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Scientists say flash floods will be more common as climate crisis worsens
Jul 29, 2021 04:47UK Parliament’s public accounts committee warned earlier this year that the government was not doing enough to prevent damage from flooding, and said councils and local authorities needed much more help, including more cash.
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Will COVID become a disease of the young? The world is watching developed countries to find out
Jul 29, 2021 04:42The UK government has decided to let the coronavirus spread among young people. Paediatricians are split over how much harm it will cause.
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How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus?
Jul 28, 2021 10:07According to interviews with 10 leading COVID-19 experts, vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus, and those most at risk are still the unvaccinated.
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UK doctors warn over increasing number of young people with COVID in ICU
Jul 28, 2021 09:58The latest data from the UK Office for National Statistics shows that coronavirus in England is now largely an infection among young adults, with cases in 16- to 24-year-olds almost six times more common than in 50- to 69-year-olds.
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Thunderstorms leave roads and tube stations flooded in London
Jul 27, 2021 14:36Torrential rain has flooded roads and tube stations in London after thunderstorms hit the south of England on Sunday (25 Jul 2021). Barts Health NHS trust declared a major incident after the flooding led to problems at Whipps Cross hospital and Newham Hospital in the east of the city.
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Sage adviser claims ministers trying to get as many as possible infected with COVID
Jul 24, 2021 04:31A scientist advising the British government has accused ministers of allowing infections to rip through the younger population in an effort to bolster levels of immunity before the NHS faces winter pressures.
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COP26 will be most important summit ever, but the UK’s leadership is already falling short
Jul 24, 2021 04:21For more than a decade, rich nations – those responsible for the vast majority of emissions causing the climate crisis – have failed to deliver the promised $100bn a year to support countries in the global south in cutting emissions and adapting to the intensifying impacts of the crisis.
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UK Covid cases could hit 200,000 a day, says scientist behind lockdown strategy
Jul 20, 2021 14:31Coronavirus infections in the UK are surging again and hospitalisations are on the rise, driven by the spread of the Delta variant and the partial lifting of restrictions. COVID cases could hit 200,000 a day in the UK this year and cause “major disruption” to the NHS, according to the scientist whose initial modelling helped shape Britain’s coronavirus lockdown strategy.
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Boris Johnson gave two reasons for lifting all restrictions. Both are wrong
Jul 16, 2021 15:24The UK government has announced a removal of all public health measures, meaning that population immunity has to do all the work. With millions of people still without the protection of full vaccination or previous infection, it is inevitable that a good chunk of that immunity will come from new infection rather than vaccination.
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'A truly shameful day': UK government condemned for slashing global aid during pandemic
Jul 16, 2021 09:27Global aid groups rebuked the Tory-led UK government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for approving a plan to slash overseas aid spending by £4 billion ($5.5 billion) per year, with critics saying the cuts would result in disastrous consequences for the world's poorest people, including millions of children, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.