School children under the age of 15 have a higher risk of being struck by lightning than dying from coronavirus, according to statistics. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics by scientists from the University of Cambridge shows that the coronavirus risk to children is extremely low. The death rate for youngsters aged … Read more
Elderly people dying alone at home due to coronavirus are not being found for up to two weeks when their bodies have started to decompose, doctors reveal They have only been discovered after a relative, friend or neighbour raised alarm Some have gone undetected for so long that bodies have begun to decompose Campaigners say … Read more
Severely ill coronavirus patients treated with arthritis drug were HALF as likely to die as those who didn’t get it – and Acterma is now being eyed for a ‘treatment cocktail’ with remdesivir Half of 154 coronavirus patients on ventilators received doses of tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis Patients given the drug … Read more
A Tesco worker has today been charged with murder after his wife and 18-year-old daughter were found with their throats cut. Police were called to a disturbance shortly before 3pm on Monday after locals reported terrified screams from a house in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The body of 18-year-old Nikoleta Zdun was found at the property while … Read more
A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more
A couple of months ago my mum Michele had a minor operation. It wasn’t anything serious – just the correction of muscle weakness on her left eye. But it involved a heavy sedation and affected her sight. Barely 60, she’s a sharp, self-assured woman. A little anaesthetic was no big deal, she assured me. Yet when … Read more
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes, his office said on Monday. Rutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government … Read more
‘On the day she died, I couldn’t be with her or hold her hand’: Widower’s heart-breaking letter about staying apart from dying wife in lockdown – as MPs are flooded with emails in response to Dominic Cummings scandal John Wilson from Whitchurch revealed his heartbreak in a social media post He has written to Buckingham … Read more
Scientist who couldn’t be at his dying father’s side condemns Dominic Cummings for breaking lockdown amid growing anger among public Growing calls from MPs and the public for Dominic Cummings to lose his job Mr Cummings is accused of breaking lockdown rules on several occasions Neuroscientist Dean Burnett said he is ‘mind-sappingly enraged’ by the … Read more
Blood test could diagnose concussion in just 15 minutes by picking up proteins released by dying brain cells Currently brain injuries like concussion have to be diagnosed using CT scans The new way of testing would allow people access to proper treatment sooner It successfully identified 64 per cent of people with brain injuries in … Read more