Abstract. When the Black Death struck Western Europe in late 1347, city dwellers across the region were already practising public health, in part by building, m
Doctors used to swear by the slow recovery period known as convalescence. Some experts say embracing it again could offer benefits for an array of long-term illnesses and injuries.
A mass testing pilot for asymptomatic people was held in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
Detection of coronavirus cases rose by almost a fifth and potentially thousands of new infections were prevented, results of a community testing pilot in Liverpool have suggested.
More than 3,200 staff days among key workers, such as those in the emergency services, were saved from being lost to quarantine through a test-to-release scheme, researchers said.
New cases of the virus dropped by 21% compared with other areas up to mid-December, the study showed, at which point the spread of the Kent variant made it more difficult to compare areas.
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By Christine Jeavans
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Healthcare in the UK has vastly improved since Victorian times, yet the geography of coronavirus deaths closely follows the pattern of poor health in the 19th Century.
A succession of studies has found a link between Covid-19 and poverty, with the latest describing a jaw-dropping fall in life expectancy in Greater Manchester due to the pandemic.
That pattern of deeply entrenched deprivation and ill-health stretches back at least 170 years, according to the chief medical officer for England. If you had a map of Covid s biggest effects now and a map of child deaths in 1850, they look remarkably similar, Prof Chris Whitty told an NHS conference in June.