Scientists say they have created a new, portable test that can detect coronavirus in just minutes and even identify if it is a highly infectious variant. Developed by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California, the test is called NIRVANA (nanopore sequencing of isothermal rapid viral amplification for near real-time analysis). The … Read more
Britons are pushing back foreign holiday plans for a long-haul ‘blow out’ in 2022 as they go on staycations this year instead – with UK accommodation already 85 per cent full for this summer, travel experts revealed today. Others are focusing on this Christmas and New Year for a multi-generational big family holiday abroad – … Read more
New York health officials are worried that some coronavirus variants will reinfect people who have had COVID-19 before. At a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, said that reinfection appears to be rare. However, he noted that the coronavirus variants that were first identified in South Africa and Brazil have … Read more
British and Irish Lions tour in South Africa is BACK ON with organisers ploughing ahead with games behind closed doors despite Covid variant fears, because it would cost too much to relocate to play matches at home The British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa will go ahead this summer The Lions are set … Read more
The parents of triplets born in April have revealed their identical trio of girls still haven’t met their grandparents as they marked the one year anniversary of lockdown. Cherise and her husband Dave, who are both from South Africa but live in Walton-On-Thames in Surrey, told Lorraine Kelly they’re hoping to their daughters will be able … Read more
Big Bang Theory producer Chuck Lorre’s new CBS comedy about Afghan military interpreter’s new life in US is slammed for being ‘offensive’ – as executive producer launches staunch defense of series The backlash against The United States of Al centers on the casting of a non-Afghan actor Adhir Kalyan in the lead role of the … Read more
What the ‘el is that? Elephant captures some interesting angles when it picks up a hidden camera in its trunk Herd of elephants walk through the Olifants West Nature Reserve in South Africa One of the elephants moves trunk towards hidden GoPro and gives it a sniff Another curious elephant picks up the camera and … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus including 86.3% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but is only 55.4% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a … Read more
With a dash of Countryfile, a smattering of The Choir and more than a hint of 3pm on Christmas Day, this was not so much ‘A Celebration for Commonwealth Day’ – as BBC1 called it – as a genuine royal variety performance. We saw the Queen striding happily through Windsor Castle – talking about ‘selfless … Read more
With a dash of Countryfile, a smattering of The Choir and more than a hint of 3pm on Christmas Day, this was not so much ‘A Celebration for Commonwealth Day’ – as BBC1 called it – as a genuine royal variety performance. We saw the Queen striding happily through Windsor Castle – talking about ‘selfless … Read more