Taking COVID-19’s temperature: Daily ‘smart thermometer’ data suggest US stay-at-home orders may be flattening the pandemic’s curve as fever rates fall nearly 80% below experts’ predictions A map of daily temperature readings show fevers across the US are 77% lower than experts’ predictions About 2.86 percent of Americans were expected to have fevers – but … Read more
WH Smith expected to be among first in string of retailers to tap investors for cash after being forced to close lucrative travel business By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:12 BST, 4 April 2020 WH Smith is expected to be among the first in a … Read more
The Pentagon is ordering 100,000 body bags as experts predict the coronavirus will claim the lives of more than 200,000 Americans and a new report has suggested the Trump administration was warned about the threat of coronavirus three years ago but failed to prepare. By Wednesday evening the US death toll had surpassed 4,770 and … Read more
Days after revealing he was diagnosed with coronavirus, Colton Underwood gave an update on his health. The 28-year-old former star of The Bachelor posted a snap of himself eating in bed on Instagram Monday alongside a lengthy caption in which he described his battle with COVID-19. He even revealed that it has actually been more … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn’s aides including general secretary Jennie Formby face the axe in expected new leader Keir Starmer’s ‘purge of lunatic Lefties’ Those expected to be ‘purged’ also include Karie Murphy and Ian Lavery But some warned it would make a mockery of Starmer’s claim as unity candidate Sir Keir is seen as clear favourite ahead of Rebecca … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Criminal trials likely to run longer than three days will be postponed to prevent coronavirus contamination in courtrooms. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett – the most senior judge in England and Wales – has decided no fresh case should start in any Crown Court unless it is expected to last fewer than three days. As … Read more
A woman claims she wakes up every morning stuck to her bed sheets due to a rare condition which causes pus-filled blisters all over her body. Assya Shabir, 32, was diagnosed with junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) when she was born, the most severe type of epidermolysis bullosa. The incurable condition means her skin and internal … Read more
Francis Bacon’s masterpiece Triptych Inspired By The Oresteia Of Aeschylus is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction A Francis Bacon masterpiece was unveiled at Sotheby’s in London yesterday The painting is expected to fetch well in excess of £46million in New York in May Bacon painted the piece in 1981, and depicts his … Read more
Rare fully-functional Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 when it goes up for auction in Boston next week alongside a Macintosh PowerBook signed by Steve Jobs and a ‘Think different’ watch The Apple-1 machine was the first product sold by the Apple Computer company Once a museum piece, the unit being sold has been … Read more