Coronavirus

An independent public inquiry into how the government handled the coronavirus pandemic began last week, led by Baroness Hallett, a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to take a more “sustained” approach to tackling long Covid.

A report says employers should have a bereavement policy in place, as the Covid-19 inquiry begins.

A quarter of employers are facing long Covid absence issues, as the number of people testing positive for the virus...

New ONS figures in September 2022 show a significant proportion of over-50s are leaving work because of ill health.

A local council in Wales has been urged to improve its sickness absence levels after recording what has been described as a “shocking” absence rate.

The HSE is launching a wearables-based research project to better understand Covid-19 transmission by studying physical interactions at work.

Health and wellbeing has been priority for employers since the arrival of Covid-19, but do they truly understand what employees are worried about most?

There is growing evidence that Covid-19 may potentially be having significant knock-on health consequences among the general population, including resulting...

As more case law begins to emerge around employers’ actions during the pandemic, Richard Fox looks at a recent Employment...

Regular asymptomatic Covid-19 testing will be paused across healthcare settings and care homes in England from tomorrow (31 August), as...

Two-thirds of people who catch Covid-19 are still infectious five days after their symptoms begin, research has suggested.
The findings,...

Long Covid is the ‘sting in the tail’ of the pandemic and is increasingly being recognised as a ‘massive’ public...

People who have had Covid-19 still face a higher risk of 'brain fog', epilepsy and dementia two years after catching the virus.

With Covid-19 antibodies declining across the population, an expert wants to see the autumn booster programme expanded.