Anti-vaxxer misinformation risks harming UK’s ability to beat Covid, scientists warn

Nov 12, 2020

Anti-vaxxers spreading misinformation could prevent Britain reaching the level of herd immunity needed to end the Covid pandemic, scientists have warned. A new study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that only 54 per cent of people surveyed...

Lack of proper plan to make NHS digital risks wasting billions, MPs warn

Nov 6, 2020

Attempts to make the NHS go digital are failing and billions more pounds are at risk of being wasted in the absence of a proper plan, MPs have warned. A report by the public accounts committee (PAC) has found that officials have “none” of the essential...

World ‘must act now’ over plight of Al Hol camp children, warn charities as winter comes

Oct 17, 2020

Mrs Jack-Henry spoke at length to officers from Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command about her daughter Nicole, after she travelled from her home in London to Iraq with her husband Hussein Ali and their children, five years ago. But she has heard nothing from...

Test and Trace records worst week yet as experts warn failure will mean tougher lockdowns

Oct 15, 2020

The latest data shows 89,874 new people tested positive for Covid-19 in England in the week to October 7 – a 64 per cent rise in positive cases on the previous seven days. It is the highest weekly number since Test and Trace was launched at the end of May. When it...

Covid-19 could make sufferers permanently deaf, scientists warn

Oct 13, 2020

Coronavirus can make patients permanently deaf, scientists have warned after the first reported case in the UK. Details have emerged of a 45-year-old man who experienced sudden hearing loss in one ear while being treated in hospital for Covid-19. The problem first...

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