Britain quarantined just 273 out of 18.1million people who arrived in the UK in the three months before the coronavirus lockdown, damning new figures reveal today. The occupants of three flights from the outbreak ground zero in the Chinese city of Wuhan and another bringing home passengers from a cruise ship of Japan were the … Read more
Over a quarter of coronavirus patients on ventilation suffer kidney failure, causing a shortage of vital equipment. Charities have warned the killer infection can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden serious condition that can be fatal if not treated immediately. Thousands in intensive care are needing special renal support that takes over the … Read more
The primary role of the free Press has always been to hold the mighty to account. To fight injustice, to ask searching questions of the rich and powerful, and to represent the interests of ordinary families when the State becomes oppressive or overweening. But there are times when words alone are not enough. We have … Read more
Doctors’ desperation over PPE: One in four medics is forced to re-use vital protective clothing as it emerges the failure to stockpile gowns and visors dates back 11 YEARS Officials failed to buy enough gowns when setting up an emergency stockpile in 2009 Washing protective clothes at temperatures high enough to kill coronavirus weakens their … Read more
Harold Reid, country singer for the Statler Brothers who sang backup for Johnny Cash, dies at 80 after kidney failure battle By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 08:48 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 08:48 BST, 25 April 2020 Country singer Harold Reid whose group the Statler Brothers sang backup for Johnny Cash has died … Read more
Care Minister Helen Whately was savaged during a series of brutal interviews this morning as she struggled to provide answers to key questions on the supply of PPE, deaths of frontline workers and testing errors. Ms Whately suffered four car crash grillings after she was sent out to bat for the government by Downing Street. … Read more
A man developed kidney failure after taking 12 times the recommended amount of vitamin D every day. The unnamed 54-year-old, from Canada, had been taking the bumper dose drops for two-and-a-half-years after being advised it by a naturopath. But his health took a turn for the worse when he took a two week holiday and … Read more
A leading Oxford professor has blasted the Government’s failure to introduce a lockdown sooner and says it was ‘completely out of step with almost all other European countries’. David Hunter condemned the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the ‘panic button’. When EU neighbours Spain, the Netherlands, France … Read more
Boeing’s 787 airliners will soon have to be turned off and on again at least every 51 days to prevent ‘several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios’. A directive from the US government will force the planes to be shut down regularly to avoid glitches in the on-board computer systems. If left for too long without being … Read more
The publisher of the French study that found hydroxychloroquine could help treat coronavirus patients is now saying the paper ‘did not meet its standards.’ President Donald Trump has hailed the research in tweets and during his daily press conferences as a ‘game changer.’ But in a statement published online, the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) addressed … Read more