Second patient DIES of mystery virus in China amid growing fears the lethal outbreak may spread

A second person has died from coronavirus in China amid fears the lethal outbreak may spread globally, officials have said. The 69-year-old man, named only as Xiong, died in the early hours of January 15 at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan city. He had been admitted to hospital on December 31 with symptoms of the virus, … Read more

Nebraska father loses his leg after mystery infection that left him with just 7% chance of survival

When Jason Wasmund came down with body aches and chills in mid-February, he just assumed he had the flu. But the next day, his fever hit 103F and he complained of severe pain in his left leg so his wife, Cassie, took him to the emergency room at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Nebraska. Doctors … Read more

Craig Brown reviews a new novel about the Lord Lucan mystery

The Language Of Birds Jill Dawson Sceptre £18.99 Rating: Shortly before her death in January 1976, Agatha Christie voiced a question that was on many people’s lips. ‘I wonder what HAS happened to Lord Lucan?’ A little over a year before, a 29-year-old woman, Sandra Rivett, had been bludgeoned to death in the basement of … Read more