Covid

The latest figures released reveal that nearly 300,000 adults made contact with drug and alcohol services between April 2021 and March 2022.

The study is among the first to collect empirical data on school system employees’ mental health during the early stages of the pandemic.

New cases of long Covid are also rising, which could be fuelled by the arrival of the super-transmissible Covid ‘Kraken’ sub-variant.

In dual-earner couples, working from home may be a better deal for husbands than wives in some ways.

It’s one thing to believe in the safety and value of vaccines like those used for Covid.

Over the last year, Covid has fallen from the third to the eighth leading cause of death in England.

New government figures show that a record 2.5 million people cannot work because of ongoing illness.

Following Covid infection, there is significant new onset morbidity in children, adolescents and adults across 13 distinct diagnosis and symptom complexes.

The Covid vaccine booking service, a BMI calculator and the NHS App were among the last year’s most popular pages on the NHS website.

As the H5N1 strain of avian flu hits record numbers of UK birds, the virus can be lethal to humans and its spread is likely to accelerate this winter.

The first week without asymptomatic Covid testing for health and social care workers across Britain coincided with the UK Covid Inquiry launch

It doesn’t matter where in the world you are right now, you are probably facing Covid-related risks on some level.

Many research activities were stalled, and planned in-person data collection could not proceed.

A leading expert says the UK needs access to fast and inexpensive monkeypox testing to reassure people following the reduction of monkeypox vaccine doses.

People who believe in Covid conspiracy theories may avoid using masks or getting vaccinated.