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Children younger than five can spread coronavirus just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus in their noses – but only develop mild illness, study finds Researchers looked at 145 patients in three groups: children younger than age five, children between ages five and 17 years and adults … Read more
Wearing a mask that covers both your mouth and nose is crucial to protecting yourself (and others) from coronavirus, because the nostrils are particularly vulnerable to infection, new research shows. Although its coronavirus’s devastating effects on the lungs that land patients in the ICU, University of North Carolina (UNC) scientists found that the virus typically … Read more
‘Be greedy when others are fearful’. There can’t be many investors who don’t know that famous Warren Buffett quote, but the proportion that pay heed to it when the bad times come knocking is probably fairly low. For some time I’ve said that the next time markets fell 30 per cent, I’d be buying as … Read more
Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo sapiens were so closely related that they were able to interbreed easily and have offspring that were fertile and healthy. Analysis from the University of Oxford reveals the species were more genetically similar than brown bears and polar bears are today. This significant overlap provided genetic compatibility and allowed the branches … Read more
CDC updates its guidelines to say coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces – but warns it still ‘may be possible’ CDC says ‘touching surfaces or objects’ no longer considered a primary method of transmission It has been added to list of ways in which the virus does not spread ‘readily’ Differs from earlier … Read more
Pigtail hour! Mother goes viral with mouth-watering Percy Pig cocktail recipe that you can recreate at home with just four ingredients – including milk and vodka Gemma Keen, from London, shared her recipe for the Percy Pig-based cocktail The cream milkshake is the perfect cocktail for fans of the M&S popular sweet Takes four ingredients … Read more
Saturday, May 2 I’ve been experiencing a weird breathlessness sensation for a couple of days that I put down to hay fever. But today, it got significantly worse, to the extent where I was having trouble breathing properly, was left panting after walking up or down the stairs, and then I started sporadically coughing too. … Read more
Why coronavirus is more devastating for older patients: The virus can more easily multiply and spread throughout the body in ‘stiff’ lung tissue seen in the elderly Coronavirus first enters the cells that produce mucus before ‘hijacking’ the machinery to replicate itself and spread throughout the body These cells, found in the lungs and respiratory tract, … Read more
CRAIG BROWN Sir, I was both saddened and distressed by the views expressed by the distinguished parrot, Ms Pretty Polly, in her recent letter to your column.
An icy morning and an early summons to Downing Street. The Prime Minister wished to lay out his plans to take on the coronavirus outbreak. There had been suggestions lately that Boris Johnson was not giving the escalating crisis due attention. Worse, that he was lying ‘doggo’, hoping it would all blow over. Time, then, … Read more