Yahoo News 5 stories from the last two days that aren't about Harry and Meghan
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah has been dominating headlines for the last few days.
During the interview, which was aired by ITV on Monday evening, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made bombshell revelations that have left the royal family in disarray.
News stories, digests, reactions and commentary have been wall-to-wall across news publications, broadcasters and websites, overshadowing other major stories.
But Yahoo News UK takes you through five stories from the past 48 hours that haven’t got the airtime they need.
NHS COVID-19 symptom checker failing to identifying severe cases, study finds
The NHS COVID symptom checker could be guiding people to stay at home rather than seek medical help when needed, increasing the risk of serious disease or death, a new study has found.
The 111 online service, which is not a diagnostic tool, tells users whether they should stay at home or consult a doctor.
But a study published in BMJ Health and Care Informatics, has found that the symptom checker may not pick up that some people are seriously ill.
The research also found that symptom checkers used by the UK and US were half as likely to advise people to consult a doctor as the systems used in Japan and Singapore.
Watch: Supercomputer shows effectiveness of double masking
Nearly 11k Brits could have undiagnosed breast cancer due to COVID pandemic
Nearly 11,000 Brits could have undiagnosed breast cancer due to the coronavirus pandemic, a charity has warned.
Breast Cancer Now told Sky News that 10,700 fewer people were diagnosed between March and December 2020 than what was expected.
The plummeting figures are attributed to fewer referrals, less access to treatment and the halting of breast screening programs as health services battle the pandemic.
Asylum seekers forced to live in ‘filthy’ and ‘impoverished’ accommodation, inspectors find
Asylum seekers have been forced to live in “filthy”, “impoverished” and “cramped” conditions at former military barracks, independent inspectors have said.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and the Prisons Inspectorate visited Napier Barracks in Kent and Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire after calls for an independent inspection into the "emergency" accommodation for asylum seekers.
In Napier Barracks, where nearly 200 asylum seekers caught COVID-19, some of the most vulnerable were living in “decrepit” rooms that were unfit for habitation
The inspectors said that the conditions meant a large-scale coronavirus outbreak was “virtually inevitable” after home secretary Priti Patel had claimed that they had followed the COVID guidance “in every single way”.
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effective against Brazilian variant, research finds
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is able to neutralise the more contagious COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in Brazil, according to researchers.
It comes as health experts across the world warn that new variants could create a new surge in coronavirus cases despite the vaccine rollouts.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also confirmed that the vaccine is effective against the UK strain.
But in terms of the South African variant, the vaccine is “robust but lower” than the original strain, it said.
Harry Dunn’s family reject suspect’s offer to do community service in US
The suspect in the death of Harry Dunn has offered to undertake community service in the UK but his family have rejected it.
The US government asserted diplomatic immunity on behalf of Anne Sacoolas following the crash which killed the 19-year-old motorcyclist outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019.
Sacoolas, who shortly returned to the US, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but a UK extradition request was refused by the State Department in January last year.
The suspect's lawyer Amy Jeffries told the BBC that she would be willing to do community service but Dunn’s family have rejected this,
His mother Charlotte Charles said: “I made a promise to Harry the night he died that I would get him justice."
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