‘Fourth tier’ of Covid restrictions beckons as scientists pressure Boris Johnson

Hospitalisations have already breached “reasonable worst case” levels, the papers show, and minutes from Sage warned…

Passing of Nobby Stiles reinforces calls for neurological disease in football to be investigated as an industrial illness

The precise cause of dementia cannot be ascertained while former players are still living, but the…

Justin Welby tells Boris Johnson not to ‘politicise’ child poverty

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, along with the Archbishop of York and…

What are the potential exit strategies from Covid lockdown?

Devi Sridhar, professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, said it was vital…

First drug to halt the effects of Alzheimer’s could be available within a year

Further studies are now underway, which offer such doses to all eligible participants from the earlier…

Covid cases are not spiralling out of control, says King’s College

New figures released by the ONS also put the number of daily infections far lower than…

Long Covid sufferers ‘face psychiatric problems as well as pain and fatigue’

The guidance says: “Signs and symptoms may arise from any system in the body, often overlap,…

Pensioner and her leg treated at hospitals six miles apart

A 71-year-old’s leg was saved after an eight-inch section of her shinbone was removed, taken for…

NHS Covid app risk level changed to force more people into self-isolation

The Telegraph understands that the Government is considering allowing a Christmas window in which families can…