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Coronavirus doctor's diary: Take care when you clap for carers
Each Thursday's clap for carers leads to a flurry of activity in Accident and Emergency, says Dr John Wright.
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 can hit the kidneys
Figures show more than 2,000 patients admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 suffered kidney failure.
Coronavirus: Intensive care and other key terms explained
Use our tool to check the meaning of key words and phrases associated with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Coronavirus: 'Covid toe' and other rashes puzzle doctors
A Spanish study identifies five rashes present in some coronavirus hospital patients.
Coronavirus: Thousands signal interest in plasma trial
It is hoped the antibodies recovered patients have built up will help clear the virus in others.
Coronavirus: 12 hours with paramedics on the Covid front-line
Tina Brennan is often the first point of contact for patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Parents urged to keep up child vaccinations
NHS England says all essential vaccinations are still being provided despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus: Target reached as UK tests pass 100,000 a day
A third of the government's 122,300 tests in 24 hours were sent in the post but not necessarily completed.
Coronavirus: Fertility treatments to start again in UK
Clinics will need to prove they can offer services while protecting the safety of patients and staff.
Coronavirus: What it's like to test yourself for Covid-19
Carer Heather Lamont swabs herself for Covid-19 at a drive-through test centre.
Coronavirus: Testing will help UK 'unlock the lockdown' - Hancock
The health secretary says the government has reached its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day.
Coronavirus: UK 'likely to get close to or hit' 100,000 tests target
But the target is just a "stepping stone" to more testing, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick says.
Coronavirus: How long does it take to recover?
Recovery from Covid-19 can be a lengthy process, depending on how seriously people get the virus.
Coronavirus: NHS doctor 'overwhelmed' after Visor Army plea
Consultant says she "can't thank people enough" after WhatsApp appeal triggers huge public effort.
Coronavirus: 'Many said goodbye to loved ones in an ambulance'
Dr Nigel Kennea describes his role supporting bereaved families at one London hospital during the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus: When your child's in intensive care with Covid-19
Two mothers tell the BBC about their experiences as their young children battled the virus.
Coronavirus: What it's like to be shielding in your twenties
Grace, 26, doesn't look it but she's deemed extremely vulnerable - here's how she's dealing with having to shield.
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says UK is past the peak of outbreak
Boris Johnson says he will set out a plan next week on the economy, schools and transport beyond lockdown.
Coronavirus doctor: 'I see staff crying when their patient passes away'
Dr Harmandeep Singh is a consultant at Ealing Hospital in London, and has had Covid-19 himself.
Coronavirus: 'Probable' government will miss 100,000 test target
Hospital chiefs say the figure is a "red herring" and the UK must move to mass testing.
Coronavirus: NHS dashboard to predict protective gear shortages
Tech firms will help the NHS spot where kit is running scarce, but privacy campaigners are concerned.
Coronavirus: NHS sets out six-week plan for 'return to normal'
Urgent services should return to pre-Covid-19 levels, a letter to local trusts and GPs says.
Coronavirus: PM to update UK on 'steps to defeat' coronavirus
Boris Johnson will lead the Downing Street briefing later for the first time since his return to work.
Coronavirus: Essex autistic teenager recovers after diagnosis
Billy's family say they "owe everything" to the NHS after he tested positive for coronavirus.
Remdesivir: Drug has 'clear-cut' power to fight coronavirus
The data on its effect on symptoms comes from a trial of more than 1,000 patients in the US.
Coronavirus in Scotland: Half of deaths now in care homes
New data shows that 338 of the 656 coronavirus deaths recorded in Scotland last week were in care homes.
Coronavirus 'as deadly as Ebola in hospital'
Researchers say patients in hospital are as likely to die with Covid-19 as with Ebola.
Coronavirus: Tens of thousands more book tests in England
Staff and residents of care homes, over-65s and people who cannot work at home are now eligible for testing.
PMQs: Starmer and Raab on UK and Europe death rates
Sir Keir Starmer says the UK is only “part-way through this crisis” and the number of coronavirus deaths is “truly dreadful”.
Coronavirus: Medical cannabis access eased amid lockdown
Clinics have been offering online consultations.
PPE 'designed for women' needed on frontline
The unisex design doesn't fit all women properly, according to many who are working in healthcare.
Coronavirus: Thousands of cancer ops at 'Covid-free' hubs
A network of centres is established across England to provide essential cancer surgery in safe conditions.
Coronavirus: 98-year-old doctor working through the lockdown
France's oldest doctor continues to support patients, despite being at high risk of getting coronavirus.
Coronavirus: One thing that makes job loss in US so painful
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs recently and for many that also means losing health insurance.
Coronavirus: Millions more to be eligible for testing
Staff and residents of care homes in England, and over-65s, can now be tested, the health secretary says.
Coronavirus: Care home deaths up as hospital cases fall
Outbreaks in care homes claiming 2,000 lives a week, but hospital fatalities are going down.
Coronavirus: Tests to be rolled out to care home staff and residents and over-65s
Residents and staff in care homes will be able to get tested even if they do not have symptoms.
Coronavirus: The hospice staff working through a pandemic
We go inside East Cheshire Hospice to see how staff, patients and families are coping with the pandemic.
Coronavirus: Anti-viral drug has 'positive results' in lab tests
Scientists now hope to begin clinical tests on the drug which could prevent coronavirus infections.
Coronavirus: 'My son had symptoms of rare syndrome'
Hayley Grix's three-year-old son Marley became extremely unwell with distressing symptoms.
Coronavirus: Somerset NHS trust prioritises BAME staff for tests
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust says BAME staff are now in the "vulnerable and at risk" groups.
Coronavirus: NHS doctor's son asks Matt Hancock for public apology
Intisar Chowdhury calls on the health secretary to admit mistakes were made in supplying protective kit.
Coronavirus: UK holds minute's silence for key workers who died
The PM and NHS leaders join the tribute to front-line workers who have died with coronavirus.
'Amazing' staff praised for St Annes care home lockdown
No-one has been in or out of Fairhaven Lodge for five weeks since staff chose to isolate with residents.
Coronavirus: UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE
Failures in the preparation for the coronavirus pandemic are revealed by a BBC investigation.
Coronavirus doctor's diary: 'We aren't diagnosing many cancers now'
Planned surgery has been cancelled across the NHS - there may be some big changes when it resumes.
Coronavirus: London's NHS Nightingale 'treated 51 patients'
The temporary field hospital in the ExCel centre was built to care for up to 4,000 coronavirus patients.
Coronavirus survivor, 98, thanks Kettering General Hospital staff
Doug Moore praised the hospital's "excellent" staff and even had a "jolly good time" in their care.
Coronavirus alert: Rare syndrome seen in UK children
Doctors have been told to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction that may be linked to Covid-19.
Coronavirus: NHS front-line staff to get life assurance scheme
The health secretary says families of front-line workers who die from coronavirus will get £60,000.
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