The Prime Minister has said he understands the public’s desire to lower the two metre limit as shops around the country reopen this week – PIPPA FOWLES /AFP 11:09 PM What happened today Follow the latest news in Wednesday’s live blog 10:25 PM WHO hails Britain’s new steroid treatment The […]
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By Kate Kelland and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic. Trial results announced on Tuesday […]
Boris Johnson More than 2 million people who are under orders to stay home and be fully “shielded” will be told they can stop isolating at the end of next month, it has emerged. After being forced to “cocoon” themselves at home since the beginning of lockdown, members of the public […]
Because of coronavirus, you can expect changes when visiting the doctor. Getty Images / Ariel Skelley What happens when a pandemic brings in-person visits with your doctor to a grinding halt? While the world grappled with managing COVID-19, millions found routine appointments – for vaccines, pap smears, mammograms, colonoscopies or […]
Japanese scientists have identified a protein that thrives in the human brain on fatigue and stress and dramatically increases the likelihood of depression – a breakthrough that may lead to improved diagnosis and treatment. It has long been understood that over-tiredness and stress are some of the root causes of […]
Visitors ride a roller coaster at Universal Studios theme park on the first day of reopening from the coronavirus pandemic, on June 5, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images) Universal Orlando reopened in early June and the theme park […]