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Rutgers University research professor Andrew Brooks, who developed the first Covid-19 saliva-based test to help diagnose the virus, has died of a heart attack at the age of 51. Brooks, who has played a significant role in the fight against the pandemic, died unexpectedly on January 23, the university said in a statement. His sister … Read more
Stepson of prominent French professor files complaint for alleged sexual abuse in case that has prompted hundreds to come forward with their own stories of incest and assault Olivier Duhamel, 70, was accused of abuse in a book published this month His stepdaughter Camille Kouchner said he abused her twin brother aged 14 Kouchner’s … Read more
There is no doubt that it is an extraordinary achievement to have vaccinated so many people in such a short time. Almost five million have now had injections, and vaccines are certainly the way out of the pandemic crisis. But I firmly believe that they should be used as they were intended to be. And … Read more
‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has revealed that London could already have herd immunity against the coronavirus which will help life ‘get back to normal’ by autumn. Ferguson, whose grim predictions of 500,000 deaths in the UK convinced the government to implement the first lockdown, told The Sunday Times he believes there will soon be a slowdown … Read more
While the shortage of beds and staff distress are all too real, what hospital doctors and nurses see on the wards does not reflect the average experience of Covid-19, writes Professor Robert Dingwall (pictured) The reports from Britain’s hospitals in the past few days have been truly worrying. No one should doubt the reality of what … Read more
Putting young people first for the vaccine can slow the spread of Covid-19 because most elderly people ar already shielding, writes Professor ANGUS DALGLEISH By Professor Angus Dalgleish For The Daily Mail Published: 23:05 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 00:11 GMT, 7 January 2021 Professor Angus Dalgleish (pictured) said: ‘The administration of the jabs … Read more
Professor Donal O’Donoghue (pictured) passed away in the critical care unit of Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport on Sunday following a two-week battle with coronavirus A ‘tireless’ professor who was awarded an OBE for his work as the ‘big daddy of British renal medicine’ has died from Covid-19 aged 64. Professor Donal O’Donoghue passed away in … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson’s argument for lockdown was ‘too good to be true’, says Swedish academic who accuses Imperial College London of ‘going beyond the data’ to support draconian measures Neil Ferguson co-wrote paper in June claiming restrictions cut the virus’s R-rate The first coronavirus wave subsided in Sweden without draconian measures Kristian Soltecz, of Sweden’s … Read more
Professor Green announces girlfriend Karima McAdams is PREGNANT with their first child… admitting he feels ‘awestruck’ and ‘subservient’ as he ‘watches her body change’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 19:59 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 19:59 GMT, 1 January 2021 Professor Green and his girlfriend Karima McAdam are expecting their first child together. … Read more
Oxford University professor pays tribute to elderly mother who died from Covid just days before she was due to be vaccinated as she told medics to give her ventilator to someone else Professor Trisha Greenhalgh revealed her mother died days before vaccination The expert in primary care has been one of the UK’s leading Covid … Read more