Current smokers and those with a type of lung disease are at an increased risk of suffering severe complications and dying from coronavirus, new research suggests. Over the past several months, numerous controversial studies have claimed that cigarettes may be protective, potentially due to nicotine. But researchers from University College London in the UK found … Read more
Remdesivir anti-viral trial reports ‘rapid recoveries’ for severe hospitalised coronavirus patients with ‘nearly all’ discharged within a week. University of Chicago Medicine recruited 125 people with COVID-19 as part of Gilead Science’s clinical trials. Of those people, 113 had severe disease. All the patients were been treated with daily infusions of remdesivir. Most of them … Read more
Smoking marijuana even just occasionally could increase your risk of suffering complications from the novel coronavirus. The virus causes COVID-19, a respiratory disease that can progress from mild illness to viral pneumonia and organ failure. Doctors say cannabis leads to inflammation in the lungs, which affects the body’s ability to fight off the virus. They … Read more
Global trade heading for ‘ugly’ slump even more severe than during financial crisis as world crashes into recession By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 8 April 2020 Global trade is heading for an ‘ugly’ slump even more severe than during the financial crisis as … Read more
Australian scientists are working on a world-first test that will predict how seriously COVID-19 will affect people once they contract the killer virus Scientists working on testing that helps predict the severity of killer coronavirus Tests to see who is immune, who remains infectious, at risk of forming disease The team will look at how … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Record-breaking bat plague causes damage to 10,000 churches with at least two already abandoned Church of England estimates that 60 per cent of its 16,000 churches have bats The bats leave floors and walls caked with corrosive droppings and urine There are 3,000 more than in the last study which was done in the late 1990s … Read more
NOW Britain faces snow and ice chaos: Forecasters warn the white stuff will sweep most of UK tomorrow with flurries approaching London Met Office has issued severe yellow warnings for snow and ice from 10pm on Wednesday to midday Thursday Snow will reach the south east and London by tomorrow with up to four inches … Read more