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Terrifying quad-demic could ruin your Christmas gatherings, warn health chiefs - as spiralling cases of potentially deadly vomiting bug hit 10-year high
4 days, 3 hours ago

Terrifying quad-demic could ruin your Christmas gatherings, warn health chiefs - as spiralling cases of potentially deadly vomiting bug hit 10-year high

Daily Mail  

Brits were today warned of an alarming upsurge in contagious norovirus as cases hit a decade-high. Rates of the vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are also more than double the levels seen pre-Covid for this time of year, fresh figures show. Separate flu figures also released today by the UK Health Security Agency show cases and hospitalisations have …

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Fresh flu warning as explosion shows 'no signs of letting up' - with hospitalisations up 50 per cent in a week, say health chiefs
4 days, 8 hours ago

Fresh flu warning as explosion shows 'no signs of letting up' - with hospitalisations up 50 per cent in a week, say health chiefs

Daily Mail  

Britain is being battered by a tidal wave of festive flu, health chiefs warned today. Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England have already surpassed last year's peak and are running at their highest level so far this winter. Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England have already …

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New norovirus alert: Health chiefs order Brits to stay home for 2 days if they've got vomiting bug to contain new ultra-infectious variant
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New norovirus alert: Health chiefs order Brits to stay home for 2 days if they've got vomiting bug to contain new ultra-infectious variant

Daily Mail  

Brits were today warned of an upsurge in highly contagious norovirus cases. Experts also said a variant dubbed 'Kawasaki', first spotted in Japan, now accounts for almost 70 per cent of all cases. According to figures released by the UK Health Security Agency, there were 447 confirmed cases of the bug between October 14 and 27. Since the start of …

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England's measles hotspots revealed in interactive map
11 months, 1 week ago

England's measles hotspots revealed in interactive map

Daily Mail  

Unvaccinated children in the West Midlands are being forced to isolate for up to three weeks amid the region's biggest measles outbreak since the 1990s. Birmingham Children's Hospital has In a letter to parents, Birmingham City Council warned that pupils who have not had the vaccine — given to children aged one, followed by a second dose at three years …

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Keep your dogs on a leash and cats indoors, pet owners told amid unprecedented bird flu outbreak
1 year, 5 months ago

Keep your dogs on a leash and cats indoors, pet owners told amid unprecedented bird flu outbreak

Daily Mail  

Cats should be kept indoors and dogs on a leash — if you want to protect them from bird flu, European health chiefs have warned. Scientists have also raised the alarm about bird flu deaths among wild mammals, like foxes, which can catch the virus by hunting sickened birds or scavenging the dead. A National Trust ranger clears dead birds …

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Bird flu could kill one in TWENTY humans who get infected, reveal worst-case scenario models
1 year, 8 months ago

Bird flu could kill one in TWENTY humans who get infected, reveal worst-case scenario models

Daily Mail  

Bird flu could kill one up to one in 20 people it infects, according to Government worst-case scenarios. UK scientists tasked with developing 'scenarios of early human transmission' of bird flu have warned that five per cent of infected people could die if the virus took off in humans. Under another scenario, the scientists assumed 1 per cent of those …

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UK health chiefs crank up plans for spring AND autumn Covid vaccine roll-outs
1 year, 10 months ago

UK health chiefs crank up plans for spring AND autumn Covid vaccine roll-outs

Daily Mail  

It means that millions of Britons will have had an eighth vaccine by next winter Britain's universal Covid vaccine programme will be wound down this year as the country settles into post-pandemic life. Those who are older and those who are immunosuppressed should also receive an extra booster vaccine dose this spring, they advised Latest government data shows that 64.5 …

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Ambulance union baron tells Rishi Sunak to come out of 'hiding'
1 year, 11 months ago

Ambulance union baron tells Rishi Sunak to come out of 'hiding'

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak was today urged to 'come out of hiding' by union chiefs who accused him of dodging vital pay negotiations needed to end NHS strikes. GMB union ambulance workers on the picket line outside the Donnington Ambulance Hub, in Donnington, near Telford, Shropshire on January 23 NHS staff at Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool take part in strikes …

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Biden to get his updated Covid booster vaccine tomorrow
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden to get his updated Covid booster vaccine tomorrow

Daily Mail  

Biden is also expected to use it as an opportunity to urge other's to get the shot President Joe Biden will get his updated 'bivalent' Covid vaccine tomorrow amid a sluggish rollout of the new jab. Biden's Covid vaccination and infection timeline President Joe Biden has had four Covid vaccinations so far, and also tested positive for the virus once. …

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Return of the mask! Five NHS trusts have already brought back mandatory face covering rules
2 years, 2 months ago

Return of the mask! Five NHS trusts have already brought back mandatory face covering rules

Daily Mail  

At least five NHS trusts in England have brought back mask requirements due to Covid's resurgence, MailOnline can reveal. Some are also telling patients to wear masks and reimposing social distancing guidelines, in scenes reminiscent of the earliest days of the pandemic It comes as Kate Middleton was pictured wearing a mask today while on a visit to Royal Surrey …

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How to have SEX with monkeypox: Bizarre CDC guide revealed
2 years, 6 months ago

How to have SEX with monkeypox: Bizarre CDC guide revealed

Daily Mail  

The CDC has issued bizarre guidance telling Americans infected with monkeypox to have sex by masturbating at least six feet away from their partner, among other recommendations. Bizarre advice from health chiefs on how to have sex without catching a disease Health chiefs in Canada and America have issued bizarre advice on how not to catch Covid or monkeypox while …

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NHS waiting list spikes to ANOTHER record high: Now 6.4MILLION patients are stuck in queues
2 years, 7 months ago

