Tag: Coronavirus Lockdowns

AstraZeneca rejects claims its Covid vaccine was ‘defective’: Jab maker argues accusations are ‘confused’ and ‘wrong in law’

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AstraZeneca has denied its Covid jab was ‘defective’, arguing a multi-million-pound legal case by patients who suffered a rare side-effect is ‘confused’. 

Jamie Scott filed a lawsuit against the vaccine maker in the High Court in August. 

The IT engineer suffered a brain haemorrhage the day after his first dose, leaving him with permanent brain damage. He labelled the jab ‘defective’.

However, in its defence filed to the court, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, which developed the vaccine with the University of

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Chris Whitty denies having a rift with Patrick Vallance over original March 2020 Covid lockdown but admits we went ‘too late’ and says he feared the impact blanket measures would have on the poorest and deprived

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Sir Chris Whitty has denied having a feud with Sir Patrick Vallance over whether Covid restrictions should have been brought in earlier.

England’s Chief Medical Officer told the Covid Inquiry that there was a ‘very small’ difference between the pair in early 2020, as he was more worried about the knock-on effects of measures to curb the spread of the virus.

He was most worried about those who live in the poorest areas of the country and alone seeing their

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Is AstraZeneca’s Covid jab ‘defective’? How firm that supplied 50million doses to the UK could face £90million lawsuit over rare blood clot side effect

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The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has been labelled ‘defective’ in a multi-million-pound lawsuit by patients who suffered a rare side-effect.

Two cases brought against the pharmaceutical giant in the High Court could open the floodgates to dozens more Brits seeking legal compensation for similar injuries.

While the jab was rolled out successfully to millions in Britian, a fraction suffered from a severe blood clot complication missed in the jab’s original clinical trials.

One of the claimants is IT engineer Jamie Scott,

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Are middle-aged celebs giving false hope to women about becoming a mother in their 50s? As Victoria Coren Mitchell welcomes second child at age 51, why fertility experts are concerned over exploding trend…

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Celebrities welcoming babies in their 50s are giving women false hope over their own chances of conceiving later in life, experts warned today. 

TV host Victoria Coren Mitchell this week revealed she had given birth to daughter June Violet at the age of 51 after keeping her pregnancy a secret.  

Her delivery followed that of supermodel Naomi Campbell, 53, who welcomed her second child in June and told fans ‘it’s never too late’ to become a mother.

But fertility specialists

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Body of victim in Maine massacre ‘that killed 18’ is wheeled out of Schemengees Bar and Grille, as cops fear gunman Robert Card may have crossed into Massachusetts with nightscope

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The body of a victim in the Maine shooting which killed at least 18 people has been wheeled out of a bar targeted by the gunman – as cops fear he may have crossed into Massachusetts with a ‘nightscope’. 

Survivors and bereaved family members have begun speaking out following the bloody massacre at Schemengees Bar and Grille and Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, the state’s second city. 

Police have named previously-sectioned Army reserve firearms instructor Robert Card, 40, as

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‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson denies ever calling for lockdown but admits ‘stepping outside’ his SAGE advisory role

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Britain’s Covid lockdown architect today denied ever calling for the first national stay-at-home order. 

Professor Neil Ferguson’s terrifying March 2020 models warned that 500,000 Brits would die unless tougher action was taken to curb the virus’s spread.

It spooked Boris Johnson into adopting draconian restrictions that saw the country told they ‘must stay at home’. Vaccines — considered the only safe route out of the pandemic — were still months away from being deployed.

But Professor Ferguson, who quit his

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Warning to holidaymakers as post-Covid travel boom sparks record spike in cases of parasitic worms

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Holidaymakers were today warned about the dangers of parasites abroad after a record number of Brits were struck down last year.

A post-Covid travel boom to exotic destinations may be to blame, experts say.

Nearly 1,000 cases of travel-associated parasitic infections were detected in the UK last year, up from an average of 870 pre-pandemic.

Such illnesses include leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis, which are spread by insect bites or parasitic worms. 

The bugs can infect organs and trigger long-term damage

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I’m attempting the world’s longest solo expedition across Antarctica – and I’ll need to eat 7,600 calories a day to fuel me across the 1,240-mile journey in -50ºC conditions

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In March 2020, Sam Cox was on a military exercise in the sweltering heat of Brunei.

When he’d left, Covid was barely making news and he had no idea what was happening in the world beyond the jungle.

But within days, Sam went from a life packed with activity to being stuck on the sofa during a national lockdown.

While most of us were sat on the sofa watching Tiger King, Sam got to work planning a record-breaking expedition across

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UK records fourth Pirola case but new study suggests ‘real deal’ Covid variant may not be as dangerous as first feared

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Pirola, the new Covid variant dubbed the ‘real deal’ by experts, may not be as dangerous as initially feared, new data suggests. 

Early results from a US lab found those who had previously been infected with Covid or had a jab had a similar level of immunity to other fellow Omicron Covid variants. 

While this won’t stop people from catching the virus, it suggests the UK’s wall of immunity should still help prevent many people from becoming severely ill.   

Experts

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The A-list bootcamp you can do at home and shift those summer pounds you’ve piled on

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For most of us, a summer holiday is an opportunity to throw caution to the winds, to slurp your way through the cocktail list, say ‘yes’ to the starter and dessert, then to party into the early hours and snooze ’til midday, with every other possible moment spent horizontal on a poolside lounger.

But for celebrities — and an increasing number of mere mortals — healthy holidays that combine a carefully-controlled diet with a barrage of sporting activities are on

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