Meet the McPlant: McDonald’s announces plans for new meat-free plant-based burger after successful trials McDonald’s will debut its plant-based meat alternative called ‘McPlant’ in 2021 The burger is a joint venture with plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat Comes after P.L.T. burger was trialed at 100 locations in Canada earlier this year By Sophie Tanno For … Read more
Operation Moonshot was dealt a damaging blow on day one in Liverpool as one of the rapid coronavirus tests set to be used in a mass-testing scheme was found to be less than 50 per cent accurate in a trial. Officials have now cancelled plans to include Optigene Direct RT-Lamp tests, bought because they give … Read more
Rapid coronavirus test trials which were due to be used in Liverpool as part of ‘Operation Moonshot’ missed more than 50 per cent of positive cases The 20-minutes test planned to form part of ‘Operation Moonshot’ programme Trials have been scaled back due to accuracy concerned of the OptiGene test Scientists found high proportion of … Read more
BAME communities urged to volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine trials as figures show they account for less than 5% of participants UK Vaccine Taskforce was launched in April to ‘drive forward, expedite and co-ordinate efforts to research and then produce a coronavirus vaccine’ While over 250,000 Britons have taken part in trials since then, 93% are … Read more
Paused AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine trials expected to resume this WEEK, Operation Warp Speed chief says Dr Moncef Slaoui, the chief of Operation Warp Speed, says he expects two paused coronavirus trials to resume this week AstraZeneca’s US arm was placed on hold on September 8 when a British participant suffered a … Read more
Russia has approved a second coronavirus vaccine for use, despite the jab not undergoing mass testing. The two-shot EpiVacCorona vaccine has so-far been tested on 100 volunteers in early-stage trials, which wrapped up around two weeks ago. Scientists have refused to disclose the results of the trials, but claim the vaccine was safe and produced … Read more
Jude Law was put through his paces as he starred in a 12 hour live theatre broadcast for The Third Day on Saturday. The actor, 47, starred as Sam, a man who is made to take part in Osea’s annual autumnal celebration, Esus and the Sea, which saw him take part in several enduring trials to … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines might leave us laid up for a day with headaches, fevers, sore muscles, shivering chills and no energy, participants in trials for Moderna’s and Pfizer’s shots told CNBC. But the side effects will be worth it, and fade after a day, they added. Vaccines of all kinds commonly come with side effects – … Read more
Trials of Russia’s coronavirus ‘vaccine’ have shown questionable results that are ‘very unlikely’ to be a coincidence, leading scientists claim Initial reports on Sputnik V vaccine were published in the Lancet this month International scientists have flagged up several apparent anomalies Graphs show level of immune response in different people after taking vaccine By Victoria … Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber has detailed his experience of receiving an experimental coronavirus vaccine as part of an Oxford trial in a bid for all theatres to re-open. The world-renowned composer, 72, appeared on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain to reveal the tests – which were temporarily on hold after a volunteer reportedly developed ‘transverse myelitis’ – are … Read more