Covid will be more like the common cold than flu, say scientists
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCovid will become more like a common cold than flu and reach an ‘equilibrium’ in the population within a few years, top…
Top Covid expert hits out at unvaccinated people as ‘variant factories’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnvaccinated individuals are not just risking their own health but are “factories” of potential coronavirus variants, an infectious diseases expert has told CNN. Read More
Trials of new HIV vaccine begin at Oxford University
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTrials of a new HIV vaccine have begun at Oxford University, building on the success of the Covid vaccine developed by the institution….
UNITAID: HIV generic drug for babies distributed in Nigeria, other African countries
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAid agencies have distributed a strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV in six African countries, Read More
Obesity-related illnesses ‘could overwhelm NHS unless urgent action taken’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUrgent action is needed to tackle stark inequalities in rates of obesity and obesity-related illness and prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed, Read…
More than HALF of Brits have now had both Covid jabs - as daily cases rise by 161% in a fortnight to 24,248, but deaths drop to just 15
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than half of English residents have now had both coronavirus vaccines as daily cases rise by 161 per cent in a fortnight. …
Six UK cases: Fast-spreading Lambda variant puzzles Covid scientists due to 'unusual set of mutations'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Covid-19 variant called Lambda has left Scientist from the World Health Organisation puzzled due to its ‘unusual set of mutations’. Read…
Oxygen shortages hit Bangladesh as hospitals unable to cope with Covid-19 surge
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmpty oxygen cylinders are piling up almost as fast as bodies in the city of Khulna, which has become Bangladesh’s coronavirus hotspot…
Health service buckling as third coronavirus wave fuelled by Delta variant sweeps across South Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe health system in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, is being overwhelmed by a massive wave of infections driven by the Delta…
Face masks will be a 'personal choice' under 'much more permissive regime' of COVID measures
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere will be a “much more permissive regime” of coronavirus measures in England once restrictions are eased – with the wearing of…