Health: Colour blindness-correcting CONTACT LENSES use gold nanoparticles to filter light

Forget rose tinted glasses! Scientists have developed colour blindness-correcting CONTACT LENSES that use gold nanoparticles to filter light Certain forms of colour-blindness can make reds and greens hard to distinguish Red-tinted glasses can help with this, but they can’t correct other vision issues Experts have been experimenting with special dyed contact lenses instead But prototypes have … Read more

CDC did not contact trace flights with first cases of UK and Brazil variant

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted it did not perform contact tracing on flights that some of the earliest patients with the UK and Brazil coronavirus variants were on. In one weekly report, the federal health agency discussed a patient who traveled to the UK and came back infected with the … Read more

Contact tracing may cut the coronavirus R rate by as little as 2%, Dido Harding admits

Contact tracing reduces the speed of the coronavirus’s spread by a maximum of five per cent and as little as two per cent, NHS Test and Trace boss Dido Harding has revealed. Baroness Harding said in a report to Parliament’s science committee that the act of tracking down people who have been close to Covid-19 … Read more

Mercedes-Benz to recall nearly 1.3 MILLION vehicles due to issues with the emergency contact system

Mercedes-Benz to recall nearly 1.3 MILLION vehicles in the US due to issues with the emergency contact system that may give the wrong location for a car after a crash The automaker is recalling 1.29 vehicles sold in the US since 2016 starting April 6 A glitch was found in the  eCall system the sends … Read more

Covid UK: Over-70s told to contact NHS for vaccination NOW

All over-70s in England who haven’t yet had a Covid vaccine should book their own online, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary held a Downing Street press conference tonight to trumpet the success of the rollout so far, confirming the NHS is on track to hit its target of immunising the 15million most vulnerable … Read more

Covid UK: Over-70s told to contact NHS for vaccination NOW

Matt Hancock today said all over-70s in England who haven’t yet had a Covid vaccine no longer need to wait to be invited and can book their own jabs online. The Health Secretary held a Downing Street press conference tonight to trumpet the success of the rollout so far, confirming the NHS is on track … Read more

Health: Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for diseases

Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for conditions including diabetes and strokes by measuring chemicals in tear fluid The new contact lens design comes from researchers from the UK, US and China It features a mesh sensor that measures light, temperature and glucose levels At the same time, the team said, it … Read more

Health: Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for diseases

Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for conditions including diabetes and strokes by measuring chemicals in tear fluid The new contact lens design comes from researchers from the UK, US and China It features a mesh sensor that measures light, temperature and glucose levels At the same time, the team said, it … Read more

Kim Kardashian is ‘no longer in contact’ with Kanye West

Kim Kardashian is ‘no longer in contact’ with Kanye West… as rapper ‘removes 500 pairs of sneakers from their home’ amid ‘looming divorce’ By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 23:11 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 05:42 GMT, 4 February 2021 Rumors of a divorce between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West continue to gain traction. … Read more

Pubs and cafes are NOT Covid hotspots, contact tracing directors say

Pubs, restaurants and cafes have never been coronavirus hotspots, local public health directors claimed today. Despite hospitality venues facing hugely damaging restrictions, there has never been a ‘terribly big risk’ of someone catching the disease in them, they said. Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, and Dr Richard Harling, his counterpart in Staffordshire, … Read more