Two people are in hospital in England after being diagnosed with rare infections spread by a tick bite, Health officials confirmed a case of babesiosis, caused by a parasite that infects red blood cells, and a likely case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), which affects the central nervous system. This is the first record of a … Read more
Tens of thousands of Americans who swabbed themselves for coronavirus testing may have falsely been told they were free of infection, a new study suggests In an effort to expand stunted, lagging testing in the US, the Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for coronavirus testing using samples collected from low down in … Read more
Matt Hancock today warned of a second coronavirus wave ‘starting to roll across Europe’ towards Britain and hinted that more holiday destinations on the continent could soon face UK quarantine restrictions. The Health Secretary has confirmed the Government is ‘looking at’ plans to tell people who test positive for coronavirus to stay at home for … Read more
Testing travellers for coronavirus one week after they arrive into the UK could catch virtually all imported cases and solve Britain’s quarantine row, a study suggested today. Modelling by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found isolating people for seven days then testing them could catch 94 per cent of infections coming from high … Read more
Testing travellers for coronavirus one week after they arrive into the UK could catch virtually all imported cases and solve Britain’s quarantine row, a study suggested today. Modelling by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found isolating people for seven days then testing them could catch 94 per cent of infections coming from high … Read more
Spain has recorded 2,255 more coronavirus cases in 25 hours as Catalonia shut down it’s nightclubs for two weeks amid fears of a second wave. The Catalan government has gone ahead with its threat to close discos across the entire region as the number of cases rose to 319,501 yesterday. Nightclubs have been told they … Read more
France has reporting a sharp uptick in coronavirus cases, with more than 1,000 new infections recorded yesterday. Thursday’s figure of 1,062 new cases is nearly double the 584 seen on Tuesday, as people let their guard down heading into the country’s summer break. Health authorities say cases on the French mainland have surged by 66 … Read more
Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause ‘cuts risk of common infections’ New evidence from the University of Texas found women who took HRT had a greater variety of beneficial bacteria in their urine which reduces risk of UTIs The study confirmed theory that postmenopausal women have more infections Researchers spoke to 75 … Read more
Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health, A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more
Coronavirus case numbers continued to spike over the weekend as Florida shattered it’s previous record number of new infections in a single day on Sunday and surpassed all but eight countries worldwide for the greatest number of cases. More than 15,000 new positive coronavirus tests were reported on Sunday alone in the state, far outstripping … Read more