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Published 9 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic A senior public health official in Hull has said it is "reasonable" for people to wear face coverings again, as the country sees a surge in Covid cases. James Crick, public health consultant for Hull City Council, said the rise, though expected, is concerning. He said he supported the wearing of face coverings in enclosed spaces. Mr Crick said: "Given the rising number of cases, it's absolutely reasonable for people to do so." UK Covid infections are up by about a third, according to the latest weekly Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. Around 2.3m people in the UK had coronavirus in the week ending 24 June, up by 600,000 from the week before. In England, almost 9,000 hospital beds were taken up with Covid patients on 30 June, a doubling of … [Read more...] about Hull public health boss gives face mask advice as Covid cases rise

Gogglebox star Rylan Clark has given fans an update on his mum’s health after Channel 4 viewers noticed she was using a drip during her latest appearance on the show. The 33-year-old TV personality appears on the celeb version of the hit show alongside his mum Linda and both have become fan favourites. Channel 4 viewers were left concerned on Friday, when many noticed that the 69-year-old had a drip connected in her arm. Celebrity Gogglebox fans then took to Twitter to ask Rylan for a health update on his mum after the scenes, with one tweeting: “Rylan is Mum ok? Saw the drip on." The former Big Brother contestant quickly responded, writing: “Had a lot of people ask, mum is fine, she has a tpn line for a feed… to do with her crohns. V normal. Thanks for asking xx.” Gogglebox fans then took to Twitter to ask Rylan for a health update ( Image: Channel 4) The Essex duo took a year off the Channel 4 series due to Linda’s battle with Crohn’s disease, which is a … [Read more...] about Rylan shares mum Linda’s health update after worried Gogglebox fans spotted her drip

Belatedly, the Government has finally woken up and taken steps to ramp up testing for coronavirus. But can it really take a month to get up to German levels of it? The excuse offered is Britain’s lack of a significant diagnostics industry, which is having to be built from scratch. If we’d started a month ago, it scarcely needs saying, we’d already be there. Tardy, incoherent, and constantly shifting, the Government’s approach to the pandemic seems to date to have been governed by little more than wishful thinking. Let’s hope that yesterday marked a decisive turning point. Speaking on ITV’s Peston show earlier this week, Professor Jonathan Van Tam, the UK’s deputy chief medical officer, said that he thought testing for coronavirus was “a bit of a side issue”, and that the important thing was “social distancing, stopping people coming into contact, so that the rate of new cases slows.” This bizarrely ill-thought through view – careless as it is of the economic consequences of the … [Read more...] about Health bureaucrats have led us towards ruin

STUFF Influenza is back on tour this winter. But it's just the flu - surely there's nothing to worry about? Not so fast. (first published June 2, 2022) Northland patients are waiting up to four weeks to see their GP as medical centres battle a GP shortage, an increasing workload and rising cases of Covid-19 and flu. Patients say the waits are not good enough, and they fear not enough is being done in new health reforms to fix the problems . The challenges come as Tai Tokerau’s hospitals are full , with patients being treated in corridors and on chairs. One patient, Brian, whose last name Stuff agreed not to use, has to wait a month to see a doctor at Dargaville Medical Centre for a suspected rotator cuff injury after a fall. READ MORE: Beyond broken: Why GPs fear for the future under Government health reforms Northland hospital patients 'being treated in corridors, chairs' as flu and Covid-19 hit Take Five: Rising Covid-19 case numbers a sign of … [Read more...] about Patients sick, in pain, wait weeks to see their GP in ongoing health crisis

S ometime around 2010, about two-thirds of the way through his 13 years at the helm of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)—the world’s largest mental-health research institution—Tom Insel started speaking with unusual frankness about how both psychiatry and his own institute were failing to help the mentally ill. Insel, runner-trim, quietly alert, and constitutionally diplomatic, did not rant about this. It’s not in him. You won’t hear him trash-talk colleagues or critics. Listen to the audio version of this article: Feature stories, read aloud: download the Audm app for your iPhone. Yet within the bounds of his unbroken civility, Insel began voicing something between a regret and an indictment. In writings and public talks, he lamented the pharmaceutical industry’s failure to develop effective new drugs for depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia; academic psychiatry’s overly cozy relationship with Big Pharma; and the paucity of treatments produced by the … [Read more...] about The Smartphone Psychiatrist

