Every baby in the UK will have their DNA tested under a new 10-year plan for the NHS. The whole-genome sequencing will screen for hundreds of diseases and allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses, according to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting. Speaking to the Telegraph, he revealed plans to move the NHS towards a model […]
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24-year Man stabbed to death days after his father died of COVID-19
An NHS worker was stabbed to death just days after his father passed away from a coronavirus-related illness. David Gomoh, 24, was killed seconds from his home in Freemasons Road, Newham, east London, just before 10.30pm on Sunday. He was on the phone to a friend when he was ambushed by a gang of masked […]
Health Alert: New symptoms of COVID-19 emerge
The National Health Service (NHS) has been issued an urgent alert about a spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a Coronavirus-related condition. In an alert sent to GPs, health chiefs said: ‘There is growing concern that a [COVID-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK. ‘Over the last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise […]
Demand for medical cannabis increase as hundreds seek private clinics to access it
Hundreds of people in the UK are turning to private clinics for medical cannabis, BBC News has been told. Since its legalisation in November 2018, there have been very few, if any, prescriptions for medical cannabis containing THC on the NHS. And this has led some patients, with conditions such as epilepsy and MS, to […]