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NewsYahoo News UKThree people win payouts linked to COVID vaccination
One woman whose fiance died after the jab became the first person to win a payout this week after she was awarded £120,000.
HealthYahoo News UKWomen are 22% more likely to suffer from long COVID than men, study shows
A new study is one of the very few to compare long COVID symptoms by sex using data collected from 1.4 million patients.
NewsYahoo News UKCaretaker successfully claims that 'long COVID is a disability' in landmark ruling
A caretaker at a Scottish charity has successfully argued that long Covid is a disability, according to a tribunal ruling.
NewsYahoo News UK'The BA.4/5 wave is here': COVID infections soar in England by more than 300k in a week
It follows experts’ warnings this week that a new wave of COVID is 'kicking off' in England.
NewsYahoo News UKNew COVID wave could cause 'mass sickness', expert warns
Week-on-week COVID infections have risen for the first time since the end of March.
NewsYahoo News UK'Wave of COVID kicking off' in England, expert warns
The increase in infections is being driven by Omicron variants BA.1, BA.4 and BA.5
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKKate Garraway 'exhausted' and 'fretful as Derek is 'in and out of hospital'
The TV presenter said she is feeling exhausted and very fretful as her husband has been 'in and out' of hospital a lot recently.
ScienceYahoo News UKNew coronavirus from same family as COVID spreading among rodents in Sweden
A newly identified coronavirus is ‘well established’ in voles in Sweden, according to Uppsala University researchers.
CelebrityYahoo CelebrityJeff Bridges says COVID battle 'made my cancer look like nothing': 'I was pretty close to dying'
"I was pretty close to dying," the actor who played the Dude in "The Big Lebowski" admitted. "The doctors kept telling me, 'Jeff, you've got to fight. You're not fighting.' I was in surrender mode. I was ready to go. I was dancing with my mortality."
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKMP Jess Phillips: 'I've got to make violence against women a mainstream issue'
Labour's Jess Phillips says it's her job to be 'ever-present' in trying to make violence against women and girls a mainstream issue.
NewsYahoo CelebrityVaccine skeptic Eric Clapton postpones shows after testing positive for COVID
The 77-year-old's team writes that they hope he will recover well enough to perform Friday.
NewsYahoo News UKCare worker has surgery after swallowing six-inch COVID test swab
Bobby Lee, 31, got into difficulty after placing the swab in her mouth at her home in Peterlee, County Durham.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKRachel Parris: Lockdown rules were 'skewed' as she remembers grieving alone in hospital
Comedian Rachel Parris has spoken out about the government's priorities being 'skewed' during the pandemic, when she was alone and grieving in a hospital while the pub's were open.
NewsYahoo News UKUK ditches daily COVID figures and moves to twice a week updates
The government's COVID-19 dashboard will now only provide updates twice a week.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKShelagh Fogarty: I never had a burning desire either way to be a parent
LBC radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty says settling down and having a family 'was never a driver' for her.
SportYahoo Celebrity UKShelagh Fogarty on the lessons she learned from reporting on Hillsborough disaster
LBC's Shelagh Fogarty said the whole country was 'gaslit' over the Hillsborough disaster.
NewsYahoo News UKPensioner, 75, turned away from cruise after 'broken' COVID app stopped him proving vaccination
Malcolm Walker, 75, missed the 11-day cruise to Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar with his wife on 18 April because he couldn't access the NHS Scotland COVID Status app proving that they were both triple jabbed.
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LBC's Shelagh Fogarty: 'Partygate' makes her 'blood boil' as she remembers caring for mum
LBC radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty has opened up about caring for her mother during the coronavirus pandemic.
NewsYahoo News UKDenmark becomes first country to suspend COVID vaccination programme
Following a drop in new infections the Danish Health Authority has decided to 'round off' the national immunisation drive from 15 May.
NewsYahoo News UK'Unprecedented' rise in child obesity during COVID lockdown
The figures outline some of the negative effects of lockdown on the physical health of primary-aged school children.
NewsYahoo News UK'Acting as if still in lockdown': Rees-Mogg in fresh veiled threat to civil servants working from home
It follows the controversy surrounding his messages left at civil servants' empty desks.
NewsYahoo News UKHow many people in the UK haven't had COVID?
New figures show how a clear majority of people have now had COVID.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKChris Chibnall almost 'called it a day' on 'Doctor Who' amid pandemic delays
'Doctor Who' ultimately revamped its 2021 series into the eight-part continuous story arc 'Flux'.
NewsYahoo News UKWhy are easyJet and British Airways cancelling flights?
Travellers are continuing to face major disruption after thousands of UK flights were cancelled in recent days. What exactly is causing this 'chaos'?
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UK'Good Morning Britain' star Kate Garraway claps back at claims she said NHS should be privatised
The star cleared things up on Twitter.
