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What to do while you wait for surgery with 10 million in queue after Covid

Thanks to the pandemic, hospital waiting lists are at an all-time high. According to the latest figures published in the journal The Lancet Rheumatology, almost 10 million people in the UK are waiting for surgery – up from 4.2million since before Covid hit. One of the worst hit specialities is orthopaedics, which includes bone and… Read More: What to do while you wait for surgery with 10… »

Rising Covid cases can’t be blamed on variants alone as travel resumes, states lift restrictions, Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Susan Walsh | Pool | Getty Images The latest rise in new Covid-19 infections can’t be… Read More: Rising Covid cases can’t be blamed on variants alone as… »

Hancock hails Covid jabs for saving more than 6,000 lives by the end of February

More than 150 mass vaccination centres could CLOSE next month as shortages force under-50s to wait for first doses – but Matt Hancock claims jabs had already saved than 6,000 lives by March and SAGE claims hospital admissions will HALVE in April Vaccine centres in Devon, Cornwall and Kent among those to have confirm they… Read More: Hancock hails Covid jabs for saving more than 6,000 lives… »