Treat family of dementia patients like key workers: Charities call for relatives to get regular Covid tests so they can see vulnerable care home residents and prevent a ‘hidden catastrophe’ Seven charities, including Alzheimer’s Society, have written to Matt Hancock Their letter urges the Health Secretary to allow more family to visit care homes They … Read more
Government will pay £2bn in wages for 300,000 young people to keep them off the dole as Rishi Sunak puts jobs at the heart of his mini-Budget today Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a mini-budget on Wednesday The plan will set out how Britain’s economy will recover from the COVID-19 crisis Mr Sunak’s … Read more
Labour has urged for all over-50s to receive a free flu vaccine to prevent a ‘perfect storm’ of a winter flu outbreak and second Covid-19 wave. Leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Government owed it to the NHS to do all it could to prevent the two outbreaks coinciding. It comes as The Royal College … Read more
Priti Patel defies her critics to expand Prevent anti-terror drive amid fears large areas of Britain are living dangerously unprotected from extremists Priti Patel has proposed dividing England and Wales into nine regional hubs Dedicated teams would operate from extremist ‘hot spots’ in each region The review was ordered after intelligence highlighted the changing nature of … Read more
Going vegan, banning the trade of exotic animals and clamping down on crowded farms could prevent the world from being ravaged by another pandemic, leading scientists warned today. A 25-strong team of wildlife and veterinary experts have identified seven routes by which pandemics could occur moving forward — and 161 ways to reduce the risk … Read more
Testing everyone for coronavirus every week could drive out the coronavirus without a second wave or another lockdown, according to scientists. Researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said routine testing, contact tracing and household isolation could stop Covid-19 ‘quite quickly’. They said Britain should do a single-city trial of the … Read more
Priti Patel signalled the Government plans to introduce a terror clampdown today as she visited the site of the Reading rampage that left three dead. The Home Secretary said it was it was important to ‘learn the lessons’ of the bloody attack in the commuter town on Saturday evening as she met police officers in Forbury Gardens. … Read more
Kim Kardashian’s KKW Beauty line is being sued by brand growth company Seed Beauty in order to prevent the ‘revealing of trade secrets’ to Coty KKW Beauty is being sued by brand development company Seed Beauty over the alleged jeopardization of their ‘trade secrets’ Seed Beauty asked for ‘an injunction blocking KKW Beauty from revealing … Read more
MMR jab used to prevent measles, mumps and rubella ‘could help protect against COVID-19’ by boosting the immune system and reducing the risk of developing deadly symptoms By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 11:01 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 11:15 BST, 19 June 2020 The MMR jab used against measles, mumps and rubella could … Read more
Scientists are testing whether blood plasma from coronavirus survivors could prevent the infection in others. Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. It’s still not entirely clear if or how much plasma from recovered patients boosts survival odds for those still fighting … Read more