Browsing: Health & Wellness

More than half the UK population has struggled with sleep during the lockdown, a survey suggests. King’s College London researchers said sleep problems were more…

Millions of children could die from preventable diseases because of severe disruptions to vaccination programmes caused by  Coronavirus, experts warn. This affected at least 68…

Scientists are running a trial to see if ibuprofen can help hospital patients who suffer from  Coronavirus. They are assessing whether a special formulation of…

India’s authorities have moved at least 100,000 people including coronavirus patients to safety as India’s west coast braced for a cyclone – especially Mumbai- It is…

Marriott has reopened all of its hotels in China and the group says it has seen a recovery in business travel. The world’s third-largest hotel…

A Belgian prince has contracted Coronavirus after attending a party during lockdown in Spain, the country’s royal palace says. Prince Joachim, 28, travelled from Belgium…

India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new Coronavirus cases. From…

Many in Lebanon have suddenly been plunged into poverty in a country that has hit its breaking point due to Coronavirus. Almost half the country’s…

At least three jailed senior members of the toppled regime of former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir have the Coronavirus. The Arab African country has reported…

The US has passed 100,000 deaths in the Coronavirus outbreak in less than four months. The 1.69 million confirmed infections in the US account for…

Egypt’s top medical union on Monday warned of a “complete collapse” of the country’s health system. it accused the health ministry of negligence in failing…

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks because he obeyed Coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes,…

Ireland has recorded no COVID-19 deaths for the first time since March. The country’s leader, Leo Varadkar, said it was a “day of hope” as…

Spain is opening its borders to tourists without the need to quarantine. A major boost for the economy. Tourists and people wishing to travel to…

The World Health Organisation is removing hydroxychloroquine from its global study of potential  COVID-19 treatments while it carries out a review of its safety. Trials…

UAE health authorities have confirmed 941 new Coronavirus cases, the highest overnight figures so far, as the Emirates continued its expanded testing among residents and…

Jordan is imposing a three-day lockdown which started on Friday morning, after a resurgence in Coronavirus infections. The government aims to address and to control…

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday that the Coronavirus pandemic is a long way from being over amid the largest daily…

Egypt on Tuesday registered 720 new Coronavirus cases, the health ministry said in a statement, its the highest daily toll since detecting the first confirmed…

President Donald Trump has argued it is “a badge of honour” that the US has the world’s highest number of confirmed  COVID-19 infections. “I look at that…

Up to 60m people will be pushed into extreme poverty by the economic consequences of the Coronavirus crisis, and current recovery efforts are not enough,…

Countries in the Gulf region will emerge “weaker, poorer and damaged” from the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the UAE’s Minister of State, Dr Anwar Gargash.…

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over COVID19.…

A Chinese laboratory has developed a drug that it believes has the power to end the Coronavirus pandemic. It will not only shorten the recovery…

Many European countries will be further easing their Coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday including Italy and Spain who were among the hardest hit. Most businesses…