World-leading Australian scientists say a vaccine may be ready for widespread use at start of 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns could last until 2021 at the EARLIEST as world-leading Australian scientists say a vaccine may be ready for widespread use at the start of next year – and that’s under an ‘incredibly ambitious’ timeline Scientists at University of Queensland to start human trials with vaccine in June  If proven successful the COVID-19 vaccine … Read more

Antibody research reveals coronavirus could be more widespread than anticipated

As much as four percent of California’s population may have already been infected with coronavirus, results of antibody testing there suggest.  Scientists from Stanford University developed an antibody test for coronavirus, which detects when someone has already been infected and their body has produced immune cells that may offer protection against reinfection.  They found that … Read more

‘Fear’ is the most widespread emotion on social media due to coronavirus

‘Fear’ is the most widespread emotion on social media for the fourth day in a row as coronavirus continues to spread around the world, study shows Researchers track the types of emotions by studying the words of Twitter posts  They have analysed the ‘natural language’ and sentiment used in the tweets  More than 65,000 tweets were … Read more

UK broadband providers insist they are ready for widespread home-working during coronavirus pandemic

UK broadband providers including BT and Sky insist they will be able to support millions of people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, despite experts previously warning that the networks ‘won’t cope’ with the extra traffic. The UK government has predicted up to a fifth of the UK’s workforce could be sick during the … Read more

Flu widespread in nearly all 50 states and deaths have increased 65%

Flu panic for nearly every state as experts warn that the virus has killed more than 30 children and deaths have surged by 65% in the new year New figures from the CDC show that 9.7 million people have fallen ill and 87,000 people have been hospitalized Since January 1, 4,800 people have died, marking … Read more