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A devastated mother has spoken of her heartache after her son was left almost completely paralysed after he caught Covid. She now believes more could've been done for her son after he initially fell ill at their home.

Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester are continuing to plummet, with all but one of our 10 boroughs falling below the national average. Wigan is the only area across the region above the average infection rate for England, with the town's rate currently standing at 135.8 cases per 100,000 people.

Covid restrictions may seem like a distant memory, but hundreds of thousands are still testing positive. In the week up to April 29, 105,331 people in the UK tested positive for Covid-19. The good news is infections and hospital admissions have dropped since a peak last month, but the effects of the virus can linger.

A Scots nurse has told of her panic after her son was rushed to hospital with a serious infection whilst she was abroad on holiday.

After three years of heartbreak, pain, and grief, Kingsley Olasupo’s parents sobbed when they first heard a coroner agree their son was neglected by those who should have helped him.

Throughout the pandemic, a rule of thumb has been that Covid-related hospitalizations tend to rise about two weeks after cases. It was just about two weeks ago that Los Angeles County saw its first, drastic jump in what had been a slow rise of daily cases, but thankfully no corresponding jump in hospitalizations has materialized.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs - however one still has a rate higher than the national average, according to the latest available data.

A hospital trust failed to provide basical medical care to an infant who died from meningitis, a coroner has ruled.

Senior staff at a hospital trust “absolutely have learned” from the death of an infant who was showing subtle signs of infection - and now use his case as a learning tool.

It has been a tough road to recovery for rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, following a string of serious health ailments since going public with his Parkinson's disease diagnosis.In fact, things have taken a turn for the worse, in terms of his mounting health battles, over the course of the last few years that saw him suffer from a serious bout of the flu, a life-threatening staph infection and a nasty fall inside his Los Angeles homewhile recovering from pneumonia.But good news is on the horizon as his beloved wife of nearly 40 years, Sharon Osbourne, is now reassuring his legion of fans that he has to get through one more surgery before he can put any ideas of moving back to the UK into motion. Ozzy health update: Sharon Osbourne, 69, opened up about husband Ozzy Osbourne's health battles of recent years during an interview with Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show Uncensored One more big hurdle: 'He's got one more operation left to do and then he's dying to come back home,' Sharon Osbourne said, in a reference moving from Los Angeles back to the UKSharon, who has been credited with helpingresurrect Ozzy's career as a solo artist beginning in 1979, made a guest appearance on Piers Morgan's new TalkTV show Uncensored.During the interview, he gushed over Ozzy, calling him 'one of my favorite people in the world', before asking about what he called his 'health wars', as reported by Mirror.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, made a somewhat startling statement to Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour yesterday.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to drop across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester and, in the last recorded week, have fallen by almost a third. Currently, Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region and is the only borough with a rate higher than the national average.

The Scottish schools with the highest Covid-19 outbreaks since the pandemic have been named by Public Health Scotland.

A registrar involved in treating an infant who tragically died after contracting meningitis cried as she recalled the "systemic failure" that led to medical staff missing the baby's risk of infection just days after he was born.

In February, New York State Health officials identified a small number of new Covid cases related to a new, even more infectious subvariant of Omicron BA.2. Dubbed BA.2.12.1, it made up only 3% of all new cases in the state for that month. Figures released today by the CDC indicate that in the past eight weeks BA.2.12.1 has not only outcompeted BA.2 in terms of growth, but it has now become the dominant variant in the region made up of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The CDC data indicates that BA.12.2 now accounts for 58% of new cases in the region. In New York state, its share is much higher.

More than 100 children in the UK have required hospital care for hepatitis - inflammation of the liver - since the start of the year, with the majority of cases occurring in children under the age of five.

One Greater Manchester borough continues to have a Coronavirus infection rate above the national average. Despite this, cases have still fallen across the region.

An on-call paediatrician did not assess a premature baby but instead told a concerned midwife to "put a sleepsuit on" him when she raised concerns that his temperature was still extremely low despite time in an incubator.

Shannon Beador shared an update about the health of her ailing dog, Archie, to her Instagram account on Friday.The 57-year-old reality television personality posted several photos of her family's pet, and she was seen lying down with the pooch in one of the shots.The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member also penned a lengthy message to express her thoughts regarding her dog's ailments. Letting everyone know:Shannon Beador shared an update about the health of her ailing dog, Archie, to her Instagram account on FridayBeador began by writing that her family's pet had been experiencing health issues for an extended period of time and issued a warning regarding the content of her photos.'Archie has not been doing well for the last few months.

The number of new Covid infections across Greater Manchester is continuing to fall at a rapid rate. All 10 boroughs have seen a fall in infection rates with fewer people requiring hospital treatment as well.

One person who is now the longest known Coronavirus sufferer tested positive for the virus for 505 days before their death. Before this the longest known infection was a staggering 335 days.