MEAT eating Brits could be at risk of a deadly superbug after traces of it were found in supermarket products. An investigation discovered that some British pork has been infected with enterococci bacteria. This bacteria can be dangerous as it can cause issues such as urinary tract infections (UTIs). In serious cases, the bacteria can enter the bloodstream, infecting it and impacting both the heart and brain. Tests found that more than 10 per cent of products had the strain - which showed resistance to an antibiotic used to treat serious illness in humans. Products tested include some that were marked 'Red Tractor assured' as well some organic lines. Read more on bacteria BUG BEAR Warning over rise of Victorian disease as bacteria become 'immune to drugs’ GERM SPIKE Warning over killer bacteria found in hedgehogs and deadly to humans Bacteria was present in items such as mince, chops and joints. … [Read more...] about Urgent warning over traces of deadly superbug found in supermarket meat

A MAN so sick that doctors thought he had cancer had in fact overdosed on a common supplement. And NHS experts are concerned that taking excessive amounts of vitamins is becoming a growing problem. The unnamed middle-aged man, from Kent, started taking a cocktail of supplements after seeing a nutritional therapist. He took 20 over-the-counter pills every day in the pursuit of health. The daily requirement for vitamin D is 600mg, but the patient was taking more than 80 times that, at 50,000mg each day. He was also taking around 20 times the recommended daily dose of omega-3, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 - 2000mg twice daily compared to 200-500mg. Read more on supplements DRUG ALERT How many paracetamol are dangerous? DRUG DEAL Major change to NHS prescriptions announced - are you affected? The body makes vitamin D in response to sunlight, but it can also be consumed in some foods, such as oily fish. In … [Read more...] about Doctors shocked to discover true cause of man’s illness after fearing cancer

The Conservative Party and Democratic Unionist Party have agreed a confidence and supply deal to support the Conservative minority government . The deal was signed by Gavin Williamson, the Government’s chief whip, with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP's chief whip. Some of the cash is being spent through city deals to avoid increasing the block grant and triggering more sums to be paid to Scotland, England or Wales. The £1billion deal works out at just over £550 for every person living in Northern Ireland The key parts of the deal : Pensions There will be no change to the triple-lock on pensions - which guarantees pensions will rise by 2.5 per cent, inflation or average earnings, which ever is the greater. The Conservatives had set out plans in their manifesto to down-grade the protection to a double-lock. Winter fuel allowance Tory plans to introduce means-testing for the winter fuel allowance in most of the UK have been dropped. An extra £1 billion in … [Read more...] about Defence spending, pensions and a veto on future laws: Key points of the £1 billion Conservative/DUP deal

TikTok and Instagram are behind the increase in the number of children who vape in the UK, a new report states. Newer, disposable e-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular with Gen-Zs, who are exposed to advertising on such social media apps. Costing around £5 each and coming in a wide range of fruity flavours instead of an ashy taste and smell, they attract a much younger crowd influenced by what they have seen while scrolling online. According to the survey carried out for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and part-funded by the Department of Health, some 52% of under-18s who vape said disposable e-cigarettes were their favoured product. This represents a dramatic rise on the 7% who said the same thing in 2020. Deborah Arnott, chief executive of ASH, said: ‘The disposable vapes that have surged in popularity over the last year are brightly coloured, pocket-size products with sweet flavours and sweet names. ‘They are widely available for under a fiver – no … [Read more...] about Ads on TikTok and Instagram ‘behind rise in children vaping’

Scientists have detected the monkeypox virus lying on surfaces of two hospital rooms, according to a new study. Lead author Dominik Nörz swabbed the surfaces of two rooms holding hospitalized monkeypox patients in Germany, and the adjacent anterooms, where staff would change in and out of personal protective equipment (PPE). The findings showed that all surfaces "directly touched" by the patients' hands had viral contamination. The scientists found the highest viral loads on the surfaces of the patients' bathrooms. Monkeypox cases have continued to spread across at least 52 nations. Before the latest outbreak, monkeypox was only usually recorded in West and Central Africa. The infectious disease's symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a body rash. The virus was also detected on chairs, which both patients used frequently, the mobile phone of one patient, and both patients' fabrics. Contamination detected on the surfaces of the rooms is believed to primarily be from … [Read more...] about What scientists found on surfaces in monkeypox patient hospital rooms