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The heartbroken parents of a 10-year-old girl who tragically died after contracting Strep A are determined to warn others about the seriousness of the disease. Dermot and Lily Murphy lost their beloved daughter Vivienne in March 2019, just over two weeks after she started feeling unwell and suffering from a sore throat, the Irish Mirror reports.

A stressed out ambulance assistant was forced to take his bosses to court in a row over an unpaid £15 meal allowance. Gerald Paton, who has worked for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) for more than 30 years, says they racked up months of legal bills before agreeing to pay up.

A warning has been issued to people across Scotland and the rest of the UK after a case of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) was confirmed.

A man has become the first human in Britain to become infected with a potentially deadly infection borne by ticks.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A new documentary about the invisible struggles of Lyme disease will arrive on May 30, in time to mark the end of an annual awareness month around the condition. “I’m Not Crazy, I’m Sick” will release to paid video-on-demand, from director Ellen Brooks-Tao and cinematographer Clair Popkin (who shot the Oscar winning “Free Solo”). Sypher Studios and Fieldhouse Productions are producing. Sypher Studios and Fieldhouse Productions are producing in association with Global Lyme Alliance. Variety has an exclusive first look at the trailer below. The project follows three families, as well as WNBA star Elena Delle Donne, battling the disease and the eye-popping costs that treatment and diagnoses impose on patients. The doc was inspired by executive producer Kim Cleworth (“Exposure”) and her family’s journey.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said that Erling Haaland is feeling better but is not fit enough to face Liverpool.

More than three years after they were instituted, Los Angeles County’s local emergency declarations due to Covid will be lifted at the end of the day today. The move comes six weeks after California quietly ended its own state of emergency and one day after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced that Hollywood’s Covid protocols will expire on May 12.

A Perth man who lost his wife in the midst of the Covid pandemic will “absolutely” pay his loving respects at one of 11 memorial benches installed across the region.

A former war correspondent said he suffered so badly with long Covid he attempted to take his own life.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun on location in Italy and Morocco on virus thriller Cold Storage with Smile star Sosie Bacon joining Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Liam Neeson (Taken) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian). The Crown star and Oscar nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is in final talks to join.

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway is reportedly planning a trip across the world to find pioneering treatment for her husband Derek Draper.The ITV favourite, 55, has been the prime caregiver to her husband since he faced severe medical complications after contracting long-Covid back in 2020. Former lobbyist and political adviser Derek, also 55, contracted the virus almost three years ago, having been rushed to hospital in an ambulance, placed on a ventilator and induced into a coma after falling ill in the same March that the UK went into its first national lockdown.

A young student who almost died from sepsis is now desperately searching for a kidney donor to save her life.

Alyssa Farah Griffin was notably missing from The View on Wednesday, March 22. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg started off the daytime talk show by addressing the reason the conservative co-host was not on the “Hot Topics” table.

, Justin Bieber is smiling in a new update post.Back in June 2022, the shared that he was recovering from a virus that has caused paralysis on one side of his face. , Ramsay Hunt syndrome “occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears” and can result in facial paralysis as well as hearing loss. In the video Justin demonstrated that he could not blink with one eye, nor could he smile on the same side of his face, or move that nostril. Justin also announced he would be stepping back from touring to focus on his recovery and "get my face back to where it’s supposed to be.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“I love you guys.

With just a couple days left on his guest hosting tenure for “The Daily Show,” Kal Penn brought back a fan-favorite character of his on Wednesday night: Dr. Lawrence Kutner, from “House.” And, with a little help from Dr.

Norovirus cases in hospitals in England have jumped sharply and are now at their highest level for the 2022-23 season, figures show.

Chorley, has had a long health battle after contracting the virus at the start of the pandemic in 2020. The 55-year-old was hospitalised for over a year and did not return home until April 2021. During the height of the pandemic, the former Southlands High School and Runshaw College pupil became the UK's longest inpatient in a hospital to be treated.

Kate Garraway has shared a heartbreaking update on her husband Derek Draper’s ongoing health issues, stating he is still suffering ‘damage’ from being struck down by Covid.  Former political lobbyist Derek, 55, tested positive for Covid in March 2020 and was placed in an induced coma to help fight off the virus. He was eventually declared Covid-free and emerged from the coma, but has fought one of the most severe cases of long Covid in the country with his body wrecked from the effects of the infectious disease.

Jeremy Hunt poked fun at former health secretary Matt Hancock as he set out the details of his spring budget on Wednesday (March 15).

Kate Garraway has shared the last holiday she had with her husband Derek Draper and the now-poignant passing conversation they had before their lives were changed by Covid. Fans of the Good Morning Britain presenter are well aware of the fact that former Labour lobbyist suffered severe complications after contracting the virus early into the pandemic in March 2020.

Kate Garraway has given an update on her family life as well as her husband Derek Draper's progress as he continues to battle the devastating effects contracting coronavirus had on his body. Many fans are aware that Derek Draper suffered severe complications after contracting coronavirus in March 2020.

