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Britons BACK harsh lockdown rules despite fearing they will damage the UK economy for years – poll

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The vast majority of Britons back the lockdown rules being used to tackle the coronavirus but have mounting fears it will cripple the economy, a poll has found. The country supports Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down the country on March 23, but are scared about what it may cost. It is understood Foreign Secretary Dominic … Read more

Cabinet split: Hawks warn UK faces irreparable damage while doves favour extending the measures

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Cabinet splits over coronavirus lockdown: Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns Britain faces irreparable damage if restrictions aren’t lifted soon – while Health Secretary Matt Hancock favours extending the measures to protect NHS workers Cabinet is split between hawks who want to lift lockdown in a few weeks and doves who want to delay until late May … Read more

Invasion of Asian hornets could cause £7.6million in environmental damage a year, study finds

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Asian hornets are invading the UK and it could cost us millions of pounds, according to a new study. Experts have warned their environmental destruction could cost the UK up to £7.6 million pounds every year – with costs included in destroying their nests, fighting the invasion and damage caused by them. The wasps, which … Read more

Coronavirus can damage the heart in up to 20% of severely ill patients

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Coronavirus may mount a full body onslaught, attacking not just the lungs and respiratory tract but the heart as well, emerging research suggests.  Doctors have observe since the early days of the pandemic that COVID-19 patients with underlying health conditions – including cardiac disease – tend to get coronavirus at higher rates and become sicker … Read more

Coronavirus: Some patients may suffer brain damage from bleeds

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Some coronavirus patients may suffer brain damage as a result of the devastating infection, doctors around the world are warning.   One Florida patient in his 70s lost the ability to speak at least temporarily, The New York Times reported.   Brain scans of a woman in her 50s taken in Detroit revealed that some of her … Read more

Trump abandoned Easter plan after his campaign warned soaring deaths would damage his re-election

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President Donald Trump retreated from his Easter deadline to reopen the economy , when faced with the dual realities of mounting deaths from the coronavirus and the possibility of tanking his re-election campaign. As the president pushed for a return to normal life by April 12, he was subject to an intervention from two sets of … Read more

Harmful protein build-up predicts brain tissue damage in Alzheimer’s disease, study finds

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Build-up of a harmful protein in the brain can predict atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients at least one year in advance. Previous studies have shown that two tell-tale plaques, amyloid beta and tau, form clumps that smother and destroy neurons.   But researchers found that only accumulation of the tau protein was indicative of where damage … Read more

Mother sues Minnesota State Fair after son left with permanent kidney damage from E. coli infection

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A mother is suing the Minnesota State Fair after her son allegedly contracted an E. coli infection and developed permanent kidney damage from touching livestock. According to a lawsuit filed last week, Christina Vonderhaar said that, on August 29, she brought her son, then four, to the State Fair, where he pet several animals. Within two … Read more

Incredible NASA images reveals ash damage from the Philippines’ Taal Volcano eruption

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The Taal Volcano in the Philippines woke from a 43-year long slumber in January, spewing a nine mile stream of ash into the area that desolated the surrounding landscape. Two months after the eruption, NASA has shared images of the Pacific Island that show the once tropic terrain still ‘looks more like the moon’. Aside … Read more