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One paramedic today warned patients in Sheffield considered Category 3 - those suffering burns, diabetic problems or in late stage labour - were now waiting almost 24 hours for care. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mJHJbg

The NHS is still yet to prominently display the update to guidance a week after the change was made. Ministers have slashed self-isolation to seven days for those that test negative for the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3z99oHI

Africa Health Research Institute scientists found Omicron fighting antibody levels spiked 14-fold, but those against Delta also rose 4-fold. The tests were carried out in Durban, South Africa. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ezr8m3

The rapid home testing kits were available to order around 1pm today. But by 1.15pm the Government's website shared a message saying 'Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for these tests right now'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pGT5yZ

King's College London experts - who monitor the outbreak using a symptom-tracking app - estimate infections jumped 33 per cent in a week to around 192,000 per day. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3zdk8Fi

NHS statistics revealed the proportion of so-called 'incidental' coronavirus admissions had risen to a record 29 per cent in England - sparking claims that official figures were misleading. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ewb5pn

Early US Government data reports lateral flow tests are less effective at detecting Omicron. The finding is at odds with UK health chiefs who insist that the tests can detect the new Covid variant. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/346aSHs

The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies has called for urgent action to improve the supply of lateral flow testing kits due to the 'unprecedented demand' ahead of NYE plans. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3FHz7JR

Sol Smith-Ryan, six, (pictured) from Anglesey, had his drumming dream has come true after his father created an attachment that snaps the drumsticks in place. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3z7r7iH

A breakthrough could help thousands of women with the 'Jolie gene' to delay or avoid cancer surgery and allow doctors to predict when and if patients with a faulty gene develop breast and ovarian cancer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pzZE6n

South Africa, which was one of the first in the world to fall victim to Omicron, hit its peak in the seven days to December 17, when an average of 23,437 cases were recorded. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3Hg4g7y

NHS England data reveals another 1,374 coronavirus-infected patients were admitted onto wards on Boxing Day, up nearly 50 per cent in a week. It marks the highest daily toll since February. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3FARfFn

There have now been 668 hospital admissions among patients in England who have either swabbed positive for Omicron or are heavily suspected of having it, according to the UKHSA. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3HlwTQC

Professor Rupert Pearse, who is on the frontlines at the Royal London Hospital, said most patients in critical care wards were in their 20s and 30s. He said unjabbed people were more at risk from Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yX049R

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Included in the order are 2.5million more doses of Pfizer's Paxlovid, which has been shown to slash the risk of vulnerable adults being hospitalised by up to 90%, and 1.75m courses of Lagevrio. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3plqMWG

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Walgreens announced that it's limiting customers to purchases of four at-home COVID-19 test kits, due to an 'unprecedented increase in demand'. CVS and Walmart are also limiting test purchases. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3H1JyIl

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These 'regulars' attend their GP surgery around 60 times a year, five times more than other patients. They are mainly elderly patients, in particular women, with chronic diseases such as diabetes. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3moZ2ON

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The pledge to jab 1m adults a day has still not been hit, and means 2.1m adults must receive a booster every day - including on Christmas Day an Boxing Day - if the target is achieved. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3Ec1wGv

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The number of cases of Covid in the UK has risen by 32,491, or 64.5 per cent, in seven days. But is lower than yesterday's figure of 90,418. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yJXp3a

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A review of 95 studies carried out in Europe, the US and Asia found 40.5 per cent positive Covid cases do not display a single symptom, such as a fever or cough. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yGjpMs

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Anyone infected with the virus must isolate for ten days after first developing symptoms or a positive test. The 'blunt tool' fails to account for infectiousness and is fuelling 'lockdown by stealth'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mfjIZy

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Covid infection survey - based on random swabs of 100,000 people - estimates around 936,000 had the virus on any given day last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mcFu05

A study by Columbia University found Omicron's extensive mutations make it 'markedly resistant' to antibodies from a previous infection and vaccines, including boosters. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yCTg0N

The guidance update comes four months after self-isolation for vaccinated close contacts was dropped in England. It has raised questions over why it took so long to make the update. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p2OBC9