NHS waiting list spikes to ANOTHER record high: Now 6.4MILLION patients are stuck in queues

Daily Mail  

The number of people in the queue for routine NHS treatment in England has soared to another high and record numbers are facing 'frightening waits' in A&E. NHS data shows one in nine people were in the queue for elective operations such as hip and knee replacements and cataracts surgery by March — up from 6.18m in February Separate data …

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Fears of fresh Omicron restrictions within DAYS
3 years ago

Fears of fresh Omicron restrictions within DAYS

Daily Mail  

Fresh Covid restrictions could be imposed within days as ministers put plans in place to recall Parliament during Christmas if cases of the Omicron variant hit 1million a day by the New Year. On another dramatic day of the coronavirus crisis: The Omicron variant has become dominant in London barely two weeks after it was first detected, health chiefs revealed …

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Victoria Derbyshire reveals her triple-vaccinated brother has caught Covid after a Christmas meal
3 years ago

Victoria Derbyshire reveals her triple-vaccinated brother has caught Covid after a Christmas meal

Daily Mail  

Victoria Derbyshire's brother has caught Covid at a Christmas meal with friends despite being triple-vaccinated. Victoria Derbyshire, 53, revealed on Twitter that 17 of the 21-strong group - all of whom were vaccinated - have been infected with the virus and that her sibling, Nick Derbyshire, 51, 'feels rough' and is in isolation Nick Derbyshire is a former English first-class …

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Omicron-hotspot London is suffering the FASTEST growth in cases of all England's regions
3 years ago

Omicron-hotspot London is suffering the FASTEST growth in cases of all England's regions

Daily Mail  

Omicron already makes up 30 per cent of new Covid cases in London, according to confidential data given to ministers that underlines the severity of the situation Britain faces in the run-up to Christmas as fears grow that even tougher restrictions may be needed. The analysis was done by Professor Alastair Grant, a Covid modeller at the University of East …

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UK daily Covid hospitalisations hit 1,000 for first time in six weeks
3 years, 2 months ago

UK daily Covid hospitalisations hit 1,000 for first time in six weeks

Daily Mail  

Britain's daily Covid hospitalisations today breached 1,000 for the first time in six weeks but SAGE scientists insisted it was 'highly unlikely' that the NHS would be overwhelmed by the virus this winter even without restrictions in advice that justifies No10's bold decision to reject immediately resorting to 'Plan B'. It was based on the booster doses given 'sustained' immunity …

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The holiday stampede to France begins TODAY: Bookings surge as quarantine is axed
3 years, 4 months ago

The holiday stampede to France begins TODAY: Bookings surge as quarantine is axed

Daily Mail  

Britons trying to book for France have today accused Eurotunnel, Eurostar and easyJet of 'ripping off' customers who claimed the price of passage trebled as soon as the Government announced it would scrap quarantine for tourists returning from Sunday. Experts are predicting that there will be a flurry of bookings for France but there is already a battle for accommodation …

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Covid, what Covid? 18,000 fans cricket fans party like it's 2019 at Edgbaston
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid, what Covid? 18,000 fans cricket fans party like it's 2019 at Edgbaston

Daily Mail  

Heat maps, 'human snakes' and negative lateral flow tests: The rules 18,000 cricket spectators have to follow at Edgbaston pilot event There is no social distancing at Edgbaston, but the stadium is using a range of measures to minimise the risk of transmission of Covid. They include: Obtaining a negative lateral flow test, which are less accurate than the more …

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Travellers are set to get free Covid testing kits and more countries will join our 'green list'
3 years, 8 months ago

Travellers are set to get free Covid testing kits and more countries will join our 'green list'

Daily Mail  

Travel restrictions to dozens of holiday destinations are set to be watered down in time for the summer holidays. Travel, said the report was 'an important step towards resuming international travel' but 'falls short in providing solutions', adding the current cost of Covid tests risked pricing people out of taking holidays. Health chiefs yesterday administered 408,396 second doses and 99,530 …

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Covid-19 UK: UK's Covid outbreak is now in a similar position as it was in JULY
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 UK: UK's Covid outbreak is now in a similar position as it was in JULY

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson today faced fresh calls to speed up lockdown easing plans as even more data showed England's coronavirus outbreak is still in retreat, with cases now at levels not seen since last summer. PHE data from the week before showed three quarters of councils saw a drop in cases Covid cases fell in every age group last week, Public …

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Tom Cruise holds crisis talks with Mission Impossible 7 director
4 years, 1 month ago

Tom Cruise holds crisis talks with Mission Impossible 7 director

Daily Mail  

Tom Cruise was pictured deep in conversation with his Mission Impossible 7 director on Wednesday, days after 12 people on set reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Tom and Christopher, who has worked with Tom on previous Mission Impossible movies and Jack Reacher in recent years, were deep in conversation at their luxury base in the city while a photographer shot …

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NHS on life support: Up to one in six will be on waiting lists as health service turns to private hospitals
4 years, 3 months ago

NHS on life support: Up to one in six will be on waiting lists as health service turns to private hospitals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One hospital chief said: “The outer circle of what we provide is going to shrink.” …

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US health chiefs approve antidepressant nasal spray derived from 'party' drug ketamine
4 years, 4 months ago

US health chiefs approve antidepressant nasal spray derived from 'party' drug ketamine

Daily Mail  

An antidepressant nasal spray derived from the illegal 'party' drug ketamine has been approved by US health chiefs to treat suicidal people An antidepressant nasal spray derived from the party drug ketamine has been approved by US health chiefs to treat suicidal people. The fast-acting spray is made from esketamine, a chemical cousin of ketamine, which has been used for …

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