Tag: Covid-19

Diabetes nearly doubles risk of death from Covid

PEOPLE with diabetes are almost twice as likely to die from Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill...

Scots families consider legal action over Covid-19 care home deaths

SCOTS families are reportedly considering legal action over the deaths of relatives in care homes due to Covid-19. Families who lost loved ones in Scotland’s...

Long Covid sufferer completes 66-mile cycle in Scotland

A NORTHERN Irishman who suffered serious ramifications due to "long Covid" has completed a 66-mile cycle in Inverness. 63-year-old Gerard McLarnon from Randalstown, County Antrim,...

The impact of Covid and war on people with disabilities in Ukraine

RESEARCHERS have called for Ukraine’s Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) to have a better say in the country’s decision-making process. The Edinburgh Napier led...

Two Covid vaccines not enough for kidney failure patients, research finds

NEW research has found two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine do not offer sufficient protection for certain kidney failure patients. Carried out by the Scottish...

Calls for covid restrictions on hospitality businesses to be lifted

Ahead of tomorrow’s announcement by Nichola sturgeon, UKHospitality Scotland, a trade body is calling for business restrictions to be lifted by January 24 at...

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