Oscar-winning actress is set to film a new project in Ireland in the coming months, but has insisted against wearing a mask because she is “full of antibodies and very healthy”, having contracted the virus a number of times.Speaking as part of her keynote speech at the SXSW Film and TV Festival on Monday (March 13), she said (via Vanity Fair): “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not.“I’m sure this is being recorded. I’ve had COVID-19 multiple times so I’m full of antibodies and very healthy.”Last year, Swinton explained that while she had got off “relatively lightly” with the virus, she suffered with memory problems and vertigo as a result.She told The Guardian: “I was coughing like an old gentleman who smoked a pipe for 70 years, and had nasty vertigo.

Gemma Collins has looked to sub-zero cryotherapy in a bid to “shock her system” back to health after long Covid symptoms made her convinced she was dying of a heart attack.The 42-year-old reality star contracted the virus last year and she has been suffering from the side effects ever since. Only last month, Gemma revealed she had to ring for an ambulance and thought she was going to die. “The palpitations got so bad I thought I was having a heart attack,” she says.

The BBC has issued an update after its sporting schedule was thrown into disarray this weekend. Presenters, commentators, and pundits, pulled out of various shows in solidarity with Gary Lineker 'stepping away' from Match of the Day in a row over impartiality.

People with Long Covid could suffer from a wider range of symptoms than previously thought, scientists studying the condition have found. 

Kirsty Gallacher has candidly revealed she suffered a breakdown after her divorce from husband Paul Sampson in 2015.  The presenter, 47, said she sunk into a deep depression which led to her collapsing on Sky Sports in 2016 as she struggled to juggle her broadcasting duties, Strictly Come Dancing and being a new single mum to her two boys; Jude, 13, and Oscar, 16. In a candid new interview, Kirsty has spoken about how she became an emotional wreck after the breakdown of her five-year marriage to the rugby player, 45.

The Bachelor star Zach Shallcross is revealing what he begged and pleaded for during his time as the star of the show, and was ultimately turned down by ABC.

As upbeat as she may seem on TV, Savannah Guthrie knows what it’s like to deal with loss. Alongside her incredible success as the cohost of Today, the television journalist has also had her fair share of hardships throughout the years.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Creed III” delivered a powerful box office knockout with its $58.6 million domestic debut, clobbering expectations and franchise records in the process. And there’s more good news for struggling theater owners starved for compelling content. It looks like the good fortune will continue in March with “Scream VI” (March 10), “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” (March 17), “John Wick: Chapter 4” (March 24) and “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (March 31). There’s at least one major release every weekend through the rest of the month, offering the kind of stability that’s been desperately missing during the great box office reset.

Matt Hancock told aides he wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” about the Kent variant of Covid to ensure compliance with lockdown rules, leaked messages have revealed. The latest set of WhatsApp exchanges show the then-health secretary and others discussing how to use an announcement about the variant to scare the public into changing their behaviour. The messages, among 100,000 passed to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott, show cabinet secretary Simon Case suggested in January 2021 that the “fear” factor would be “vital”.

A mum whose brain tumour has tragically returned after almost 20 years says she 'will do anything' to find a cure for the disease so she can live to look after her four kids. Emma Fox, 35 has now been waiting three years to have the growth removed which sadly returned in 2020, Wales Online reports.

Dominic Cummings’ time in Downing Street was a “nightmare”, Rishi Sunak appeared to tell Matt Hancock, according to the latest set of leaked WhatsApp messages. The remarks, made on the day that the former No10 aide used an appearance in front of MPs to claim that thousands of people died needlessly during the pandemic, show the then-Chancellor and Mr Hancock complaining about Mr Cummings. Mr Hancock messaged Mr Sunak: “Of all the bonkersness about Dom’s circus, the one I enjoy most is that he’s doing this to secure his place at the heart of the future Sunak administration.

Subscribe here for the latest news where you liveHis adviser responded: “I was about to message. What a f—ing piece of s—. You went out and backed him over Barnard castle, and he responds by briefing against you relentlessly, in private and now in public.

Matt Hancock and officials show how the then health secretary scrambled to save his career after footage emerged of his embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo. They are among the latest set of WhatsApp correspondence to emerge from the leak of more than 100,000 messages published by the Daily Telegraph. The latest tranche centre on the hours after Mr Hancock discovered that leaked footage, showing him breaching social distancing rules, would appear on the front page of the Sun in June 2021.

Matt Hancock expressed concern that a flagship Rishi Sunak policy was contributing to the spread of Covid-19 as the latest set of leaked messages reveal how the pair were at odds during the pandemic.

Justin Bieber has cancelled all of his upcoming gigs and has put an end to his Justice Tour for good due to ongoing health issues. The Canadian musician had already been forced to postpone his tour several times while recovering from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS).