Patients forced to wait months for vital NHS diagnostic tests
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMedical teams have warned that some diagnostic services in the NHS are “close to failure”, with more than 184,000 patients in England waiting…
Thousands are left without water and dozens are evacuated as burst water main floods London street
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands have been left without water while dozens were evacuated after a burst water main flooded a London street as Big Thaw…
Singer Asake is 'devastated' and 'overwhelmed with grief' as woman, 33, dies after being injured in crowd crush at Brixton Academy when ticketless fans stormed his gig
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigerian artist Asake said he is ‘devastated’ and ‘overwhelmed with grief’ after a woman died following a crowd crush outside his…
More than 1m poor people with health problems in England at risk from cold
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than a million people living with heart and breathing problems could be at greater risk of hospitalisation or death owing to…
Shanghai schools to go online as Covid spreads in China
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina’s largest city, Shanghai, has ordered most of its schools to take classes online as Covid cases soar. Read More
Hospitals told to free up beds for ambulance strike
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHospitals should free up beds to prepare for “extensive disruption” caused by ambulance staff strikes in England, NHS bosses have urged. Read…
‘What was it for?’: the mental toll of China’s three years in Covid lockdowns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter China’s abrupt scaling back of its zero-Covid restrictions, many ordinary Chinese people are struggling to cope with the mental trauma from three…
Bad oyster alert: Food poisoning outbreak linked to raw seafood sees more than 200 people struck down across at least eight states
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 200 Americans in eight states have contracted norovirus after eating contaminated raw oysters. Read More
Covid can be caught from DEAD BODIES for up to 17 days, scientists warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCovid could potentially spread from corpses to the living in a zombie-like fashion, two new studies suggest. Read More
NHS announces Covid booster jab teams have visited every care home in England
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHS vaccination teams have visited every care home across the country to offer Covid boosters and flu jabs. Read More