British officials have identified a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said this week that the dead animal had been removed from a farm in Somerset, southwest England, adding there was “no risk to food safety”. “The UK’s overall risk status […]
FILE PHOTO: A shipment of doses of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen after arriving at Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File PhotoGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei said on Tuesday the Central American nation has renegotiated its contract for the delivery […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will provide an update Monday on plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in England, amid speculation that he will scrap rules that require people to wear masks in many public settings. Johnson is scheduled to hold a press conference on the government’s current outlook for “freedom day”—the plan to end the remaining […]
Only 15 people out of almost 60,000 who attended nine pilot events for mass gatherings have since tested positive for coronavirus, British health officials said Friday. The government allowed limited crowds at the events—including two FA Cup games, the World Snooker Championship and the Brit Awards—over recent weeks to assess their impact on COVID-19 transmission. […]
Levels of childbearing in all the countries of the UK were declining even before the pandemic. A new study suggests that the impact of COVID-19 could mean a further fall in fertility rates to historically low levels. At present, there is little information on pregnancy rates during 2020, or on live birth rates in the […]
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine was 100 percent effective in preventing severe disease, as a row simmered between Britain and the EU over much-needed supplies of the jab. The AstraZeneca shot is cheaper and easier to store than many of its rivals, several countries in Europe and other parts […]
Almost 60% of UK frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs) experienced a mental health disorder during the first COVID-19 lockdown, with many of those surveyed suffering “very high rates of distress”, suggests a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Haifa, Israel. Given the significantly high levels of mental health […]
British students, backed by a robust coronavirus testing program, are gearing up to return to school Monday after a two-month closure, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson says is a plan to get the country “moving closer to a sense of normality.” The reopening of schools is the first step in the U.K. government’s plan […]
The first UK COVID-19 lockdown saw a “rapid and sustained” fall in violence outside the home in the Welsh capital city, a new study led by Cardiff University has shown. Researchers from Cardiff University’s Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied data from Cardiff’s sole emergency […]
Coronavirus variants are ‘something that we all need to be taking seriously’: Dr. Tom Inglesby Dr. Tom Inglesby, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security director, tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ he is ‘concerned’ about virus mutations. He also discusses the COVID-19 vaccine rollout process. The coronavirus variant that originated in the United Kingdom and has since […]
