Fears of an impending measles resurgence today sparked a national ‘call to action’ by health chiefs who are alarmed over vaccination rates slumping to a 10-year low.
As few as half of children have had both measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jabs in parts of London.
Similarly low levels are also seen in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.
Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UKHSA, begged parents to check their child’s immunisation status, warning that the public had ‘forgotten what
The modern property is full of electrical devices, and if households think about everything they have plugged into the outlets or extension cords around the house, they might be surprised by the sheer number of devices they own.
Then there are appliances like fridges and freezers that should never be turned off. They are a constant drain on electricity, and apart from making sure to have energy-efficient versions, there is little households can do to reduce their power usage except
Biscuits, cakes and fizzy drinks could increase the risk of getting kidney stones, researchers have warned.
A study suggests that
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves and Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., urged more transparency from the U.S. government on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) after a historic congressional hearing with military whistleblowers.
Graves and Burchett discussed allegations of the Pentagon’s secretive handling of UAPs and programs related to crash retrieval and reverse engineering on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.”
“Congress is now talking about this in a way they haven’t before, and I think even some of the members that
It’s no secret that the housing market has cooled off as of late with house prices on the decline and homes taking longer to sell.
However, despite this, the latest research from digital property pack provider, Moverly, has shown that while house prices may be cooling, some local markets are actually experiencing a spike with property values increasing by up to 10 percent.
Moverly analysed point-to-point house price change in Britain for January and May 2023 on both a regional
Step aside Corgis, there’s a new pup putting its pawprint on the UK from the kennels of Buckingham Palace – the Jack Russell Terrier.
There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of puppy registrations of the pint-sized breed over the past year, according to The Kennel Club.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are parents to two Jack Russell Terriers, Bluebell and Beth, who they rehomed from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2017.
They are
When the first earthquake, 7.8 in magnitude, struck just outside Gaziantep on Monday morning, Gürkan Arpaci considered himself lucky. About eighty miles away, in Elbistan, the small Turkish town where Arpaci was born and lives, only three or four buildings had collapsed and there didn’t seem to be too many casualties. Almost everyone he knew appeared on the street in the freezing pre-dawn hour, wondering what to do next. Arpaci’s family has two cars, one belonging to him and one
Temperatures in Europe have increased by more than twice the global average over the past 30 years, reveals a new report.
This rise of about 1.3°F (0.5°C) per decade is the largest of any continent in the world, and has contributed to melting ice sheets and rising sea levels.
The ‘State of the Climate in Europe’ report is produced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
It provides information on rising temperatures, heatwaves, extreme
Omicron cases in the United States have jumped seven-fold in a week, the CDC revealed, with data from states showing confirmed infections with the new COVID variant jumped 27 per cent in the last 24 hours, from 189 to 241.
On Tuesday, the CDC said Omicron is now estimated to account for 2.9 per cent of all Covid cases, up from 0.4 per cent a week ago, meaning the true number of infections from the new strain likely numbers in
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