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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNHS England’s medical director Prof Stephen Powis: “We can beat this virus… but now is not the time to be complacent” “Now is not the time to be complacent,” NHS England medical director Stephen Powis has warned at the government’s latest coronavirus press conference. Prof Powis said […]

Co-parenting is full of challenges under normal circumstances. Trying to maintain a healthy parenting dynamic with your ex during a global pandemic is doubly hard. Stephanie Sinclair knows that firsthand. The writer, who lives in a suburb near Phoenix, has two kids, ages 12 and 9, with her ex. When things first started getting bad

Something was wrong. The chow hall line at New York’s Rikers Island jail had halted. For three hours, the men stood and waited, without food, until a correctional officer quietly delivered the news: A civilian chef was among those who tested positive for the coronavirus. “We was like, ‘What? The cook?’” said Corey Young, who

Image copyright Nancy Carter-Bradley Image caption The mother-of-two has been receiving chemotherapy for the past five months A woman with brain cancer has been told her chemotherapy has stopped because of the coronavirus outbreak. Nancy Carter-Bradley, 44, from Hampshire, said the health secretary should ring-fence cancer treatment. She said her treatment at a London hospital

As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the United States, health care workers have needed to stay agile and quickly adjust to our alarming new reality. In response to the growing medical equipment shortages, nurses and doctors have jerry-rigged their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Sports goggles have been repurposed as face shields, garbage bags

Nurses battling New York City’s coronavirus outbreak are making anguished pleas for more protective equipment March 28, 2020, 3:06 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Nurses battling New York’s coronavirus outbreak made anguished pleas Saturday for more protective equipment, saying officials’ claims of adequate supplies are falling short of reality. At a news conference

Image copyright PA Media NHS and social care staff will be given free car parking during the coronavirus outbreak, the government has said. It comes after 400,000 people signed a petition urging the government to thank NHS workers by scrapping charges. GP Anthony Gallagher, who began the petition, welcomed the move but said fees should

At this point, who isn’t excessively worrying about coronavirus? I am certainly struggling; I’ve woken up numerous times in a clammy sweat from dreams about it this week alone. It’s perfectly OK to feel every single emotion you’re experiencing lately. “Being anxious right now is completely understandable as anxiety stems, in large part, from uncertainty

A judge says she doesn’t want a sudden, large-scale release of immigrant children from U.S. government custody but wants to know why they’re still being held as the coronavirus spreads March 27, 2020, 11:32 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were tested for coronavirus by NHS Grampian There were “very good reasons” to test Prince Charles for coronavirus, Scotland’s chief medical officer has insisted. The heir to the throne is currently in isolation in Aberdeenshire after testing positive for Covid-19. Questions have been