As a doctor Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive. The death of her dad changed everything

Like all medics, Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive – so what made her decide to specialise in end-of-life care? She tells Eimear O’Hagan how the death of her father changed everything she thought she knew    Rachel with her father mark in November 2017, just weeks before he died Waking in the darkness … Read more

Western doctors not as good as China at keeping coronavirus patients alive, WHO expert says

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and almost 90,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Heart-stopping moment British father digs his son, 11, out alive from 5ft of snow

Heart-stopping moment British father digs his son, 11, out alive from 5ft of snow he’d been buried under for 30 MINUTES after getting separated from his family while ski-ing in France Father Gillon Campbell said he had ‘never been so scared’ before in his life  Fox was buried in the snow in an avalanche while … Read more