The pandemic has directly or indirectly led to 225,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US, whether those people died of COVID-19 itself or an issue linked to the pandemic, such delaying care over fears of going to hospitals amid outbreaks, a new study finds. Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University found that 150,000 people died of COVID-19 … Read more
US coronavirus death toll may be undercounted by as much as 36%: Study of ‘excess deaths’ finds there may be another 75,000 unconfirmed COVID-19 fatalities Researchers looked at the number of ‘excess’ deaths between February and September compared to years prior An analysis of more than 1,000 counties revealed at least 183,000 deaths with COVID-19 … Read more
Long Covid could become a bigger public health issue than excess deaths, academic warns, as figures show 10 per cent of coronavirus patients suffer symptoms for more than a month after infection Survey by King’s College shows 10 per cent had Covid symptoms 30 days later Report from college shows women in 40s were most … Read more
The guests arrived by seaplane — a few dozen Middle Eastern men, privileged guests of a host who had paid a mind-boggling $50million (£38million) to hire the tiny island of Velaa for a month to turn it into his private playground in the Maldives. He had flown in some of the world’s top DJs and … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic made it difficult for Drake and DJ Khaled to film a music video for their hit song Popstar. But the God’s Plan singer and Wild Thoughts hitmaker enlisted the help of Justin Bieber for their video, released Thursday night. The 26-year-old, who is name dropped in the song, lives a life of … Read more
A woman whose hormone condition caused her to grow a beard has revealed how she decided to ditch shaving altogether – and says it’s the best thing she has ever done. Alma Torres, 27, who lives in The Bronx, New York, developed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at the age of 15, causing her to grow excess … Read more
The 1918 Spanish flu was more deadly of fatalities in New York City than coronavirus has been in 2020 – but COVID-19 drove up the death toll for the first several months of the year far beyond. what would be seen in a typical year, a new study finds. At the peak of New York … Read more
England suffered the highest level of excess deaths in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, startling figures today revealed amid growing fears of a second wave. Government statisticians created an interactive map of the excess mortality rate for every region in the UK, with data showing the London borough of Brent was the worst-hit area of … Read more
England had the highest level of excess deaths in Europe over the coronavirus pandemic, new figures have revealed. By the end of May, England had seen the highest overall excess deaths — fatalities from all causes that are above the level that would normally be expected — out of 21 European countries compared by the … Read more
Europe experienced a 50 per cent rise in excess mortality at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, according to data released by France‘s Insee statistics agency earlier today. The figures show that over the course of one week, between March 30 and April 6, European countries saw more than 33,742 excess deaths. Excess mortality is the … Read more