Heart attacks among young people in England are on the rise, MailOnline analysis shows.
Cases in some younger age groups have almost doubled over the last decade, with rates in under-40s as whole rising by a quarter.
Our revelation comes after the death of 29-year-old mother Lauren Page Smith, who was discovered lying on her bathroom floor with her two-year-old daughter clinging to her chest just hours after paramedics had given her the all-clear.
Experts say the rise, which has
The decision to accelerate the autumn Covid and flu vaccine rollouts increased anxiety over the virus, experts warned today.
Officials launched the programmes, which will see 30million offered a flu jab and 25million invited for a Covid vaccine, in September — a month earlier than planned, citing fears the Pirola variant would overwhelm the NHS.
But scientists told MailOnline that the ‘flip-flopping’ approach towards the start date created mistrust and ‘inevitably increased some people’s anxiety’.
Others also warned the rollout’s
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
The heavily-mutated Covid variant dubbed the ‘real deal’ has now been spotted in Sweden and Canada, with global cases doubling in a week.
BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, was first detected in Israel and Denmark earlier this month, unsettling a swathe of top scientists who are worried that its catalogue of mutations could see it spark another wave.
The strain, a spin-off of the Omicron variant, has already been spotted in the UK, US, Israel, Denmark, South Africa, Portugal, Thailand and Switzerland.
A new Covid variant is now dominant in the US, which may explain why rates are rising for the first time this year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that as of Friday, more than one in six Covid cases are projected to be caused by Omicron subvariant EG.5 — more than any other variant. One strain, EG.5.1, has been nicknamed ‘Eris’.
Experts have said that EG.5 is one of the quickest growing variants across the world,
Another Covid variant is taking off in Britain — but experts have today insisted there is nothing to panic about.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses have raised the alarm about Eris, saying it already makes up one in eight new cases after reaching the UK towards the end of May.
Hospitalisation rates are also starting to shoot up, sparking concern that the nation may be on the brink of being hit by a fresh wave.
However, experts today claimed
Newly discovered antibodies could be the key to fighting off every strain of Covid.
Researchers have uncovered six new antibodies in the blood of patients who had survived Covid-19’s early ancestor, the SARS virus of 2002, who then also received a vaccination against the coronavirus in more recent years.
The most powerful, E7, was found to neutralize newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants, such as Omicron XBB.1.16, which has caused a more than 14 percent spike in new US cases over the
A Covid variant seen in Indonesia might be the most mutated version of the virus ever recorded, scientists think.
The morphed version of Delta — collected from a patient swab in Jakarta — has 113 unique mutations.
Thirty-seven of the alterations affect the spike protein, which the coronavirus uses to latch onto humans.
For comparison, Omicron carries around 50 mutations.
Virus-trackers brandished the unnamed strain the ‘most extreme’ they’ve ever seen.
A new version of the Covid Delta variant collected
Britons should go back to meeting their friends and lovers online again, one expert claimed today as ministers were begged not to reintroduce any Covid-era curbs.
The return of the ‘Saturday night family Zoom quiz’, face masks and work from home guidance have been floated by some infectious disease experts as methods to stop the NHS from meltdown.
Hospitals are buckling under winter demand, soaring rates of flu, staff shortages and bed-blockers. Covid’s resurgence and the emergence of the XBB.1.5
Mask wearing, working from home and social distancing could be advocated by ministers to ease pressures on the NHS, as some experts call for Britons to start adopting Covid-era measures already.
The NHS is facing record winter pressures due to rising rates of Covid and flu, staff shortages and too few beds, while experts fear an Omicron sub-variant will drive a surge in infections, piling even more pressure on the already-crippled health service.
Health chiefs and scientists have already advised
