Sajid Javid says Omicron wave of infection will ‘test the limits of finite NHS capacity even more than a typical winter’; India death toll rises by 406
Scotland reports first monkeypox case
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Scotland has reported its first case of monkeypox, amid an international outbreak in which infections have been confirmed in at least a dozen countries in recent weeks. Public Health Scotland said the patient was bein...
NHS reports ‘alarming’ rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders
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Hospital admissions for people with eating disorders in England have risen 84% in the last five years, official NHS figures reveal. There were 11,049 more admissions for illnesses such as bulimia and anorexia in 2020-...
‘I’m a pregnant woman making choices’: Shauna Coxsey on climbing – and the ‘bullies’ who want her to stop
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The week her baby is due, Shauna Coxsey is, as usual, at her local climbing centre in Sheffield. The British Olympic climber has scaled climbing walls and rocks throughout her pregnancy, and videos shared on her Insta...
‘Painful choices’ remain over tribute to Grenfell Tower victims
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Bereaved relatives of those killed in the Grenfell Tower fire and the community living in its shadow are struggling to agree on the best way to commemorate the disaster. Next month marks five years since a fire engulf...
Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 82% rise in quarterly profits
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Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, has disclosed an 82% rise in quarterly profits to a new record of $39.5bn (£32.2bn), boosted by an increase in demand and higher crude prices. The company, which last wee...
North Korea reports 15 deaths and nearly 300,000 new ‘fever’ cases as Covid outbreak spreads
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North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country’s first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak. At least 296,180...
‘Phage therapy’ successes boost fight against drug-resistant infections
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Two US patients have recovered from intractable infections after being treated with a pioneering therapy involving genetically engineered bacteria-killing viruses. The cases raise hopes that so-called phage therapy co...
Dina Asher-Smith urges UKA to stick with London amid exit reports
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Dina Asher-Smith has urged UK Athletics to keep a London base for the good of the sport amid reports that it is in preliminary talks over a £10-15m deal to quit the Olympic Stadium. Such a move would allow West Ham to...