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DWP statistics reveal most common physical and mental disabilities among UK claimants

Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to Singapore in 1994.

Walter has motor neurone disease and is housebound, and says that the service that Food Train provides is a lifeline for him and rescued him after the death of his wife.

BEIJING: China’s Covid outbreak could continue for another two to three months as there are parts of the vast country yet to be hit, according to the former chief scientist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The peak of China's COVID-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a top Chinese epidemiologist has said.

LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19 deaths reported weekly in Los Angeles County has hit the highest point of the season, underscoring the continued deadly risks of a disease that has ripped through the community for nearly three years.

A new study breaks down the quickly spreading variants’ common symptoms among 85 patients. Only three died.

For years, 94% to 95% of incoming kindergarteners were vaccinated against measles, tetanus and certain other diseases. But, the U.S. has begun to see a drop, with rates falling below 94% in the 2020-2021 and to about 93% in the 2021-2022 school year, according to a new U.S. government report.

People who get regular short bouts of exercise are less likely to develop diabetes, dementia and heart disease, a new study finds. And an added benefit - regular movement puts people in a better mood.

Influential English guitarist Jeff Beck, who rose to fame playing with the Yardbirds and later fronted the Jeff Beck Group, died on January 10 aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

Symptoms include stiffness, swelling and tenderness or pain in the joints, often on both sides of the body.