New York health officials are worried that some coronavirus variants will reinfect people who have had COVID-19 before. At a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, said that reinfection appears to be rare. However, he noted that the coronavirus variants that were first identified in South Africa and Brazil have … Read more
Brazil’s coronavirus death rate tripled among people in their 20s in February as the country’s dangerous new variant took over, a study has found. Researchers investigated the ratio of Covid cases to deaths in Brazil last month and found it surged in young people. Even though the numbers of cases across the country were declining … Read more
Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world´s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity. The nation´s seven-day average of 2,400 deaths stands to reach to 3,000 within weeks, six experts told the Associated Press. … Read more
Octopuses have two sleep states just like humans — a ‘quiet’ one where their skin stays pale and short periods of ‘active’ sleep in which they twitch and change colour. Experts from Brazil who recorded video clips of the eight-legging animals dozing said that octopuses may have short dreams ‘like small videoclips, or even gifs.’ … Read more
Brazil’s daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the hard-hit country struggles to contain a surge of cases. The health ministry registered a record 3,251 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil’s overall death toll to nearly 299,000 – second only to the United States. The latest bleak … Read more
An interactive map has revealed where the 80 per cent of ‘undiscovered life’ not yet found on planet Earth is thought to be hiding, according to its developers. The world’s first ‘map of undiscovered life’ was created by scientists from Yale University and will help experts track unknown species ‘lurking in the shadows’. The work … Read more
Brazilian referee is caught on TV URINATING on the pitch without taking his shorts down just seconds before the start of cup match Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim peed in his pants without taking his shorts down He did it so discreetly the commentator failed to pick up on the moment Eagle-eyed viewers noticed the … Read more
Brazilian referee is caught on TV URINATING on the pitch without taking his shorts down just seconds before the start of cup match Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim peed in his pants without taking his shorts down He did it so discreetly the commentator failed to pick up on the moment Eagle-eyed viewers noticed the … Read more
Surveillance video shows moment stray dog walks into animal clinic in Brazil where physicians discovered a cancerous tumor A stray dog was seen on video entering a veterinarian clinic in Brazil on Saturday before the staff treated him for a cancerous tumor The tumor was discovered after the dog presented an ingrown nail in a … Read more
Four more cases of the deadly Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today. The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of two existing cases in the area. Another person tested positive for the variant … Read more