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Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year during the first half of 2020, a new report finds. In 2019, life expectancy – or the average number of years a person lives – for the general American population was 78.8 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Thursday. However, … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates have plummeted by more than two thirds since January, new figures show in proof that lockdown is working even against the fast-spreading Kent variant of the virus. The country’s largest surveillance testing study yesterday found just one in 196 people in England were infected with the virus during the first half of … Read more
First case of ANOTHER UK covid variant – that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines – is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% … Read more
There is no evidence that having schools open drives the spread of coronavirus in the wider community in the UK, SAGE scientists have found. In a study of pupil and teacher absences caused by positive Covid tests, researchers said confirmed infections in schools did not lead to bigger outbreaks. Instead, they said there were small … Read more
Two doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is 94 per cent effective at stopping over-55s from falling unwell with the disease, according to a major study in Israel. The data of more than half a million people who received two shots of the jab found patients were also 92 per cent less likely to develop severe … Read more
Almost half of all New York Times employees say they don’t believe they can express their views freely at the newspaper, according to a company survey. A poll conducted among staff in December revealed negative responses to questions regarding company culture, the New York Post reported. According to the report, only 51 per cent of … Read more
Vitamin D reduces Covid-19 deaths by 60 per cent, a study has found, as MP David Davis today called for the therapy to be rolled out in hospitals immediately to ‘save many thousands of lives.’ The study evaluated the effectiveness of calcifediol – a Vitamin D3 – on more than 550 people admitted to the … Read more
The NHS will start using an arthritis drug to treat hospitalised Covid patients after a breakthrough study found it cuts the risk of dying. Tocilizumab can reduce swelling inside the organs and, when combined with steroid dexamethasone slashes the odds of death by a third. Oxford University scientists behind the RECOVERY trial found the drug … Read more
Last year’s Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans may been responsible for 50,000 cases of the coronavirus, a new study claims. It’s well-known that the 2020 Carnival celebration in Louisiana at end of February made the state one of the earliest U.S. pandemic hotspots. But researchers believe a single person likely brought the virus to the city … Read more
Is Betelgeuse preparing to EXPLODE? New analysis finds the super-giant star is dimming and has entered helium-burning phase – the first stage of going supernova – but none of us will be alive to see it Betelgeuse is a bring star in the constellation of Orion that has been dimming A new study finds it is … Read more