The ONS quizzed more than 3,000 people during the first two weeks of December, as the first cases of Omicron in the UK were identified and the Prime Minister confirmed Plan B measures. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30BaY8B

The UK has only ordered 250,000 courses of 'game changing' new anti-Covid pill that slashes the risk of serious disease by up to 90%, less than half of the doses ordered by smaller countries like Australia. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3e3l98S

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Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, said it took 16 months to publish a conflict of interest statement in which he revealed Peter Daszack had links to the Wuhan laboratory. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p5C55e

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The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Omicron variant than it is against other strains, the company revealed Wednesday, though a booster shot can up antibody levels. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3IURfBQ

About 40% of COVID-19 cases may occur without symptoms, according to a new Chinese study compiling results from past research. The number is higher for travelers and other populations. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yrlewq

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied J&J a bid to block a Mississippi lawsuit alleging the company did not do enough to inform consumers about the risks in using its talc-based baby powder. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dPlqfC

The Omicron variant is currently causing about 13% of new COVID-19 cases in New York and New Jersey, according to new data from the CDC. Nationwide, the variant is causing 3% of new cases. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3s2JRi5

Major trials are now under way to test the part inflammation plays in heart disease, though this is not a risk that many people are aware of. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3IJl3S2

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A University of Leicester-led team of experts examined over 2,000 adults who were admitted to hospital with severe Covid during the first year of the pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3F3OTi2

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The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced it had struck a deal with the postal service to ramp up testing kit deliveries to 900,000 a day. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3yql5JT

Findings from Pfizer's trial of 2,200 adults showed those most at-risk from the virus who took Paxlovid within a few days of Covid symptoms were 89 per cent less likely to need hospital treatment or die. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dRINoH

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South Africa's weekly Covid surveillance report this morning revealed that cases fell in the epicentre of Gauteng province last week, in an early sign that the variant has peaked within a month. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m6E6MB

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Professor Kevin Fenton, London's director of public health, said data suggested Omicron was already behind at least one in every two new infections in the city, up from 44% just yesterday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dV8aG8

DR. ANGELIQUE COETZEE: With predictions of one million cases by the end of the month, I gather there is talk of Christmas being cancelled and a possible New Year lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/324Bo32

Tens of thousands of Britons trying to get their hands on home testing kits are being told 'no more' are available. Many pharmacies, town halls and sports clubs have also run out of the swabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3GGOkes

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In the year up to March 2021, just seven in 10 eligible women in England were screened for abnormalities in their cervix that can lead to cancer, dropping two per cent on the previous year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3GMOQaP

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Experts told MailOnline more information is needed on the fatality, as otherwise the Government 'is placing further strain on people's trust in their judgements, which is already pretty thin'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m22rmu

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Dr Anthony Fauci says that the definition of 'fully vaccinated' may soon only include people who have received their booster shots, and that a fourth dose may soon be needed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3DCRYnp

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Around one in 50 people suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) during their lives, and there are more than a million people with the condition in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3EHMrgW

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in the wake of new data showing the Omicron variant can bypass protection provided by the first two doses. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pFUqVm

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With an average 48,000 Britons testing positive for Covid every day, it suggests more than 4,000 of them are the Omicron variant - even though less than 1,000 cases are confirmed in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33iKee1

Nicola Sturgeon today announced entire families in Scotland will have to self-isolate for 10 days if one member of the household tests positive for coronavirus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oEnFss

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data - based on random swabs of 100,000 people - shows 891,500 people per day had Covid during the week ending December 1 in England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rYl1Qf

Younger Britons are getting personalised invitations for a Covid booster from GPs while some over 40s were being turned away from their jab appointments even if they booked them via the NHS. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3GBgW8R

Jack Doyle, then the PM's Deputy Director of Communications, is said to have made a 'thank you' speech to up to 50 people who attended the Downing Street bash. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31OaqN3

SAGE member Professor John Edmunds, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said jabs for children aged five to 11 should be brought in 'as soon as possible'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ESfzlq

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NHS England data shows 5.98million people were waiting for routine surgery, such as hip and knee replacements, including more than 300,000 who had waited for more than a year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rOlZys

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