Heartbreaking photos have been released of a six-month old infant in the Bay Area, who is believed to be the first recorded case of a US child with coronavirus and a rare inflammatory condition. Baby Zara was getting ready to be discharged from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, where she’d been getting treated for … Read more
BBC Hospital viewers were left heartbroken after a coronavirus patient, 73, who was ‘determined’ to beat the virus tragically died after four weeks in hospital. Speaking on tonight’s BBC2 documentary Hospital: Fighting Covid-19, Stanley told how he was ‘determined’ to beat the virus, while his wife Sonia added she had ‘enormous faith’ her husband would … Read more
Honey bees in the UK are increasingly suffering at the hands of a deadly viral disease that is sweeping England and Wales, according to a new study. British scientists found colonies of the honey bee that are infected with ‘chronic bee paralysis’ rose nearly 200-fold between 2007 and 2017. Whole colonies are frequently lost to … Read more
Some of the earliest people forced into slavery in Latin America in the 16th century have been revealed, shedding light on their tragic lives. Three male skeletons were unearthed in a mass grave on the grounds of Hospital Real de San José de los Naturales, an early colonial hospital in Mexico City. Analysis of their … Read more
Obesity raises the risk of dying from coronavirus by nearly 40 per cent, according to a major study of data collected from NHS hospitals. The research, based on 17,000 COVID-19 admissions, revealed that overall a third of Britons hospitalised with the life-threatening virus die. Death rates were 37 per cent higher among obese patients, second … Read more
More ‘petrified’ parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised at least 20 youngsters and left a dozen fighting for their lives. An alert was issued by NHS bosses on Tuesday warning GPs there had been a surge in youngsters needing … Read more
An antiviral drug that could be taken as a nasal spray can block the coronavirus from latching onto lung cells, according to laboratory trials. The medicine, marketed as Neumifil, was developed as a treatment for flu but may be able to prevent COVID-19, scientists say. A study by the University of St Andrews in Scotland … Read more
A furious row has broken out among Great Ormond Street paediatricians and the NHS after an alert was dispatched to GPs linking a deadly inflammatory disease to the coronavirus. It comes as a 13-year-old boy from Aberdeen has been fighting for his life after testing positive for coronavirus with unusual symptoms including bloodshot eyes and … Read more
Zapping the brains of older people can give them the memory of someone in their 20s. It takes only a weak electrical current to restore the thinking powers of people over 60, scientists found. The tiny pulses of electricity are thought to synchronise their brainwaves so their brain works more efficiently. Older people zapped with … Read more
Women’s blood vessels AGE faster than men’s which increases their risk of heart diseases at a younger age, study claims Women aged 30 with high blood pressure ‘more likely to have heart disease’ This is because their blood vessels and arteries are less efficient at that age Authors of study say finding may reshape way doctors assess heart … Read more