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The deadly coronavirus is ‘accelerating’ and China is facing a ‘grave situation’, the country’s president has said – as at least one doctor has died from the virus and the US prepares to evacuate citizens from crisis-hit Wuhan.  The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown and where the virus …

British authorities are hunting for 2,000 people who flew in from Wuhan after the deadly coronavirus hit Europe with France confirming its first three cases and the death toll rising to 41 in China. It comes as one of the first UK patients to be tested for the killer condition – …

The deadly coronavirus ravaging Asia is far more contagious than previously thought and someone who is infected can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze. It has so far killed 26 people and infected more than 900 in at least 10 countries within three weeks. But experts …

Fourteen UK patients have been tested for the killer coronavirus after returning from China with flu-like symptoms, it can be revealed.   The unidentified patients are thought to be from Wuhan, the city at the heart of the outbreak which has killed 18 people – officials today revealed the first person had …

Sleaford’s MP says she was left in fear after a campaign of harassment and abuse by one of her constituents. Dr Caroline Johnson was sent threatening emails and YouTube videos saying ‘it’s your turn to die doctor’ and ‘exterminate the doctor’ by tormentor Justin Blair. The 50-year-old of North Drive …

The flu season is well under way and the NHS is already starting to buckle under the pressure. Alarming new figures from Public Health England (PHE) show thousands of patients have been to their GP with flu-like symptoms in the past five days, and three times as many people have …

The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised for ‘incorrectly handling’ the claim of a widow with cancer, struggling to eat and heat her home. Deborah Parsons said that she and her 13-year-old daughter had been “plunged into poverty” after being diagnosed with breast cancer and unable to work, as …

A widowed mum with cancer has been forced to rely on food banks to feed her 13-year-old daughter after being “plunged into poverty”. Deborah Parsons from Sidmouth says she has learned how “dire” the benefit system is after being too unwell to work and being given a total of £0 …

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has appointed Nicola Scrivings to chair its board. She succeeds interim chair Nigel Beverley, who has been with the trust since July. Ms Scrivings joins EEAST from Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, where she has been chairwoman since January 2015. Nicola …

PUBLISHED: 20:36 14 October 2019 | UPDATED: 20:36 14 October 2019 Nicola Scrivings has been appointed chair of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. Picture: EEAST Archant The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has today announced the appointment of a new chair for its board, Nicola …