The six lungs were taken from brain-dead patients and offered to transplant surgeons. But at major medical centers, one surgeon after another refused the organs. They were damaged, swollen and soggy with fluid. Like 80 percent of lungs offered for transplant, these were just too far gone for the operation. …...Read More

A tragic bride died at her wedding reception in a lavish Russian palace after she suffered anaphylactic shock 'caused by nut allergy'. Alexandra Erokhova, 25, was celebrating her wedding reception at Tsaritsyno Palace in Moscow when the allergic reaction occurred. The bride had an extreme reaction when she was eating …...Read More

My friends were also 19, young and seemingly invincible, and, however nerdy they were, they still got drunk and went to parties. I did, too, if one of them folded up my wheelchair and threw it in the trunk of their car. And I navigated my new reality with some …...Read More

A teenager has been detained under the Mental Health Act after a 10-year-old boy was stabbed inside a house in Bolton. Police were called to a street in Great Lever on Saturday afternoon after reports a child had been attacked inside a house. The boy was rushed to Manchester Children's …...Read More

The construction of a dedicated manufacturing base for coronavirus vaccines has begun in eastern China. The plant, with an investment of 550million yuan (£62million), is set to start mass-producing anti-coronavirus injections as early as next March, according to local officials. China's disease-control officials have claimed that the first COVID-19 vaccine …...Read More

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. When Jose Morón, known as Fredo, first came to the United States from Mexico at 18, the only word he knew in English was “cheeseburger,” and he ate a lot …...Read More

Britain has the second safest roads in Europe with only Sweden recording fewer deaths per million inhabitants, new statistics show. There are 28 deaths a year on the road per million people in Britain, while in Sweden the figure is a slightly smaller 25, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers …...Read More

The Prince of Wales met staff at a travel and holiday business in Wales in his first engagement in the country since the coronavirus lockdown. Prince Charles, 71, visited family-run Edwards Coaches in Abercynon in Mountain Ash, south Wales, today. He heard how staff had helped residents from 90 homes …...Read More

A cosmetic surgery company has sparked outrage after it announced it would be selling T-shirts marked with double mastectomy surgical scars. Plastic surgeon at Cosmetic Surgery Partners in London, Dr Miles Berry, took to social media to unveil the clinic's new range of T-shirts that would allow those looking to …...Read More

Advertisement Britain today announced 12 more coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll, taking the total number of victims to 44,840. Department of Health chiefs have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which is often much higher because it takes into account lab-confirmed fatalities in all settings. The early count …...Read More