David Gomoh, 24, and Karl Gallagher, 31, named as victims of two separate stabbings over the weekend

An NHS worker was brutally stabbed to death by masked men in an ‘unprovoked attack’ just days after losing his father to suspected coronavirus. David Gomoh, 24, was fatally wounded in a knife attack on Sunday, just seconds after leaving his home in Newham, London. The keyworker was on the phone to a female friend … Read more

Victims’ families to sue Royal Caribbean cruises over New Zealand White Island volcano tragedy 

24 Australians were among 47 tourists on New Zealand’s White Island when it erupted.    THE DEAD:  Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, from Brisbane, have been officially confirmed dead.  Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, (pictured) from Brisbane are among the dead Martin Hollander and his wife Barbara Martin Berend Hollander, … Read more

Sky News presenter chokes back tears as she reads out obituaries for coronavirus victims live on TV

Sky News presenter Kimberley Leonard chokes back tears as she reads out obituary for 33-year-old pharmacist who died of coronavirus a day after her father died Anchor Kimberley Leonard became overwhelmed with emotion during a bulletin Her voice broke yesterday as she shared stories of those who died of the bug It came as the … Read more

MDMA reopens a ‘window in the brain’ that lets PTSD victims form new bonds

The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests.  MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD.  Scientists have observed the way … Read more

Coronavirus is killing its victims up to 13 YEARS before they would have died naturally, study finds

Coronavirus is killing people more than a decade before they would have died naturally, according to a study. Men who die of COVID-19 are losing, on average, 13 years of their lives, scientists say, while women have 11 years cut off their life expectancy. The disease, which has hospitalised more than 100,000 people in the … Read more

Heart attack and stroke victims have to wait more than TWO HOURS for an ambulance

Heart attack and stroke victims have to wait more than TWO HOURS for an ambulance as coronavirus crisis starts to squeeze front line services EXCLUSIVE Emergency response times are the worst on record  1000s of heart attack victims are waiting over two hours for an ambulance  Patients with heart attacks, strokes bumped down waiting list … Read more

Can coronavirus victims’ blood plasma save lives?

A blood product drawn from deep within the veins of people who have recovered from coronavirus may help others win their fight against it. Convalescent plasma, as the treatment is known, is being investigated both as a treatment for Covid-19 and as a way of protecting frontline medical staff from catching the virus. But just … Read more

UK announces more coronavirus victims

England announces 429 more coronavirus victims in NHS hospitals taking the UK’s death toll to 16,489 By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:03 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 14:15 BST, 20 April 2020 NHS England has announced 429 more deaths from the coronavirus in its hospitals, taking the total UK death … Read more

Canada police arrest suspected gunman after shootings with several victims

Gabriel Wortman was taken into custody shortly before 11am by The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Atlantic Canadian province of rural Nova Scotia A 51-year-old gunman has been arrested on Sunday in Canada after police said he was suspected of shootings in Portapique that resulted in several victims. Gabriel Wortman was taken into custody … Read more

The secret victims of domestic abuse 

But this groundbreaking project offers an escape, as Anna Moore reports  ‘One man had the dog euthanised on the day his wife left him. It was a punishment for her’ The first time Sally Roberts* left her abusive husband, it was because she’d been hospitalised with a mental breakdown. When she was discharged, instead of returning home, … Read more