WHO calls out the UK for scaling back coronavirus testing and issues stark warning to governments

The World Health Organisation has slammed Boris Johnson’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying every country should find and test every possible case. On Thursday, the Prime Minister announced only the most seriously ill will be tested with others who notice symptoms encouraged to self-isolate for 14 days. But on Friday, the WHO’s director general, Dr Tedros … Read more

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson ‘taking it one-day-at-a-time’ after testing positive for coronavirus

‘There is no crying in baseball’: Tom Hanks quotes his A League Of Their Own character as he says he and wife Rita Wilson are ‘taking it one-day-at-a-time’ after they both tested positive for coronavirus Hanks and Wilson remain hospitalized at Gold Coast University Hospital He said: ‘We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we … Read more

Scientists develop new way to grow tiny organ samples to minimize the need for animal testing 

Stem cells used to grow tiny but functional human organs that can fit together on a computer chip and could be used to finally end animal testing in medical research Medical researchers grew human organs one millionth the size of normal The organs functioned normally, including a heart that beat 60 times a minute The … Read more

DNA testing on NHS will speed up diagnosis for ill babies

Gene test hope for critically ill babies as DNA testing on the NHS could speed up diagnosis and lead to quicker treatment Worried families used to have to wait three months on average for a diagnosis Now ‘whole-exome’ testing will provide an answer in about ten days The test could pick up rare diseases including … Read more

Twitter is now testing tweets that DISAPPEAR after 24 hours just like Instagram’s stories feature

Twitter begins testing ‘Fleets’ feature that makes tweets DISAPPEAR after 24 hours just like an Instagram or Snapchat story The ‘Fleets’ are only live in Brazil and are almost identical to Instagram stories  They can’t be retweeted or replied to, instead users respond via direct message Users can check someone’s ‘Fleets’ by tapping their profile … Read more

France bans gatherings of more than 5,000 as thousands face testing in coronavirus-hit Iran

France today said it will cancel all public ‘gatherings of more than 5,000 people’ in closed spaces, as it seeks to curb the spread of coronavirus amid a surge of cases in the country.  The decision followed a special meeting of ministers to discuss the virus, which has infected 73 people in the country, according … Read more

Thousands of Britons face mass coronavirus testing

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Drugmaker ships coronavirus vaccine for human testing

Drugmaker Moderna has shipped its first batch of a possible coronavirus vaccine for humans to government researchers for testing, just three months after the virus’s genome was sequenced.   Shares of the biotech company soared early Tuesday, a day after the company said it sent vials to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for … Read more

Woman is diagnosed with coronavirus after testing negative EIGHT TIMES during quarantine

Hotel worker, 56, is diagnosed with coronavirus after testing negative EIGHT TIMES in 17 days during quarantine The 56-year-old from Sichuan Province went into isolation earlier this month Medical workers gave her eight tests, and none of them came back positive  She was found to be infected yesterday after doctors performed further tests  The incubation … Read more