The number of notes issued by doctors saying someone is not fit to work due to stress-related disorders increased by 8% last year, new research suggests.more
Medical researchers in China have found the incubation period for coronavirus ranges up to 24 days - 10 days longer than experts previously thought. The research was co-authored by Dr Zhong Nanshan, who discovered the SARS coronavirus in 2003 and has been appointed as a leading advisor in managing the current coronavirus crisis.more
A GP practice in Brighton has been temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. Patients at the city's County Oak medical centre have been advised to contact the NHS 111 phone service if they have concerns.more
A plane carrying more than 200 passengers has left Wuhan for the UK amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city that has kill more than 550 people.
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Five Britons have tested positive for coronavirus in France, local health officials have confirmed. Four adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus, after a British national who recently returned from Singapore visited the French Alps.more
Air pollution seems to be associated with an increased risk of depression, and also affects the tendency to take one's life, according to researchers in the Environmental Health Perspectives.more
A baby in China's epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born, Chinese state media reported Wednesday.more
Although Poles are more and more willing to perform basic control tests, one-fifth still do so only once every few years - according to the IBRiS study carried out on behalf of Nationale-Nederlanden.more
A passenger jet taking winter-weary Canadians to Jamaica for a sunny holiday was forced to turn back after a passenger falsely claimed to have the coronavirus, the airline said Tuesday.more
A nurse at a German hospital who spent four days in custody on suspicion of giving morphine to five infants has been released after authorities said new test results showed their initial findings were wrong.more
The Belgian, in whom the coronavirus was confirmed, was flying from China together with the Poles - today informed Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska. The results of the 30 Poles who returned from Wuhan will be known on Wednesday morning.more
The Polish government is working on a bill to impose additional fees on soft drinks containing sugars, a so-called sugar tax, as a tool to fight the rapid increase in being overweight and the problem of obesity.more
