Category: Health

Sir John Bell says balance is needed in the discussion over when to end lockdown restrictions. Read Also : Tech

Paramedic Gary Watson was assaulted by a drunk patient and received serious injuries to his face. Read Also : Tech

After finding unexplained dark marks on her skin which she couldn’t explain, BBC reporter Bree Johnson decided to investigate why it seems harder to diagnose skin conditions on non-white people. She speaks to Kanayo Dike-Oduah, who nearly died as a result of a rare skin disorder, and to Malone Mukwende, who wrote a guide to…

The latest figures come amid concern over a recent small rise in cases linked to the Indian variant. Read Also : Tech

Prof Finn, from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises the government on vaccine priority, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the UK needed to achieve a high coverage of immunity across the population, not just among certain groups. Read Also : Tech

A horse therapy centre has been helping frontline NHS workers recover from the trauma of caring for coronavirus patients during the pandemic. Equine centre The Way of the Horse runs Project Pony in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Intensive care sister Amanda White, who lost her 24-year-old nephew to the virus while caring for hundreds of patients in…

A hospital confirms it is investigating “an incident involving a patient in one of our theatres”. Read Also : Tech

Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether the UK was already in a third wave of infections, Prof Gupta said: “Yes, there has been exponential growth in the number of the new cases and at least three-quarters of them are the new (Indian) variant. Read Also : Tech

The health secretary denies claims he misled the PM at the start of the pandemic about testing. Read Also : Tech

India’s second wave of Covid-19 has overwhelmed the healthcare system, leaving hospitals struggling to cope and critical drugs and oxygen in short supply. The BBC’s Nikita Mandhani shares how the trauma of the second wave in India has affected her and how she found hope whenever everything seemed bleak. Read Also : Tech