by owner | Apr 24, 2023 | Medical, News, U.K.
Five people who had the Arcturus strain of Covid have died, according to the latest data from public health chiefs. As of 17 April there were 105 cases of XBB.1.16 – also known as Arcturus – in England, with infections located in all regions apart from the North East....
by owner | Aug 10, 2022 | London, Medical, Medicine
Children living in London will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine following the discovery of poliovirus in sewage in the British capital, health authorities announced Wednesday. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said a targeted...
by owner | Jun 15, 2022 | Testing, U.K.
Covid sufferers who caught the Omicron variant will not be protected from catching it again, according to scientists at Imperial College London. The investigators say Omicron and its evolutions could explain why Covid cases remain higher than predicted in the UK....
by owner | Jun 2, 2022 | U.K.
PRINCE Andrew has tested positive for Covid – forcing him to pull out of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations The Duke of York, 62, has seen Her Majesty in the last few days but she has been tested and not met with her son since his diagnosis. ndrew...
by owner | May 31, 2022 | Medical, U.K.
PARENTS have rushed to get their kids vaccinated against chickenpox due to fears surrounding an uptick in monkeypox infections. In the last six weeks the number of people who have had a jab for chickenpox has gone up by 146 per cent. Data from Well Pharmacy shows that...
by owner | Jan 4, 2022 | News, U.K.
So far, 12 people have been infected with the new variant While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron, strain of Covid, scientists in France have identified a potentially worrying new variant, which has 46 mutations. Named IHU, the new...