnett said he is ‘mind-sappingly enraged’ by the … Read more

Little Richard buried at his alma mater Oakwood University in Alabama after dying from bone cancer

‘Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Little Richard was laid to rest at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically black college in Huntsville, Alabama, Wednesday after he passed away from bone cancer earlier this month.  The legendary singer, who was 87 when he died in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 9, was laid to rest during … Read more

Little Richard buried at his alma mater Oakwood University in Alabama after dying from bone cancer

‘Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Little Richard was laid to rest at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically black college in Huntsville, Alabama, Wednesday after he passed away from bone cancer earlier this month.  The legendary singer, who was 87 when he died in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 9, was laid to rest during … Read more