NHS doctors to give Covid patients statins and blood pressure drugs in hope they will prove to save lives as part of new trial Participants will be given apixaban – or Elquis – typically used to stop blood clots Or the cholesterol
Nicola Sturgeon took to Twitter last night to announce the Scottish Government had agreed a pay rise four times larger than the one proposed by Boris Johnson. But social media users have responded to her post with fury, with many saying Westminster
Over 50? Book a jab while you can: Older patients waiting for a vaccine are warned to get in quickly
Over-50s are being urged to book a jab while they still can – as it emerged some vaccine centres will temporarily close due to looming supply issues. England’s top doctor has called on anyone at risk to book a slot before the
Daily Covid cases fall 3% week-on-week to 5,605 while deaths plunge 30% to 98 – with a record 170,000 second vaccine doses dished out By Sam Blanchard Deputy Health Editor Published: 13:26 EDT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 13:29 EDT, 24 March
Ofcom will NOT pursue investigation against BBC for using N-word in report despite 18,000 complaints
Ofcom has announced it is not pursuing a complaint against the BBC after a presenter said ‘n*****’ during a report, despite receiving more than 18,000 complaints. Social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin used the offensive term when covering the hit-and-run collision between a
Number of NHS patients left in pain ‘worse than death’ waiting for hip and knee replacements has DOUBLED in a year, study claims Edinburgh University study found surge in numbers suffering from severe pain They surveyed patients waiting for hip and knee
Germany and France waded into the EU Covid vaccine row today to back threats to block exports of the AstraZeneca jab to the UK. Chancellor Angela Merkel came out in favour of an EU-first policy and the threat of a ban on
Britain today recorded a slight uptick in both coronavirus cases and deaths — despite scientists hailing separate data that suggested the second wave may be over. Department of Health bosses posted 5,379 infections, which is up 1.6 per cent from last Tuesday.
Boris Johnson is urged to lift Covid lockdown a month early as MPs warn we risk ‘squandering the advantages’ of vaccines rollout by delaying moves to reopen economy MPs warned ‘squandering advantages of vaccine programme’ by moving slowly String of Tory MPs
Common steroid has saved the lives of 1.4m Covid patients around the world, experts reveal A common steroid which costs around 50p a day can cut Covid deaths by a third The drug was made available to patients on English hospital wards