Health

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters / EPA Screenshot Boris Johnson (left) and Donald Trump Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have a lot in common: distinctive hairstyles, great personalities, and a habit of creating controversy. And now they share the unwanted experience of being leaders brought to the hospital with coronavirus. The …

[ad_1] NHS surgeons say there could be a “tsunami of cancellations” unless hospital beds are “fenced off” for planned operations. A survey of nearly 1,000 members in England by the Royal College of Surgeons found that only 14% thought the health service could meet its goals for surgery to return …

[ad_1] Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, has said he was not surprised by Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection and delivered a forceful reprimand: “Masks matter.” Speaking at an NBC television event at Miami, Florida City Hall, the former vice president drew a stark contrast to Trump, who, upon returning to …

[ad_1] Contact trackers missed nearly 50,000 people potentially infected with coronavirus due to a spreadsheet error. The government has admitted that up to 16,000 people who tested positive were not reported to its “worldwide” system until a week later. Experts believe that each of those people will have come into …

[ad_1] Ireland is tightening the coronavirus rules, but will not enter a second national lockdown, despite calls from the country’s health chiefs. After a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced that Ireland would move from level 2 of its restrictions to level 3, with new measures including a ban …

[ad_1] Hospitals could face drug shortages during the second wave of Covid because some of the drugs in stock for Brexit have already been used, warned NHS chiefs. NHS Providers, which represents hospitals in England, said the issues associated with Brexit could spark a “perfect storm” of problems this winter …

[ad_1] The ministers have been accused of putting the street above public health after the business department warned council leaders not to enforce the use of masks in supermarkets. The Barking and Dagenham council in East London issued warning notices to four retailers, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Morrisons and B&M, after their …

[ad_1] The sweets that brought 13 teenagers to the hospital contained cannabis, according to police, who investigated an incident that caused panic in a Catholic school in North London. Paramedics arrived at La Sainte Union Catholic School in Highgate, Camden, at 11:44 a.m. Monday, amid reports that students had fallen …

[ad_1] Image copyright The White House Screenshot Donald Trump in the presidential suite of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Since testing positive for coronavirus, United States President Donald Trump has been receiving several different medications, as revealed by his doctors. It is not clear when the president contracted …

[ad_1] Almost half of the nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus not detected by the Test and Trace system have yet to trace their contacts, the health secretary admitted. Ministers have blamed an “IT failure” within Public Health England (a problem with an Excel spreadsheet reaching its maximum size) for a …