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Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer has apologised to fans after expressing her frustration at being forced to isolate with COVID-19 despite showing no physical symptoms. The professional skater and her celebrity partner Joe-Warren Platt have been removed from the beleaguered talent show after both tested positive for the potentially deadly respiratory virus. Vanessa, 24, … Read more
Covid-19 could cause potentially dangerous ‘nodules’ on patients’ EYEBALLS due to inflammation triggered by the virus, scientists warn French doctors conducted MRI scans on 129 severely ill Covid-19 patients They found evidence of eye nodules in nine of these hospitalised individuals What causes them and their long-term impact on health is currently unknown By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more
Now French and Italian doctors shun Oxford vaccine after EU cast doubts on its efficacy and Macron ‘managed demand’ by claiming it is less effective in over-60s In France, 149 cases of symptoms were reported by staff with average age of 34 French authorities have not offered jab at all to those over 65 due … Read more
Adults are more than twice as susceptible to coronavirus compared to children, a mathematical study has found. Inhabitants of 637 households in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak were tested for Covid-19 in 2020’s first wave and the data was inputted into a statistical model. It found children are 43 per cent as susceptible to Covid-19 … Read more
An experimental drug that may stop Covid symptoms in critically-ill patients in just two hours is set to enter phase three trials, Israeli scientists say. Results on Allocetra show all but two of 21 patients given the drug were discharged from hospitals six days after the trial, on average. No deaths were recorded. Covid patients … Read more
The NHS is under pressure to change its official list of coronavirus symptoms after another study found coughs, loss of taste and smell and a fever were not the only signs of the disease. Swabs and questionnaires of a million people in England revealed infected patients were equally as likely to suffer headaches, muscle pains, … Read more
Online search activity taken from Google can help predict peaks in Covid-19 cases up to 17 days in advance, a new study reveals. Researchers from University College London created computer models based on online search query frequencies to gain insights about the prevalence of the disease in multiple countries, including the UK. Models based on … Read more
Children who receive a seasonal flu jab are less likely to suffer symptoms from a COVID-19 infection, promising study finds US-based researchers looked at a group of more than 900 children in Arkansas Half were vaccinated with the seasonal flu jab and half had not been given it Data shows children that have received a … Read more
Covid-19 patients are most infectious one day BEFORE symptoms appear, study reveals French researchers used a computer to predict the change in viral load overtime Found most people develop symptoms seven days after coronavirus infection But a person is likely most infectious one day before symptoms emerge Older people take longer to flush the virus out of … Read more
Half of people who survived COVID-19 hospitalization still suffered symptoms four months later, a new study finds. Over 50 percent of survivors’ lungs still weren’t functioning at full capacity months after discharge, and 17 percent had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Italian research published Wednesday. Sometimes called ‘long-haulers’ or sufferers of ‘long … Read more