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The publisher of the French study that found hydroxychloroquine could help treat coronavirus patients is now saying the paper ‘did not meet its standards.’ President Donald Trump has hailed the research in tweets and during his daily press conferences as a ‘game changer.’ But in a statement published online, the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) addressed … Read more
Ministers are said to be furious at ‘megalomaniac’ NHS bosses and Public Health England’s failure to get to grips with testing and protective equipment shortages – as a new survey shows their staff have no faith in their leaders. There have been increasing concerns about the level of diagnostic testing for the deadly pandemic, with … Read more
SpaceX’s third Starship prototype IMPLODES after catastrophic failure resulting from a pressure test The test caused SpaceX’s Starship prototype to implode A pressure test flooded the craft with a super-cooling propellant This is the third Starship prototype to experience a catastrophic failure The specific cause of the implosion is still being investigated By James Pero … Read more
Boeing’s 787 airliners will soon have to be turned off and on again at least every 51 days to prevent ‘several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios’. A directive from the US government will force the planes to be shut down regularly to avoid glitches in the on-board computer systems. If left for too long without being … Read more
An A&E doctor who misdiagnosed an 11-year-old boy with constipation and left him to die of bowel failure is to keep her NHS job after she was hailed as a ‘competent and dedicated medical practitioner’ by regulators. Dr Aine Mullen, 35, wrongly diagnosed Stephen McElroy, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and sent him home with … Read more
Thousands of women are told to stop taking daily drug for womb condition after five patients suffer LIVER FAILURE GPs ordered to find patients on Esmya and tell them to cease treatment at once Drug could shrink growths and saved many women from needing hysterectomy But at least ten British users have experienced severe problems … Read more
Up to 400,000 fraudsters could have been let off the hook due to an IT failure, consumer group warns Fraud gangs may have got away with crimes because of system failure Over 400,000 recorded cases were not passed on to police for 15 months Which? has called on authorities to account for long breakdown in … Read more
Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jack Welch has died at 84. Welch died from renal failure, his wife Suzy told The New York Times Monday. He led GE for 20 years from 1981 to 2001, growing it from a $14billion company that made light bulbs and appliances to a financial services and consulting … Read more
A coroner has slammed the care of a three-month-old boy who died after doctors waited more than six hours before giving him antibiotics. Kirsty Link and Aidan Crawford rushed their son, Lewys, to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff after he suddenly developed a high temperature. It later emerged that he was suffering from the early stages … Read more
11-year-old Clayton Hague-Winterbottom died 40 hours after his heart problems were diagnosed as a chest infection, an iquest has heard An 11-year-old boy died of heart failure after being sent home from A&E by a trainee doctor who Googled his symptoms and decided he had a chest infection, an inquest into his death has heard. Clayton … Read more