Stephen Hawking's ventilator has been donated to the NHS to help treat coronavirus patients at a hospital in Cambridge.

Donald Trump has defended his company's decision to temporarily lay off more than 150 workers at his private Mar-a-Lago club.

2019 was the hottest year on record for Europe as global warming trends continue, major analysis has shown.

Nearly a quarter of British adults have felt lonely during the coronavirus lockdown, a new study has suggested, sparking fears over the unintended mental health impact of the restrictions.

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A second wave of coronavirus cases could put an "unimaginable strain" on the US healthcare system this winter, the country's top health official has warned.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in Chatham following reports of gunshots being fired from the balcony of an apartment block.

A family who were stopped by police while driving to Brighton during the coronavirus lockdown told officers they were "bored of staying in and wanted some fresh air".

More than 2,000 people each week may be missing cancer diagnoses and possibly losing vital treatment time due to coronavirus fears, a leading cancer charity has warned.

Health bosses have denied a report that transfers of coronavirus patients to the newly built NHS Nightingale in London were rejected due to a lack of nurses.

Three London Ambulance Service staff were today revealed to have died with coronavirus.

A London brewery is donating the income from two new beers brewed in honour of frontline healthcare workers to NHS charities.

A couple have been fined after getting stranded on a rock on the Scottish coast during the coronavirus lockdown.

Dominic Raab says a total of 69 NHS workers have died during the coronavirus pandemic amid claims the true toll is much higher.

Rugby stars have recorded inspirational messages for boys at a London school to help motivate them through the coronavirus lockdown.

A Banksy mural in Bristol has been given a face mask in a coronavirus-themed makeover.

The Health Secretary has been forced to deny the UK's failure to take part in an EU scheme to get vital ventilators for the coronavirus crisis was politically motivated.

An RAF plane believed to be carrying a delayed consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff has landed in the UK.

Fears that Transport for London may have to axe services because of a cash crisis were downplayed today.

Paratroopers have started the #MohawkChallenge after the veteran's example

Police have been left "flabbergasted" after a man who coughed in an officer's face claiming to have Covid-19 was spared jail. .

Japanese authorities have cut down thousands of flowers to stop people from gathering in crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.

The death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients in the UK has passed 18,000, official figures show.

The UK's coronavirus death toll may have already hit 41,000 – twice as high as official figures suggest, new analysis has found.

Some NHS medics are being re-tested for Covid-19 after being wrongly cleared of carrying the virus.

Spain's prime minister has revealed his government's plans to start winding down the country's coronavirus lockdown in the second half of May.

The family of a London bus driver who died with Covid-19 said today a lack of protective equipment for public transport workers and delays to improving safety had "cost lives".

Former Olympic rower Kenny Dwan has recalled the emotional moment he left hospital after a three-week battle with coronavirus.

The Queen has decided to cancel the ancient Garter Ceremony In June.

This is the moving moment a tearful police chief leaves hospital to go home to his family after battling against coronavirus in intensive care.

A Zoom blunder from Wales's health minister left fellow politicians with their heads in their hands as he was heard swearing about a colleague with his microphone still on.

Images show streets and roads lying deserted as today marked one month since lockdown measures were put in place in the UK to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The World Health Organisation's chief has warned that most countries are still in the early stages of their coronavirus epidemics and others are starting to see a resurgence in cases.

Teams at Imperial and Oxford appeal to Londoners to join Covid-19 fight

Ministers have come under renewed pressure to release thousands more prisoners after it was revealed that more than 500 jail staff and inmates have contracted Covid-19.

Three people have been arrested after a staggering 190kg of cocaine worth about £19 million was found hidden in lorries carrying toys and paper at the Port of Dover.

Infection rates among NHS workers tested for Covid-19 were no higher for those treating patients face-to-face than for staff in non-clinical roles, a new study has found.

The spread of coronavirus through the UK population will be tracked with the help of a new study that the government hopes will help pin down immunity levels and infection rates.

A coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be available before the year is out despite tens of millions of pounds being spent on UK trials that start imminently.

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The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Two cats in separate areas of New York have tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms of a mild respiratory illness, experts have said.

Frontline health workers at a UK hospital have become the first in the country to be widely kitted out with a pioneering respirator hood when treating Covid-19 patients.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the US during the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming a human rights crisis as "structural inequalities" are impeding access to public services, the United Nations has said.

Prince Louis has shown his support for the NHS by making a rainbow poster for a series of photographs to mark his second birthday.

A woman allegedly spat at and threw the contents of a sick bowl over a nurse while being treated for Covid-19 symptoms.

A nurse from New Zealand who cared for Boris Johnson as he battled coronavirus says he "absolutely needed" intensive care treatment after his symptoms worsened.

Doctors performed an emotional rendition of Ave Maria to celebrate the recovery of a fellow nurse from the coronavirus.

A consultant who died after contracting Covid-19 has been described as a "very special human being" and "a real NHS hero".