Number of Covid shielders leaving home rose in February with 81% venturing outdoors at least once a week as infection rates fell and vaccine rollout steamed ahead, ONS finds Office for National Statistics found 81 per cent left home once at end of February This was up from the 76 per cent who stepped out … Read more
A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
Britain a nation of ‘sunny savers’: Bank of England survey reveals more than one in five believe savings rates have gone UP since last year Just 33% of a survey of nearly 4,600 people correctly said rates had fallen 19% didn’t know and 27% felt rates on mortgages and savings had not changed This is … Read more
Motorists will be in for a shock once lockdown eases and they can travel, as the price of petrol and diesel has likely jumped since the last time they visited a filling station. Analysis of national prices show that unleaded now costs almost 122p-a-lite on average in the UK, which is the highest it has … Read more
Drug overdose deaths have spiked in the U.S. due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, a new advisory finds. More than 81,000 fatalities occurred in the 12-month period ending in May 2020, a nearly 20 percent rise from the 12-month period ending in June 2019, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Long-term homeowners could be sitting on a property goldmine as the average price of a home across Britain’s towns and cities in the last 20 years has soared by nearly 80 per cent, or nearly £100,000, new data reveals. Out of 50 towns and cities, Manchester has seen the biggest jump in prices in the two … Read more
Deaths from heart disease have shot up by nearly 5,000 since the start of the pandemic, new figures show. Doctors have repeatedly warned that patients have stayed away from hospital throughout the crisis, for fear of being exposed to Covid and to avoid putting additional pressure on the NHS. Delays to surgery and routine heart care … Read more
Manchester’s coronavirus rate has risen FIFTEEN-fold since local lockdown came in – with local mayor Andy Burnham warning the north faces a ‘winter of discontent’ Latest figures show that Manchester now faces rate of 335.9 cases per 100,000 This is far worsened from 20 per 100,000 at start of local lockdowns in area Mayor Andy … Read more
US hospitalizations for alcoholism have risen 3.5% since 1998 – but the death rate for patients who get treated has fallen by a THIRD Researchers looked at medical insurance claims for hospitalizations for alcohol use disorder between 1998 and 2016 Hospitalizations increased by 3.5% from more than 274,000 in 1998 to more than 284,000 in … Read more
Lockdown fears are brewing in London as cases have risen 33 per cent in one week – faster than the North East, which today was hit by tougher restrictions to control the spread of the virus. The number of cases per 100,000 has jumped up from 18.8 to around 25 in seven days amid schools … Read more