Just as children are facing the coronavirus crisis today, I grew up during another time of crisis — the economic recession of the 1980s. In my home town of Rotherham I saw the fallout of that major recession impact my local community and even my family. Alongside so many other people working in the steel … Read more
Lesley Platts, an NHS occupational therapist who is managing hard-pressed care services in London, is suffering an additional burden — a nasty toothache that her dentist won’t touch. Her dentist isn’t being difficult — it is because they are under lockdown and banned from physically seeing patients. Lesley, 50, is one of around 600,000 patients … Read more
A skeletal therapist and leading posture expert has revealed exactly how you should set up your home office to avoid back pain and work-related injury. Sydney-based Dell-Maree Day said while many of us were not prepared to be working from home full-time when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, that doesn’t mean you can’t make … Read more
Hugh Jackman wears a mask as he arrives home to his New York apartment with very grown up son Oscar, 19, after saying he was ‘very worried about his kids’ during coronavirus pandemic By Jade Watkins for Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:03 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 00:38 BST, 19 May 2020 Hugh Jackman … Read more
A bitter row over alleged censorship at The Guardian grew last night as it emerged a piece written by David Hockney was discussed at the highest level before being refused by the paper. The artist became embroiled in a row with the newspaper after it refused to publish his controversial opinion that smoking could protect … Read more
The number of five-month-old children getting vaccinations has plummeted to below 50 percent in Michigan amid the coronavirus pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released Monday reveals. For the last three years, about two thirds of five-month-olds in the state have been up-to-date on their shots. But as of May 2020, only … Read more
Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients The Google-owned company will shift its resources into building ventilators It’s not immediately clear what the exact cost will be It says the ventilators will be ‘advanced’ but will be moderately priced Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 By James … Read more
One in three people infected with coronavirus later suffer symptoms post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including depression and anxiety, a new study suggests. UK researchers found a third of people hospitalised with coronavirus during previous outbreaks went on to develop PTSD after an average of almost three years. One in four people hospitalised with COVID-19 also … Read more
For too long, many people — doctors included — have chosen to look the other way when there is any mention of weight and the threat that it poses the nation’s health. But there can be no denying now that obesity and type 2 diabetes are a double epidemic that is blighting the UK, raising … Read more
Antibody tests, which reveal whether you’ve had Covid-19, have been hailed as the way out of lockdown and safely getting people back to work. With one of the first tests now finally officially approved, Mail writers undergo two versions — and find out what’s it’s like to discover you’ve had the virus confirmed . . … Read more