The majority of patients admitted to intensive care suffer long-term physical and mental health problems, scientists claim. Seven in ten ICU survivors end up with post intensive care syndrome, which can include fatigue, frailty, anxiety or difficulty holding a conversation. The findings, based on 1,300 people, are the first from an ongoing five-year study across … Read more
Dramatic aerial pictures have captured the ferocity of the fires ripping through Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. Firefighters on their tenth day battling the blaze are desperately trying to extinguish it before it wreaks a path to the site of the exploded nuclear reactor. Radiation levels in the area have already spiked since the outbreak on April … Read more
Daily death tolls are ‘airbrushing out’ hundreds of elderly people who are dying from coronavirus at care homes, furious bosses have warned today. Care England, the industry body, says around 1,000 residents could already have died from covid-19 – with even more ‘unrecorded’ deaths ‘swept under the carpet’. Matthew Reed, chief executive of charity Marie Curie, … Read more
Coronavirus sufferers in the UK have revealed how the crippling illness left them weak, breathless and coughing even after they had recovered. More than 84,000 people have been officially diagnosed with the infection since Britain’s outbreak began in February – 10,612 of them have died but many more have recovered. Getting over the virus takes … Read more
More than 100 recovered coronavirus patients in South Korea test positive again amid fears ‘reactivated’ cases could spark fresh outbreak Experts say virus may have reactivated rather than patients being re-infected Others say faulty tests may be playing a role but the cause is being investigated Officials have also hinted that strict social distancing rules … Read more