NHS would sacrifice most vulnerable patients’ critical care during coronavirus surge, medics admit

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Coronvirus outbreak could lead to shortages of ‘critical’ medical products in the US

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put inspections in China on hold and warned Americans there could soon be shortages of ‘critical’ medical products due the coronavirus outbreak. Inspectors were pulled from the country after the US State Department issued an advisory warning travelers not to China on January 30. While the news … Read more

Longer-range drones have `critical role´ to play in tackling climate change

Monitoring climate change from the sky: DRONES could play a ‘critical role’ in tracking the effects of global warming but only if their battery life improves, expert claims Longer-range drones already exist but they are expensive to deploy at scale Three teams of researchers from Southampton will create new types of drones Future drones will … Read more

Skye Wheatley reveals her intense booty workout routine after appearing critical of her physique 

Working up a sweat! Skye Wheatley reveals her intense booty workout routine… after appearing critical of her taut physique By Alisha Buaya and Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:03 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 07:05 GMT, 22 February 2020 Last week, she appeared a little self-critical of her taut physique when she … Read more

Critical rainfall belt ‘at risk of shrinking due to global warming’ 

Billions of people could be at risk from droughts, as global warming threatens to shrink a tropical belt providing critical summer rain, warns a new study. Researchers say droughts in Central America result from the contracting of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a critical rainfall belt near the equator.  An international team of scientists looked … Read more

Critical illness policies used to make my blood boil…but now I’m a fan

Over the years, I’ve written many an article about the failings of financial protection insurance. More articles than years lived on planet Earth.  Cover sold on the basis of coming to your financial rescue in your hour of need when a serious illness or accident strikes, but then not doing so for some technical reason … Read more

West Bengal: Political slugfest heats up after bridge collapse; three critical

By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published: February 18, 2020 5:11:47 am Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury demanded a probe. A day after two men were killed following the collapse of the under-construction Farakka bridge in Malda district, a political war of words on Monday erupted between Trinamool Congress, Congress and BJP. The TMC … Read more

What is critical illness and income protection and it is it worth having?

Ten years ago, while the world was in the grips of a financial crisis, I was going through a financial crisis of my own. In 2008, at the age of 26, I suffered a life-changing back injury. In the short-term I couldn’t work for almost a year, and in the long-term I have been left … Read more