That really awful hacking cough that’s now doing the rounds? It’s pertussis — whooping cough, or the 100-day cough as it’s become known — and cases are surging in the UK.
While it’s a very nasty infection if you get it as child or an adult — as I know from my own experience after ending up in A&E — for very small babies, it can be lethal.
Earlier this week, I wrote in the Mail that some paediatric colleagues
A chilling tale of how overzealous social workers fuelled by ‘satanic panic’ led to innocent parents across the UK having their children ripped away from them has been explored in a new documentary.
From coffee mums in a leafy north-London suburb to presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, dozens of communities have been rocked by bizarre and spurious allegations of adults ritually abusing children, in the name of Satan, despite no evidence for this.
Channel 5’s ‘When Evil Came To Rochdale’, which
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Scientists warn dozens of coastal cities are in danger of being washed over by flooding due to rising sea levels – but two dozen are at higher risks.
A team of researchers led by Virginia Tech identified 24 locations that are battling a combination of sinking land and rising sea levels, putting one out of every 50 resident at risk.
Those living along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic seaboard were deemed in the ‘danger zone,’ while Pacific coast
The afternoon before Donald Trump’s blowout win in South Carolina’s primary, Shellie Hargenrader and Julianne Poulnot emerged from a rally for the former president bubbling with righteous conviction.
They had spent the previous hour listening to the candidate’s son Donald Trump Jr. regale supporters at the campaign’s headquarters in an office park outside Charleston. The crowd had been energized, frequently calling out in response to his words as if at a church service as Trump Jr. lacerated President Joe Biden,
The Queen undertook her first public engagement tonight since her husband’s cancer diagnosis was made public and reassured well-wishers that he was ‘doing extremely well under the circumstances’.
Camilla, 76, was speaking as she arrived at Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire for a charity musical evening.
Ben Abbott, 40, of Wiltshire Air Ambulance asked her: ‘I do hope HM is doing well Ma’am.’
Her Majesty replied: ‘He is doing extremely well under the circumstances. He is very touched by all of
Brits are flying to Ukraine for dental treatment because of the ever-worsening NHS crisis.
Industry leaders and MPs have warned that patients have been left with no option but to jet out to the war-torn nation after being unable to get help in the UK.
The crisis in NHS dentistry has been brewing for years, with some Brits even forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers.
Others have queued from 4am to gain a spot at dentistry practices
Tearful Taylor Swift paid tribute to a young fan, who tragically succumbed to the extreme heat on Friday, while returning to the stage in Rio de Janeiro.
While seemingly paying her respects to Ana Clara Benevides, 23, the 33-year-old pop star sang her heart-wrenching track, Bigger Than the Whole Sky, about unimaginable grief and heartache as the show’s second surprise song.
‘Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye / You were bigger than the whole sky / You were more than just a short
Parents of toddlers battling cystic fibrosis have today told how they fear their kids will be denied a ‘miracle’ drug on the NHS, with one mother terrified that it may be cruelly ‘snatched away’ from her 19-month-old daughter.
Kaftrio was this week approved for all children aged two and above, giving hope to hundreds of families affected by the incurable disorder.
Studies have shown it can extend the life-expectancy of sufferers by 30 years.
Yet, despite its life-changing benefits, NHS
