Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week despite 400,000 extra tests being carried out, Test and Trace data reveals Coronavirus testing in England surged by 7% last week as millions of children were swabbed at school Covid cases continued to plummet for the tenth week in a row to the lowest seen since … Read more
North Korea has fired its first ballistic missiles in a year, Japan’s Defense Ministry confirmed – a move likely to increase tensions after it fired its first cruise missiles at the weekend. The two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea on Thursday, local time – fired from Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast facing … Read more
Coronavirus cases among healthcare workers declined dramatically after staff got their first vaccine dose, two new studies have found. In one study of employees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2.6 percent of all workers who were unvaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 1.82 percent of those given their first shot, a … Read more
Rugby medics hail ‘game-changing’ concussion test through SALIVA that can accurately detect if a player is concussed – and it could be used as early as next season A study has shown how ‘bio-markers’ in saliva can reveal if there is a concussion The concussion test is also being studied in football and could be used … Read more
DoorDash is set to deliver at-home COVID-19 test kits across US following partnerships with Vault Health and Everlywell DoorDash is working with Vault Health and Everlywell delivery COVID tests The food delivery app will offer two at-home tests for users to choose from Users can choose Everywell’s nasal swab test or Vault’s saliva kit By … Read more
New Covid test that spots variants faster could HALVE the time it takes to identify mutant strains, experts say New variant test will soon be testing every Covid positive sample for mutations Genotype assay testing could halve the time it takes to spot virus mutations The new system is currently being trialled in NHS Test … Read more
Policing minister Kit Malthouse ‘sparks Covid outbreak’ in the Home Office by ‘failing to wait 30 minutes for his test result before entering building’… two months after saying it is ‘preposterous to think anyone is ignorant of the rules’ Kit Malthouse reportedly entered Home Office before he received his test result It is claimed actions … Read more
Liev Schreiber recently wrapped on movie in picturesque Venice, Italy. And the eight-time Emmy nominee has been enjoying some family time since returning home to the United States. He kept warm in a sharp navy blue jacket Friday, as he stepped out with girlfriend Taylor Neisen and his kids to get tested for COVID in … Read more
Billy Zane once claimed that he and Sarah Jessica Parker auditioned for the lead roles. But unearthed footage, which has emerged of the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey’s Dirty Dancing screen test, shows exactly why they landed the parts of Johnny Castle and Baby in the 1987 Hollywood hit. In the video, the Ghost … Read more
Up to 8,000 contact tracers are to be axed by Test and Trace because there are too few coronavirus cases being transferred to the system. The cut was revealed in a leaked internal email sent to the 22,000-strong workforce, which said the service needed to de-escalate from its winter high. Emma Moore, a senior T&T … Read more