Scotland eases lockdown measures TODAY meaning up to four adults can meet

Bonnie day for a BBQ? Scotland eases lockdown measures TODAY meaning up to four adults from two households can meet socially in private gardens (but remember to bring an umbrella) Gatherings can take place in any outdoor space, including private gardens  Nicola Sturgeon announced a ‘cautious acceleration’ of her roadmap this week  Scots taking advantage … Read more

One in five U.S. adults say a relative or close friend has died of COVID-19

Nearly one in five Americans say they have lost either a relative or a close friend to the coronavirus, highlighting the division between heartache and hope as the country itches to get back to normal. In a new poll conducted by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Research, 19 percent of U.S. … Read more

Scammers recruit young adults left jobless by pandemic as money mules

Scammers recruit young adults left jobless by the pandemic as ‘money mules’ By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 9 March 2021 Young adults left jobless and penniless by the pandemic are helping launder profits from crimes like drug dealing Young adults left jobless and … Read more

Scientists will test whether gout drug helps infected adults beat Covid symptoms

Researchers will test whether a gout drug can help coronavirus-infected adults fight off the illness at home.  Oxford University experts have begun trials on colchicine to discover whether it can speed up recovery time and stop people needing hospital care.  The anti-inflammatory drug — which costs just 30p per pill — has been doled out … Read more

Britain’s Covid vaccines should cut the risk of dying or being hospitalised MORE in younger adults

 Dr Mary Ramsay, PHE’s head of immunisation said today she expects the vaccines to give ‘even stronger protection’ to younger age groups The coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in Britain should perform even better in younger adults than the elderly, a top Government scientist said today.  Public Health England last night published its first major real-world … Read more

Psychology: More than a THIRD of young adults report smartphone addiction symptoms, study finds

Are you addicted to your smartphone? More than a THIRD of young adults report symptoms including poor sleep and anxiety when away from their phone – regardless of how long they spend on it each day Experts from King’s College London surveyed 1,043 people aged from 18–30 They were asked about their levels of smartphone usage … Read more

Britain’s vaccine postcode lottery ‘means healthy adults in their TWENTIES are getting jabs’

Some regional NHS sites have started dishing out Covid jabs to healthy people in their twenties, it emerged today in another example of the UK’s vaccine postcode lottery. Despite national guidance stating only the top six priority groups should currently be invited for the jab, there have been growing reports of younger Brits who are … Read more

Coronavirus: Adults with learning disabilities bumped up the UK’s Covid vaccine priority list

Adults with learning disabilities will all be offered Covid vaccines as part of the top six priority groups, Britain’s health chiefs said today. The JCVI, which decides on who gets the life-saving jabs first, said people with learning disabilities of any kind should be bumped up the pecking order. They will be added into priority … Read more

Parents are much more likely to say that time has gone ‘very fast’ than adults without children

Home-schooling time warp! Parents are much more likely to say that time has gone ‘very fast’ than adults without children, research finds Research finds parents much more likely to say that time has gone ‘very fast’   Age-old adage that ‘children grow up so fast’ may be based in scientific truth  Time passing ‘fast’ could be due … Read more

England’s salt reduction program will lead to 200,000 fewer adults developing heart disease by 2050

England’s salt reduction programme between 2003 and 2018 successfully slashed salt consumption of the average English adult by 15 per cent, a new study has found.    Data shows 8.38 grams of salt are now consumed every day, down from 9.38 grams in 2000.  If these salt intake levels are maintained, by 2050 the programme would … Read more