The coronavirus outbreak has forced GP practices across the UK to rely on technology to limit the risks of contagion for both staff and patients. Dr Richard Vautrey, the chair of the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee, revealed most GPs are now conducting consultation either via phone or online to keep patients from having […]
Coronavirus hit me the same day it did the Prime Minister. Unlike Boris Johnson though, it took me well over a week to get a diagnosis of Covid-19 infection – although still unconfirmed by a test – with a bonus case of pneumonia. During the last 12 days of illness I have escaped into a […]
Fiona Philips, 59, was one of the first celebrities to reveal her COVID-19 infection and has opened up about her gruelling experience with the deadly coronavirus. The journalist said that at times she was “scared” and spoke candidly about how the experience impacted her life. Fiona spoke to The Mirror about her three-week illness and the myriad of […]
COVID-19 has left parents grappling with the challenges of online learning, entertainment and work. It’s natural the amount of time children spend using screens will now increase. But that’s OK. Screen time recommendations we’ve enforced for so long no longer apply to our situation. There are ways to make the best of kids’ increased use […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday prolonged by a further 14 days a three-week national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, as infections notched up to 1,934. “After careful consideration of the available evidence, the national coronavirus command council has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown by a further two weeks […]
Many of the patients admitted to the ER are presumed to have COVID-19, but their tests results take days to process, the hospital workers said. Sinai-Grace Hospital did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. The emergency rooms have become so overrun at Sinai-Grace that night shift ER nurses staged a sit-in on Sunday night […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Malta recorded its first coronavirus victim Wednesday, after a 92-year old woman with underlying health issues died, the deputy prime minister said. “Unfortunately, this will not be the first and last death. We can see what is happening across the world and Malta is no exception,” Chris Fearne told a press […]
Coronavirus is an infectious disease which has been confirmed in more than 1.4 million individuals across the world. But you could lower your risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms by simply maintaining a healthy, balanced diet, and by doing regular exercise, it’s been claimed. Cases are continuing to rise in the UK, and the government […]
Could the gas that gave us Viagra hold the key to treating coronavirus? Doctors in the US and Europe are testing nitric oxide to revive oxygen starved blood vessels in the lungs and spare patients from needing ventilators Nitric oxide is a colorless gas helps blood vessels dilate, which in turn leads to increasing the […]
While the emerging data shows an alarming disparity, it is not yet being collected on a large scale, prompting activists and some members of Congress to urge federal and local governments to collect data on race and ethnicity to better understand the implications of the pandemic on certain communities. On March 27, a group of […]
