I was not responsible for blood products as minister, Lord Ken Clarke tells Infected Blood Inquiry

Ken Clarke has said he was ‘not responsible’ for blood products during his time as health minister in the early days of the infected blood scandal, an inquiry has heard. Lord Clarke said the emerging controversy surrounding the blood products was something that ‘hardly ever came across my desk’ as he was dealing with policies … Read more

Dexter: New Blood trailer finds the Dark Passenger returning

Dexter Morgan returns as Jim Lindsay as he tries to make a new life without the Dark Passenger in the new trailer for Dexter: New Blood. The trailer was unveiled during the new show’s  panel at Comic-Con@Home 2021 on Sunday, with Showtime also revealing the show will premiere Sunday, November 7. The show is set … Read more

Euro 2020: Zara Tindall ‘wiped blood from Wembley seat after husband Mike broke up fight’ 

Zara Tindall ‘wiped blood from Wembley seat after husband Mike broke up fight between two England fans during Euros final’ Zara Tindall wiped blood from a seat at Wembley after Mike broke up a fight  Royal ‘pulled a handkerchief from her handbag to clean up mess pre-game’ A man was sat near the couple when … Read more

Former pupils and parents tell public inquiry how disabled school kids were given contaminated blood

Parents who sent their children to a specialist school where disabled pupils were given infected blood products were not given details of the treatment their sons were receiving, an inquiry has heard. Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special education boarding school in Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s were given … Read more

A Super Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse will grace our skies next week

Look up next week! A Super Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse will grace our skies as our natural satellite appears bigger and redder than usual The full moon that occurs in May is known as the Flower Moon as flowers bloom A total lunar eclipse is referred to as a Blood Moon due its more reddish … Read more

Simple blood test could tell pregnant women when they will give birth to within DAYS 

Pregnant women could soon be able to find out when they will give birth using a blood test. Due dates for women expecting a child are notoriously unreliable, with most women giving birth at anywhere between 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy. The timing of labour is currently estimated imprecisely, based on the average 40-week … Read more

Apple may add sensors to monitor blood sugar and alcohol levels in its upcoming Apple Watch

Your Apple Watch may tell you when you’ve had too much to drink or if your blood sugar is too high. In recent SCC filings, UK medical tech company Rockley Photonics listed Apple as its ‘largest customer,’ which could add its non-invasive sensors to the devices to measure a number of markers in the blood. … Read more

UK regulator finds total of 30 blood clots from 18 million people given the AstraZeneca vaccine

UK regulator finds total of 30 blood clots including 22 in the brain from 18 million people given the AstraZeneca vaccine out – but insist the benefits still outweigh the risks By Reuters Published: 00:47 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 02:52 BST, 2 April 2021 British regulators on Thursday said they have identified 30 … Read more

Ex-Inter Milan star Fredy Guarin ‘seen covered in blood and arrested after assaulting his parents’

Shocking clip emerges of ex-Inter Milan star Fredy Guarin covered in blood and being dragged away by police after ‘assaulting his parents at their home in Colombia’ – as major general reveals midfielder was ‘under influence of substances’ at time of arrest Ex-Inter Milan midfielder Fredy Guarin has allegedly been arrested in Colombia Police were … Read more

German hospitals ban AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over blood clot fears

Berlin and Munich have banned AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over blood clot fears a day after Canada also stopped administering the vaccine to under-55s. The suspension was taken as a ‘precautionary measure,’ Berlin’s health minister said, ahead of a meeting later today of 16 state representatives.  Earlier the prestigious Charite hospital in Berlin announced it … Read more