Folding@Home is a fantastic crowd-sourced computing project that has been helping to find cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Ebola for years. But now it’s being used to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and you can help by donating your PC’s power. All you need to do to take part is download andContinue Reading
A new study has found that half of coronavirus patients still have the disease for up to eight days after their symptoms disappear With coronavirus cases around the world continuing to increase, fears about the spread of the virus are now widespread. Now, a new study has found that halfContinue Reading
In the first of the government’s daily briefings to be broadcast to the country, pregnant women were grouped with the elderly and more vulnerable and could face 12 weeks of social distancing to avoid infection Pregnant women were yesterday added to the list of those more ‘at risk’ from coronavirus.Continue Reading
Ministers insist that they have acted in accordance with scientific advice at all times, but the final reckoning might be less flattering, writes Andrew Grice he mantra of Boris Johnson and his ministers is: “We have taken the right measures at the right time.” When asked, the government’s medical and scientific advisers agree (butContinue Reading
Higher education leaders have apparently backed the move to impose the first cap on admissions since 2015 in a bid to prevent a free-for-all on domestic students this summer Strict limitations on university admissions are reportedly set to be imposed to prevent a free-for-all, with many in financial turmoil dueContinue Reading
In the latest round up of good coronavirus news, China continues to push towards a return to normal, while Brits bought food shopping for two NHS workers – and more Britain is still in the thick of its devastating battle against the deadly coronavirus with the death toll having risen by 209Continue Reading
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was present in northern Italy as early as 1 January. An epidemiological analysis of Lombardy, the epicentre of the outbreak in Italy, reveals that the first onset of symptoms in the country occurred weeks before COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was reported there onContinue Reading
Nouri collapsed on the pitch during Ajax’s pre-season friendly with Werder Bremen in 2017, and suffered permanent brain damage as a subsequent result of a cardiac arrest Nouri suffered a cardiac arrhythmia attack in July 2017, causing him to collapse on the pitch. Doctors warned Nouri’s family that the DutchmanContinue Reading
china has been frantically trying to contain coronavirus for several months, but it is secretly waging another fight during the crisis – with the country’s journalists. China’s journalists say it all started with the death of Dr Li Wenliang – a whistleblower whose attempt to warn the country about the coronavirus outbreak was silencedContinue Reading
Dr Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer, said the restrictions could remain in force until September, adding that the early signs from the lockdown were promising Britain could be on lockdown for up to six months as it tries to dodge a second wave of cases, a national health chiefContinue Reading