Thousands of American lives have been lost to the novel coronavirus this past year, but one historically lethal illness has taken a backseat this season: the flu, which, according to federal health estimates, has killed only one child this year. For context, nearly 200 pediatric lives were lost during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to… Read More: Flu kills 1 child this season amid steep decline in… »
NHS hospitals are now treating FEWER Covid patients than they were during darkest days of outbreak last Spring as statistics show hospitalisations have halved since January There were 20,156 Covid patients in hospital compared to 39,242 in January Those on ventilation beds plunged from 4,077 in January to 2,614 on Wednesday Data shows Covid cases plummeted… Read More: Covid hospitalisations HALVE since January as cases fall to pre-second… »
Diagnoses of the sexually transmitted infection lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in England reached record levels in 2019, with almost all cases involving gay and bisexual men. The data is set out in a report published by Public Health England and shows that the number of diagnoses increased steadily from 2017, reaching a peak in the second… Read More: Number of LGV cases among gay men in England reach… »
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has kept the state open to NSW travellers for now, despite five new cases of locally-acquired COVID-19 in Sydney over the past two days. The first case was an aircrew van driver who lives in south Sydney followed by two cases in the Northern Beaches, which were confirmed on Wednesday.… Read More: WA still open to NSW despite virus cases »