[ad_1] The estimated Covid-19 reproduction “R” number in England has risen to between 1.2 and 1.4, as of 11 June, up from 1.0 to 1.2 in the week ending 4 June, the Depart...

[ad_1] New analysis by Public Health England has found the number of Delta variant cases of coronavirus across the UK has trebled in a week. According to the latest updat...

[ad_1] Two cases of the rare disease monkeypox have been detected in north Wales this week, with both patients admitted to hospital in England as a precaution. A Public H...

[ad_1] The upcoming Tokyo Olympics may have avoided the worst one of one crisis by postponing during the height of Covid, but there’s no escaping another existential thre...

[ad_1] Eleven pandemic exercises were conducted between 2015 and 2019, the government has revealed – but it is refusing to release the results on national security ground...

[ad_1] The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new record high, with data showing 2,700 patients have waited over two y...

[ad_1] The country is going in the wrong direction on coronavirus cases with pockets of unvaccinated people in some areas remaining at risk, the head of the UK’s Health S...

[ad_1] Women in England and Wales had a record number of abortions last year, figures show, as the pandemic reportedly restricted access to contraceptive services. At the...

[ad_1] Hospitals have been told to change the way they collect data on patients infected with coronavirus to differentiate between those actually sick with symptoms and t...

[ad_1] Matt Hancock is due to give evidence to MPs on the health and social care committee on Thursday morning, where he is expected to respond to explosive claims by Dom...