Most people have begun wearing gloves, masks and carrying hand sanitiser gels to avoid catching covid-19, however pet owners should be taking extra precautions, reveal two leading UK veterinarians. Dr Jessica May of FirstVet and Caroline Reay of BlueCross shared their advice for caring for four-legged friends throughout the ongoing pandemic. Speaking to FEMAIL, the … Read more
Kate Middleton is ‘leading’ the homeschooling efforts of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, while organising playtime for Prince Louis each day, a source has revealed. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, is ensuring her three children settle into their studies at their Norfolk home Anmer Hall while Prince William, 37, has also ‘rolled his sleeves up’ … Read more
The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more
Britain must stay in total lockdown until June to properly prevent the full extent of the deadly coronavirus and social distancing could last for months, a senior health chief has warned. The country’s coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 yesterday in the worst day the country faced yet. A total of 17,089 people tested … Read more
A top Edinburgh University professor predicted a coronavirus-like crisis two years ago and says that the government missed several opportunities to contain the pandemic. Devi Sridhar, 35, professor of global public health at the university, made the prediction to an audience at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales in May 2018. She said that a … Read more
China’s chief medical advisor DENIES the coronavirus originates in Wuhan as he blasts the claim as ‘irresponsible’ Epidemiologist Dr Zhong Nanshan rebuked the widely held belief yesterday ‘It is irresponsible to conclude lightly before [the matter] is clarified,’ he said His statement came as cases are falling rapidly in China but soaring globally A Beijing’s … Read more
Leading scientist who warned 260,000 Brits could die from the coronavirus if the Government didn’t take drastic action admits he has a persistent cough and high fever – tell-tale signs of the killer infection Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said he is self-isolating The virus expert revealed in a tweet that he has … Read more
More than £150billion was wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies yesterday as the FTSE 100 endured its sharpest one-day fall since the height of the 2008 crash. On what was termed a new Black Monday, panic over coronavirus and a collapse in oil prices sent the world’s financial markets into meltdown – sparking … Read more
Number of people with the leading cause of blindness will rise by 10million in Europe by 2050 ‘because people are living longer’ Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affected 67million Europeans in 2015 It causes blind spots to appear in the eyes as the macula wears down and fails Ageing populations mean the condition will become more … Read more
Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more