Oxygen shortages are killing thousands. Why aren’t we doing more about this?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe basics of caring for acutely unwell patients are simple: air needs to go in and out and blood needs to go…
US report 'found that Covid may have leaked from Wuhan lab'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA report on the origins of Covid-19 by a US government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis claiming the virus leaked from…
Only 2% of hospital patients with Delta variant are fully vaccinated, new figures show
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust 2 per cent of people admitted to hospital with the Delta variant have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine Read More
Pets jabbed after scientists developed Covid vaccine for animals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s no shaggy dog story – pets are now being jabbed after Russian scientists developed the world’s first Covid-19 vaccination for animals. Read…
Lioness dies of COVID-19 at an Indian zoo
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lion has died from Covid-19 at an Indian zoo where eight others also tested positive for the virus. Read More
India cautiously starts to open up as coronavirus cases decline
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBusinesses in two of India’s largest cities are reopening as part of a phased easing of lockdown measures in several states Read…
COVID figures are 'evidence' of third wave, says former govt scientific adviser
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSir David King, a former chief scientific adviser to the government, said the current COVID-19 figures are “evidence of another wave appearing”. …
Coronavirus mutated 32 times inside HIV-positive woman over 7 months
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA study on the woman raised the possibility that new variants could be sourced from HIV. Read More
India battles surge in cases of rare deadly inflammatory syndrome striking children who caught Covid weeks after they have seemingly recovered
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndia is battling a surge in cases of a deadly inflammatory syndrome striking children who have caught Covid-19. Read More
Hospital patients with Covid are now younger and get less sick as expert says vaccines have 'broken the chain' between infections and serious illness
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are now younger, get less sick and go home sooner, experts have revealed. Read More