Health

[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden should get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible for “safety reasons,” US leading public health expert Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, as a second candidate vaccine, made by Moderna, received one. encouraging assessment before probable approval. by the Food and Drug Administration. A Covid-19 vaccine …

[ad_1] Meghan Markle and Prince Harry signed an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify today, following in the Obamas’ footsteps to add to their £ 100 million deal with Netflix. They will produce and host their own shows, beginning with a Christmas special launching this month. The couple’s newly formed Archewell …

[ad_1] The rules that allow families to get together over Christmas could be revised after severe warnings from hospitals and experts about the risk to the NHS of an increase in coronavirus cases. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove will meet with representatives from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss …

[ad_1] Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that a new strain of Covid attributed to the outbreaks in south-east England has now been found in Scotland. The Prime Minister said nine cases had been identified in the Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board region, which covers a large geographic area in the …

[ad_1] Twenty-nine asylum seekers have died in Interior Ministry accommodations so far this year, five times more than those who have lost their lives on dangerous small-boat crossings of the Canal during the same period. The Guardian obtained the figure in a freedom of information response from the Interior Ministry, …

[ad_1] Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove will speak to delegate nations later this afternoon about relaxing coronavirus rules next week over Christmas, Sky News understands. The call is expected to take place around 5 p.m. COVID-19 updates live from the UK and around the world Sky News understands that possible …

[ad_1] Roofer, 28, who crossed the Irish Sea from Scotland to the Isle of Man on a JET SKI to visit his girlfriend, is jailed for four weeks for breaking Covid rules after four and a half hours of travel. Dale McLaughlan took a daring trip even though he had …

[ad_1] A man has been jailed on the Isle of Man for four weeks for violating COVID-19 regulations, after traveling on a jet ski to the island from Scotland. Under the coronavirus regulations on the island, non-residents must obtain special permission from the government in order to enter the Isle …

[ad_1] Plans to relax Covid restrictions at Christmas must be reversed or many lives are at risk, according to a rare joint editorial by two of the UK’s most eminent medical journals. The government can no longer claim it is protecting the NHS if it goes ahead with “headlong” plans …

[ad_1] The number of drug deaths in Scotland has reached the worst level on record. Figures from the Scottish National Registries show that in 2019, 1,264 people died from drug abuse, 77 more than in 2018, representing an increase of 6%. It was the largest number ever recorded in Scotland, …