Vaccines are going to the WRONG people in at least 31 states: Only Arizona and Montana have given more shots in counties where high rates of poverty, elderly and minority residents make more people vulnerable to COVID-19, CDC report finds A new CDC report looked at vaccination rates in counties where residents were at high … Read more
Top banks accused of leaving vulnerable customers at risk of fraud after failing to implement vital safeguards TSB, Virgin Money and Metro Bank are among those criticised for not using confirmation of payee checks, which were introduced by most rivals last year They aim to stop fraudsters from pretending to be someone else and tricking … Read more
The World is vulnerable to dangerous upsurge in chemical attacks including nerve agents after Salisbury poisonings, Defence Secretary says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was clear Russia remained an ‘adversary’ He said country represented a challenge to international law and the world order Said world order had been ‘loosened’, giving new opportunities to terror … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of people asked to shield in England are being invited for a Covid-19 vaccine jab. About 1.7million more people were added to the shielding list last week after experts identified additional adults at serious risk of the virus. Some 600,000 of that group are now being invited to book a slot at … Read more
She revealed her former partner once told her she ‘would always just be a single mum from Frankston’. And fans are already leaping to the defense of vulnerable Married At First Sight bride Joanne Todd, begging producers of the reality TV show ‘please don’t break her’. After hearing her painful story, another viewer gushed, ‘Oh … Read more
People of a sensitive disposition who are easily repulsed may have evolved this trait as a natural way of avoiding infections. Scientists found people with a low threshold for feeling disgusted are less likely to be infected with bacteria or viruses. This, researchers say, proves Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory that disgust evolved as a self-defence … Read more
The number of vulnerable children attending school in Northern Ireland has risen to around 3,000, a Stormont committee has heard. The Department of Health’s director of family and children’s policy, Eilis McDaniel, said data has been collected since the beginning of the pandemic following a fall in the number of referrals to children’s social services. Ms McDaniel said … Read more
Top radio presenter Jo Whiley has blasted being offered a Covid vaccine before her disabled sister who lives in a care home – and who has now reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The ‘fit and healthy’ BBC Radio Two host, 55, says it is ‘mind boggling’ that she has been offered a jab before younger … Read more
BBC Radio 2 star Jo Whiley, who has been campaigned for her vulnerable younger sister to get the Covid vaccine, says it’s ‘ironic’ that she has now herself has been offered it before her sibling, despite being ‘fit and healthy’. Whiley, 55, has been vocal on her social media platforms about trying to get her … Read more
‘Hero’ teacher, 48, who has hand-delivered over 10,000 lunches to vulnerable school pupils during lockdown reveals he now requires knee surgery after walking 750 miles since March Zane Powles, from Grimsby, spends his morning delivering lunches to students The students are currently self-isolating with families at home amid pandemic He faced toughest delivery yet and … Read more