Figures published by the Government on Thursday showed that Covid was the fourth leading cause of long-term sickness among civil servants in the year to March 2022 after poor mental health, musculoskeletal problems and “other” problems. It was also the main culprit for short-term sickness, defined as periods of equal

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Figures published by the Government on Thursday showed that Covid was the fourth leading cause of long-term sickness among civil servants in the year to March 2022 after poor mental health, musculoskeletal problems and “other” problems. It was also the main culprit for short-term sickness, defined as periods of equal

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Claims for injuries caused by the Covid-19 vaccine are being judged on a threshold set before the Second World War for wounded soldiers, it has emerged, as patients called for the system to be overhauled. The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) awards a one-off tax-free payment to people severely disabled

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Care home residents will be the first to receive the spring Covid-19 booster jab from Monday. Around five million people are eligible for a booster up until the end of June, including those aged 75 and over and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed. While the care home

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“Women were not more likely to conceive in 2021 than in 2020 – there were just more women to conceive,” she said. “The increase in the number of births in 2021 most likely reflects the impact of the easing of lockdowns. We know that financial precarity and uncertainty are barriers

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Chinese officials have released an updated analysis of more than 1,300 samples taken from the Wuhan wet market at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a preprint published on Wednesday, researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said there was “convincing evidence” that Sars-Cov-2 was spreading

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The risk of dying from heart issues was three and a half times higher among young women in the first three months after a single dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, according to a new study. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysed hospitalisations, vaccination records and death registrations in

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In the midst of the day-to-day political street theatre, it is easy to miss the big problems brewing just under the surface. A few days ago, a significant and worrying report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) shed light on the rise of what has come to be known

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Doesn’t this feel wrong? Seven MPs are sitting in judgment on an eighth. Some are allies of the accused. Some are his opponents. Some had already publicly condemned him before the hearings began. Yet this charade is given all the trappings of a legal process. Even Boris Johnson’s keenest critics

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It’s three years since Boris Johnson told us “you must stay at home”. The two years that followed saw the most draconian constraints ever imposed on human behaviour in a free society. Their consequences are still with us. I find this a hard column to write. I resigned from the

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