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Deadly coronavirus outbreak is costing travel firms billions of pounds in cancellations and lost bookings with cruise firms facing a £500m hit after axing voyages to the Far East Airlines predict losses of £23billion this year after cancelling 100,000 flights The outbreak has also led to 300,000 fewer shipping containers leaving China So far the … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 75,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 75,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
Brighton’s coronavirus crisis deepened today as it emerged a taxi driver has been told to self-isolate at home after he drove a confirmed patient, an A&E doctor was revealed to be infected and nine schools are on alert for possible cases. The web of cases and suspected transmissions around the city has become increasingly complex … Read more
Deadly virus stalks financial markets: Fears for Chinese economy spook nervous investors By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 3 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 3 February 2020 British savers exposed to China’s stock market are set for a rocky ride as the spread of the deadly coronavirus rattles financial markets … Read more
Not to be sniffed at! How nose sprays can crack deadly peanut allergies By Pat Hagan for the Daily Mail Published: 00:31 GMT, 14 May 2019 | Updated: 17:01 GMT, 17 May 2019 A spray that is squirted up the nose could banish deadly peanut allergies. It contains tiny traces of the proteins in peanuts … Read more
Pioneering ‘Holy Grail’ therapy could repair deadly heart attack damage by injecting a gene to restart growth which stops when we’re babies Scientists at King’s College London said their research is ‘exciting’ progress Millions of people worldwide have heart failure caused by damaged tissue Experts were able to restore pigs’ hearts to work properly again … Read more
A new air filter may be able to kill bacteria and viruses floating in the air in the blink of an eye. The device uses ‘non-thermal plasma’ (NTP), a gas which causes molecules to react with oxygen to create ozone. Ozone is known to be anti-bacterial and destroys pathogens by rupturing their cell walls. But … Read more
Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs such as MRSA University of Michigan experts studied curtains found on 625 specialist wards Around one in five of them – 22% – were harbouring MRSA or other killer bacteria The findings are concerning because privacy curtains are used around the world By Victoria Allen for the … Read more
A tick capable of carrying a host of killer illnesses has been found in the UK for the very first time, health officials have revealed. The Hyalomma rufipes tick – a small blood-sucking arachnid – is usually confined to Africa, Asia and parts of southern Europe. But Public Health England has now revealed one of … Read more