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NewsYahoo News UK‘Betrayed’: Hospital suspends NHS worker after Facebook post urging COVID deniers to follow rules
Gary Oldershaw spoke out on Facebook on 4 January after seeing seven patients die during a 12-hour shift in the intensive care unit at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
NewsYahoo News UK‘We are facing difficult economic challenges’: Gavin Williamson defends 1% nurses pay rise
The education secretary became the latest minister to defend the decision to increase nurses' pay by 1%.
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Afro-Latina Army vet makes run at Congress in pro-Trump NYC borough
For Brittany Ramos DeBarros, an Afro-Latina combat veteran and activist, running for Congress as a Democrat in the historically conservative borough of Staten Island serves as the kind of challenge that puts her life’s work into action. “I learned in the military, and so many different contexts of leadership, what it means to really lead with heart and in a way that is about serving people and not about you or your ego,” DeBarros told Yahoo News.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKNadiya Hussain fronts campaign encouraging British Bangladeshis to get vaccinated
The 'Bake Off' winner is joined in the video campaign alongside Asma Khan and Dr Saliha Mahmood.
NewsYahoo News UKHelicopter’s 80-mile trip for sandwich was ‘flagrant abuse of lockdown rules’
The aircraft allegedly flew from Salford to Preston for a beef sandwich.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKSusan Boyle says there's 'light at the end of the tunnel' after receiving COVID jab
The singer said she was 'grateful for science and grateful for medicine' in a post to Instagram.
NewsYahoo News UK‘No evidence’ COVID variant of concern has been transmitted in the UK, Matt Hancock says
There is no sign the Brazil coronavirus variant of concern has been transmitted further in the UK, Matt Hancock has said.
NewsYahoo News UKWHO warns that ignoring COVID rules could lead to third and fourth waves
'Small changes in behaviour can lead to huge changes in the spread of the virus', warns WHO emergencies programme director.
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CDC director advocates for Americans to continue mask-wearing and other prevention measures
During the White House COVID-19 response team briefing on Friday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlighted a study that showed that following mitigation measures like mask mandates slows the spread of virus.
NewsYahoo News UKCOVID cases could have stopped falling in three English regions
The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus is thought to be dropping across England, except in these areas.
NewsYahoo News UK'Everyone's frightened': Life on the remote UK islands with just 70 COVID cases
On the face of it Orkney - an archipelago of 70 islands with a population of 22,000 - may seem a safe haven from the horrors of the pandemic.
NewsYahoo News UKDramatic footage of moment police attacked while breaking up 40-person house party
Bottles were thrown at police and seven officers got injured as they shut down the event in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire.
NewsYahoo News UKThree EU countries now say one COVID vaccine jab enough to protect some people
Italian officials are thought to have introduced the one-shot policy in an attempt to not run out of jabs.
NewsYahoo News UKCOVID cases split London in half amid warnings virus could be on the increase again
Coronavirus cases are once again beginning to increase in parts of London, a major study has found.
NewsYahoo News UKMatt Hancock 'more optimistic about great British summer than ever’ as vaccine numbers increase
The health secretary said Britons will be 'able to travel across the UK'.
HealthYahoo News UKNearly half of over-80s who have been vaccinated have broken lockdown
A report from the ONS into the behaviour of over-80s showed that nearly half had broken lockdown restrictions by meeting people they shouldn't have indoors after having their jab.
NewsYahoo News UKWHO sounds warning as COVID cases increase across Europe: 'We shouldn't be in this situation'
Dr Hans Kluge urged countries: 'We need to get back to basics.'
HealthYahoo News UKBoris Johnson says he's 'cut out the late night cheese' as he launches national fitness drive
The prime minister has vowed to help the public get 'fitter and healthier'.
NewsYahoo News UKNumber of COVID patients in English hospitals falls below 10,000 for first time since November
It is the first time the figure has dropped below 10,000 since 1 November when there were 9,623 cases.
HealthYahoo News UKHave your say: Do you agree with paying people to exercise to tackle obesity?
A report claims that around nine in 10 COVID deaths have occurred in countries with high obesity rates.
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Psaki clarifies how Biden will encourage states to prioritize the vaccination of teachers
During the White House briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Jen Psaki explained how President Biden plans to get states to meet his goal of having educators and school staff receive at least one COVID-19 shot by the end of March.
NewsYahoo News UKLabour councillor suspended ‘for getting private COVID jab’
Jamila Azad claimed on Facebook to have received a coronavirus vaccination from a 'private care doctor'.
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CDC’s Walensky says ‘fatigue is winning’ in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19
During the White House COVID-19 response team briefing on Wednesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the public’s “stamina has worn thin” at a critical time in trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
NewsYahoo News UKLockdown tightened in country with world’s worst COVID death rate
Slovakia won plaudits for testing its entire population for COVID last year but has struggled with the fast-spreading UK variant.
NewsYahoo News UKNorth Koreans 'starving to death' as impact of COVID worsens
Drastic measures taken to contain COVID-19 have exacerbated economic hardship, according to a UN report.
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