The Met Office has extended an extreme heat weather warning for England and Wales until Tuesday, with temperatures expected to build across the UK. That means there could be a danger to life or potential serious illness from the scorching heat.more
BA.2.75, a rapidly spreading sub-variant of Omicron, is worrying scientists around the world, currently spreading primarily in India, but the first cases of it have already been detected in Germany and the US, among others, reports US "Time".more
Following the detection of just one coronavirus infection, authorities in the 320,000-strong city of Wugang in central China's Henan province have imposed a 'hard' lockdown, with residents unable to leave their homes until tomorrow, AFP reported yesterday.more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter diagnostic test that can identify a variety of viruses that cause COVID-19-like respiratory symptoms, including RSV and influenza viruses, reports the journal JAMA.more
Parents are advised to limit their children's sun exposure as temperatures are predicted to hit highs of 30C (86F) across parts of the UK. Children should cover up in light coloured clothing and rest in the shade, a specialist children's hospital says, as a heat-health alert is issued.more
A heatwave warning has been issued for parts of the UK as temperatures are predicted to hit 30C (86F), higher than Los Angeles, Marbella and Santorini.
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No one can feel safe about the latest wave of coronavirus infections, Australia's health ministry warned, citing a nationally recorded significant increase in the number of infections with Omikron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5.more
With Covid infection levels increasing and hospitalisations following suit with the rise of the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, some experts have called for a reintroduction of mask-wearing in certain settingsmore
Spain's Health Minister Carolina Darias has recommended, due to the increase in coronavirus infections, the wearing of masks indoors and in places where there are a lot of people. The recommendation applies especially to people who are susceptible to infection.more
Aware of his impending death, a 47-year-old man decided to marry the mother of his two-month-old daughter in the intensive care unit after a severe heart attack. 12 hours after their wedding, it turned out that a heart had been found for him to transplant. He was saved. This story from a hospital in Turin was covered by the Italian media.more
Covid-19 infections in the UK have jumped by more than half a million, with the rise likely to be driven by the latest Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, figures show.
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IRELAND’S secret codeine epidemic has claimed dozens of lives since 2018, the Irish Sun has learned - amid calls by an expert to remove the pain pills from over the counter sale.more
The current coronavirus is very different from the original one, it is a different disease, so we can talk about 'Covid-22', announced Antonio Zapatero, the regional deputy health minister of Madrid in charge of the so-called Covid Plan, in an interview with the specialist online health sector journal Redaccion Medica.more
A new study at the University of Cambridge has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the MRSA superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, has emerged in cattle over the past 50 years, likely due to the widespread use of antibiotics in pig farming.more
COVID-19 infections have been steadily growing in Germany mainly due to the spread of Omicron variant BA.5, which now accounts for almost 66 per cent of all infections, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.more
In the case of employees who are able to cut themselves off from their professional duties during the holidays, a sustained elevation of mood and an increase in the level of happiness are observed, according to the analysis of the Polish Economic Institute.more
In the UK, the number of people infected with coronavirus has increased by 500,000, or 32 per cent, over the past week and now stands at 2.3 million, the ONS statistics office reported yesterday.more
