Health

[ad_1] The Government of Wales has announced a new local lockdown, and Bangor becomes the second specifically targeted place after Llanelli to see such measures. The city of Bangor in Gwynedd will be hit by a series of new restrictions starting at 6pm on Saturday 10th October. It was announced …

[ad_1] An open letter that made headlines calling for a herd immunity approach to Covid-19 lists several seemingly fake names among its expert signatories, including “Dr. Johnny Bananas” and “Professor Cominic Dummings.” Sky News discovered that the Great Barrington statement, which was said to have been signed by more than …

[ad_1] Democrats sparked an angry tirade from Donald Trump on Friday by proposing a Congressional commission to assess whether U.S. presidents are capable of or should be removed from office. The tactic came a week after Trump was airlifted to a military hospital for coronavirus treatment and 25 days before …

[ad_1] More than 1,600 religious leaders in the United States have publicly endorsed Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in next month’s presidential election, amid signs that some evangelical voters are backing away from Donald Trump. Biden’s endorsements come primarily from traditional Catholics, Evangelicals and Protestants. They include Jerushah Duford, granddaughter …

[ad_1] The way police detained a paranoid schizophrenic “probably more than minimally” contributed to his death in custody, an investigative jury said. Kevin Clarke, 35, died in March 2018 amid a mental health crisis. The investigating jury members found the manner in which the police officers detained him was inappropriate. …

[ad_1] Women are disproportionately affected by an increase in mental health problems brought on by increased workloads as people do their work from home amid the pandemic. The length of the workday has increased steadily, resulting in a 49% increase in employee-reported mental distress compared to 2017-19. Women are bearing …

[ad_1] The ‘soft lockdown’ of the University of Exeter students, where they were asked not to meet other households in the interior, will be extended for another week. Initially, on September 28, students had been told not to socialize with other households for a period of two weeks as a …

[ad_1] One in 100 people in the Northwest tested positive for coronavirus in just over two weeks, according to new research. The UK’s largest coronavirus surveillance study took place over 17 days between September 18 and October 5. The prevalence of infection was highest in the Northwest, according to the …

[ad_1] Two more people have died of coronavirus in Wales and Public Health Wales reported more than 750 new cases on Friday, October 9. The latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) show that 766 new positive cases have been diagnosed after a lab test, an increase from 638 on …

[ad_1] NI has recorded the highest daily total for the number of positive Covid-19 tests since the Department of Health released its current test model. 1,080 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours. Sixteen people are being treated in intensive care units across …