Alcohol killed more people in England and Wales last year than in any other year since records began, according to data from the ONS, as many Brits turned to drink to cope with the isolation caused by lockdowns.
We are told a lot about the upsides of Covid vaccines but rarely discuss the risks. Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson has taken it upon himself to ask: how many Americans have died after taking the vaccine?
The Head of the Covid Genomics U.K. Consortium (COG-UK) says there is currently "no hint" of a Covid variant that can fully evade the effectiveness of vaccines. If anything, future variants could be less infectious.
An increasing number of companies are telling their staff to work from home at least some of the time, confirming previous reports that, for many, "hybrid working" could become "the norm" post lockdown.
Canada has become the first country to authorise the use of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 12-15. U.S. regulators are expected to do the same in the coming days.
Norway is the latest country to announce that it will introduce domestic Covid vaccine passports. Will the British Government follow suit, as it did after Italy introduced its first lockdown last February?
More than one in five British adults experienced some form of depression in the first months of 2021 – this being double the rate that was recorded before the first lockdown began.
Rumours that a third Covid vaccine dose will be rolled out later this year have been confirmed by plans to offer the over-50s and those with underlying health conditions an extra dose before Christmas.
Public debate surrounding the impacts of lockdown on employment has focussed on the impact on younger people – but data shows that older workers have suffered the highest rate of redundancy over the past year.
Stephen Reicher, a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of St Andrews and member of SAGE, has warned that the introduction of Covid vaccine passports could lead to people refusing to get vaccinated.
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