Australia bans hugging as people urged to implement social distancing and stop touching each other

Australians told to stop HUGGING: Chief medical officer urges people to implement social distancing and stop touching each other to stop spread of deadly coronavirus Australians urged to practice social distancing by nation’s Chief Medical Officer Hugging and shaking hands with others is discouraged, except with family Among extraordinary measures announced to combat spread of … Read more

Britons are urged to rally round the country’s old folk as coronavirus crisis worsens 

Britons are being urged to rally together to help the elderly as coronavirus tightens its grip on the nation. In an unprecedented peacetime intervention yesterday, the Health Secretary said the over-70s will be told ‘within weeks’ to stay at home – for up to four months. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers have already vowed to join … Read more

Chancellor Sunak urged to reform archaic business rates

Chancellor Sunak urged to reform archaic business rates to ease coronavirus chaos By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 The Chancellor is under mounting pressure to reform the ‘archaic’ business rates system when he delivers his first Budget tomorrow amid the coronavirus … Read more

Katie Couric urged to self-quarantine by Twitter users after coronavirus exposure

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, people who have been exposed to the virus or to sick patients have been asked to go into self-isolation. But what exactly does that mean? A former chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains to DailyMail.com what self-isolation is and what you should … Read more

Shoppers urged to buy white eggs because they come from less-aggressive hens

Shoppers urged to buy white eggs because they come from less-aggressive hens to end cruel practice of beak trimming Hens laying brown eggs have their beaks trimmed unlike those laying white eggs Breeds that lay brown eggs are typically more aggressive towards each other This means their beaks are trimmed to stop them pecking others … Read more

Chancellor urged to slash taxes to save airlines

Chancellor urged to slash taxes to save airlines: 2,400 jobs go in Flybe collapse as industry faces £86 billion bill By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 5 March 2020 Airlines have pleaded with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to slash air passenger duty (APD) … Read more

New Yorkers who traveled to coronavirus countries urged to self-quarantine

Every New Yorker who has traveled and recently returned from China, Japan, Iran, Italy and South Korea have been told by the city’s mayor to self-quarantine for 14 days as a coronavirus precaution.  Mayor Bill de Blasio made the recommendation at a press conference on Thursday where he struck a more concerned tone than in … Read more

Citizen scientists urged to help ‘spot a spider monkey’ from your armchair

Citizen scientists are being asked to help spot spider monkeys by scouring drone footage for sightings of the critically endangered species. The aim of the project, launched as part of British Science Week is to help scientists tackle deforestation and habitat loss in the tropical forests of Central America. Volunteers will look at images taken of … Read more

Pregnant and breastfeeding women urged to avoid CBD by ‘concerned’ regulator

Pregnant and breastfeeding women have been warned to avoid CBD by ‘concerned’ regulators. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) made the recommendations in light of animal research which shows CBD can be toxic to unborn babies. The CBD market has boomed in the past couple of years. But the FSA said there is still no human studies … Read more