Revealed: Having an underlying health condition raises the risk of dying of coronavirus by 12-FOLD, new CDC data shows Researchers found that the most chronic health issues in coronavirus patients were cardiovascular disease, diabetes and lung disease Hospitalizations were six times higher, with 45.4% of those with underlying conditions hospitalized compared to 7.6% who didn’t have … Read more
School children under the age of 15 have a ‘tiny’ one-in-3.5 million chance of dying from coronavirus, according to statistics. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics by scientists from the University of Cambridge shows that the coronavirus risk to children is extremely low. The death rate for youngsters aged five to 14 … Read more
School children under the age of 15 have a higher risk of being struck by lightning than dying from coronavirus, according to statistics. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics by scientists from the University of Cambridge shows that the coronavirus risk to children is extremely low. The death rate for youngsters aged … Read more
Elderly people dying alone at home due to coronavirus are not being found for up to two weeks when their bodies have started to decompose, doctors reveal They have only been discovered after a relative, friend or neighbour raised alarm Some have gone undetected for so long that bodies have begun to decompose Campaigners say … Read more
Severely ill coronavirus patients treated with arthritis drug were HALF as likely to die as those who didn’t get it – and Acterma is now being eyed for a ‘treatment cocktail’ with remdesivir Half of 154 coronavirus patients on ventilators received doses of tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis Patients given the drug … Read more
A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes, his office said on Monday. Rutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government … Read more
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes, his office said on Monday. Rutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government … Read more
‘On the day she died, I couldn’t be with her or hold her hand’: Widower’s heart-breaking letter about staying apart from dying wife in lockdown – as MPs are flooded with emails in response to Dominic Cummings scandal John Wilson from Whitchurch revealed his heartbreak in a social media post He has written to Buckingham … Read more
Scientist who couldn’t be at his dying father’s side condemns Cummings for breaking lockdown amid growing anger among public Growing calls from MPs and the public for Dominic Cummings to lose his job Mr Cummings is accused of breaking lockdown rules on several occasions Neuroscientist Dean Burnett said he is ‘mind-sappingly enraged’ by the news … Read more