9pm watershed for junk food adverts as new rules announced
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdverts for junk food will not be allowed on TV before 9pm as new rules are announced, Read More
Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA simple blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before any clinical signs or symptoms of the disease…
UK deaths outnumber births for first time in 40 years
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore deaths than births have been registered in the UK for the first time since 1976. Read More
Coronavirus latest news: 'Record' numbers of children in A&E with fevers as experts fear 'winter in June'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“Record” numbers of children are turning up at A&E with winter fevers that were suppressed during lockdown, health leaders have warned. Read More
Covid-19 cases top 15,000 a day among unvaccinated people in UK
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are currently 15,099 new daily symptomatic cases of Covid-19 on average among unvaccinated people in the UK according to the long-running…
How birthdays increase risk of a Covid outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHaving a birthday within a household raises the risk of catching Covid by 30 per cent for a period of a fortnight, …
Statins found to reduce risk of cancer among heart failure patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePrescribing statin drugs to patients with heart failure can lower their risk of both developing and dying from cancer Read More
India declares 'Nepal variant' - or 'Delta plus' - to be of concern
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists today called for calm over the emergence of the potentially vaccine-resistant ‘Delta plus’ variant, claiming that there are no signs it…
Nigeria Contributed 'Paltry' 18 Percent of $6.2bn Spent On HIV/Aids in 13 Years - NACA DG
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“Only 18 per cent was contributed by the federal and state governments and one per cent came from the private sector.” Read…
No 'legal compulsion' to wear face masks when COVID restrictions are lifted
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere will be no “legal compulsion” to wear face masks once England’s coronavirus restrictions are lifted, the environment secretary has told Sky…