Australian Survivor’s next season could film in Queensland

Australian Survivor’s next season could film in Queensland as Channel 10 works on ways to bring the show back amid the coronavirus pandemic By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:14 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 15:14 BST, 17 October 2020 Channel 10 is attempting to bring back the wildly popular Australian Survivor … Read more

Australian Survivor’s Flick Egginton shares her ‘excruciating’ endometriosis struggle

Australian Survivor All Stars contestant Felicity ‘Flick’ Egginton has opened up about living with a crippling condition. The 27-year-old, who starred on Australian Survivor in 2016 and then returned for the show’s All Stars season this year, revealed that she suffers from stage two endometriosis in an emotional post this week. Flick said that she went … Read more

Fury over Donald Trump’s approval of using blood from Covid-19 survivors to treat infected patients

Fury erupted today over the controversial decision by the US to approve treating Covid-19 patients using the blood of coronavirus survivors. Top scientists warned there is no proof the century-old treatment works, despite several studies offering promising results. The Food and Drug Administration last night gave doctors emergency authorisation to use convalescent plasma, saying the … Read more

FDA approval of COVID-19 survivors’ plasma is put on hold

US regulators have put a hold on the emergency approval process for the use of blood plasma taken from coronavirus survivors to treat people still battling the infection, an official told the New York Times.  Plasma is rich in immune cells developed by the body as it combats coronavirus and some studies have suggested that … Read more

Glimmers of hope for immunity in survivors of mild COVID-19

We’re still at least months away from a coronavirus vaccine – but studies suggest that that millions of people who have recovered from the infection will be  protected against getting it again for at least three months.  Much of the research and discussion of coronavirus immunity has focused on antibodies, with some suggesting these SARS-CoV-2-specific … Read more

Survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack

Japan has marked the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing with a memorial service led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as survivors urge for a ban on nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was joined by survivors, their relatives and officials to mark the 8.15am blast anniversary with a minute of silence at Hiroshima’s Peace … Read more

Hospitalised Covid-19 survivors make the most antibodies

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.   It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic.  Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more

Beirut blast survivors sift rubble for bodies as death toll continues to rise

Survivors of a massive explosion that devastated the Lebanese capital of Beirut last night were picking through the remains of their city for victims today as the death toll topped 100 and was expected to continue rising, with more than 4,000 wounded. The city, once known as the Paris of the Middle East, resembled a … Read more

Covid-19 survivors should be exempt from having to self-isolate, government scientific advisers say 

Covid-19 survivors shouldn’t have to self-isolate if they develop symptoms of the disease because they aren’t likely to be infectious, government scientific advisers suggest Sage studied evidence which found it’s likely survivors can’t be infected again  But admitted it is unclear how long this coronavirus ‘immunity’ would last for Experts dismissed idea of immunity passports, … Read more

Toys including dolls and teddies belonging to Jewish child victims and survivors of the holocaust

The experiences of Jewish children during the Holocaust are being told through their toys and games in a poignant new online exhibition.   Alongside an estimated six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945, including 1.5 million children, many hundreds of thousands were displaced or lived in ghettos, where young people treasured their … Read more