Latest Coronavirus News

• South Asian Ethnic Groups Suffered the Most from Omicron in the UK Patterns in rates of deaths involving COVID-19 between ethnic groups have changed over the course of the coronavirus pandemic reports the Office for National Statistics.
  Medscape News UK, April 08, 2022
• NHS in England 'Running Hot' Warning New figures show more A&E diverts, longer ambulance waiting times, high bed occupancy, and an increase in NHS staff off sick with COVID.
  Medscape News UK, April 08, 2022
• COVID-19 Prevalence in England 'at Record High' As funding runs out for Imperial's REACT-1 study into SARS-CoV-2 prevalence, its latest fieldwork suggests that COVID rates in England more than doubled in March.
  Medscape News UK, April 06, 2022
• 'Pandemic is Not Over' Dame Jenny Warns as Government Releases Living with COVID Guidance Protecting those at most risk of COVID-19 is the focus of the Government’s Living with COVID-19 plan, with everyone urged to maintain certain measures to help keep safe.
  Medscape News UK, April 04, 2022
• NHS Prevention Programme Slashes T2D Incidence Rates The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme has markedly reduced rates of incident type 2 diabetes in England, particularly among completers, with its success maintained during COVID, suggest analyses.
  Medscape News UK, March 31, 2022
• Government Making Inadequate Progress Towards Meeting Cancer Pledges Says New Report Commitments to improve cancer care in England are not being met, concludes new report.
  Medscape News UK, March 31, 2022
• Free COVID-19 Tests Will Remain Available for NHS Frontline Staff in England The BMA has warned that making free testing available only to health staff in patient-facing roles risks spreading COVID and impacting patient care.
  Medscape News UK, March 30, 2022
• Public Satisfaction with NHS Services Falls to the Lowest Level in 25 Years Public attitudes survey finds that health service waiting times and staff shortages have undermined confidence in the health system, but that support for the founding principles of the NHS remain resilient.
  Medscape News UK, March 30, 2022
• Finger Lengths and Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalisation Researchers suggest that finger lengths could offer doctors a hand in predicting who might experience severe acute illness from COVID-19 infection.
  Medscape News UK, March 30, 2022
• Deadline Approaching for Government to Clarify Future of COVID Testing for Health Staff A failure to continue free COVID testing for NHS workers after April 1 would amount to a tax on work and a threat to healthcare, BMA warns.
  Medscape News UK, March 29, 2022
• Timing of COVID-19 Vaccination Crucial for Blood Cancer Patients Strongest predictor of COVID-19 vaccine antibody response in patients with haematological malignancies is the timing of treatment in relation to vaccination say researchers.
  Medscape News UK, March 29, 2022
• COVID Plus Flu 'Increases Risk of Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality' Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 should be tested for other respiratory viruses, a study suggested.
  Medscape News UK, March 28, 2022
• Omicron BA.2 Causes COVID Numbers to Rise in Europe: Global COVID-19 Weekly Highlights These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week.
  Medscape News UK, March 25, 2022
• Risks of 'Time-critical' Pulmonary Embolism Being Missed in Emergency Departments Highlighted in New Report While the majority of PEs are correctly identified and treated, the healthcare safety watchdog felt that the risk of serious harm or death, if missed, warranted further exploration.
  Medscape News UK, March 25, 2022
• Lockdown Massively Increased Anxiety and Depression Diagnoses Depression and anxiety levels in the UK 'jumped markedly' as a consequence of restrictions and isolation during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, according to researchers from the University of Bath.
  Medscape News UK, March 24, 2022
• Antiplatelets Fail to Reduce Life Support Requirement in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients These drugs may, however, modestly improve overall survival at three months.
  Medscape News UK, March 24, 2022
• COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Expected to Rise Over the Next 2 Weeks Says UK Chief Medical Officer UK Chief Medical Officer has warned of an increase in hospital admissions over the next fortnight due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
  Medscape News UK, March 24, 2022
• Accelerated Dementia Deaths Early in Pandemic Deaths from dementia were unusually high during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest analysis from the Office for National Statistics.
  Medscape News UK, March 24, 2022
• UK Emergency Medical Team Supports COVID Fight in Solomon Islands The UK’s Emergency Medical Team arrived in the Solomon Islands to assist local health authorities in their response to an ongoing major outbreak of COVID-19.
  Medscape News UK, March 23, 2022
• Call for Clarity Over NHS COVID Tests Ministers have been accused of leaving NHS staff in the dark as to whether or not they will need to pay for their own COVID-19 tests.
  Medscape News UK, March 23, 2022