Scotland’s health watchdog failed to follow its own guidance and made no recommendations on how to improve the response to Covid-19 outbreaks following the Nike Conference outbreak in Edinburgh, it can be revealed.
People living with chronic conditions such as Down’s syndrome and dementia remain among the most vulnerable to Covid-19 even after vaccination, research has found.
On the tail of the Spanish influenza pandemic that killed some 50 million people worldwide at the end of World War I, a strange crippling illness spread through Europe, causing severe lethargy, nerve problems, headaches and confusion.
British holidaymakers who have had both Covid jabs could reportedly enjoy more quarantine-free travel from August.
Tens of thousands of patients will get quicker access to diagnostic tests and surgery under a new £160m NHS initiative to identify ways of tackling the vast backlog of care that built up because of Covid.
Britain will experience a third wave of Covid-19 this summer as lockdown is relaxed, a leading scientist advising the government has warned.
Ongoing Covid-19 infection fears are predicted to significantly increase car usage on the daily school run, resulting in a rise in congestion and toxic air pollution around the school gates, says new research.
Rapid spread of coronavirus variants could necessitate the reimposition of lockdown measures, a scientist advising the Government said.
People who’ve recently recovered from a cold may enjoy some protection against coronavirus, scientists have claimed.
