A device the size of a watch can analyse sweat and spot signs of an impending, and deadly, cytokine storm that is caused by Covid-19 and other infections. A cytokine storm happens when cytokines in the body rampage through the bloodstream, causing the creation of other immune cells, leading to organ damage. Early in the … Read more
Dog owner issues urgent warning over deadly ‘lords-and-ladies’ plant after her beloved golden retriever Lola suffered severe brain damage from eating its poisonous berries and had to be put down Chloe Allen, 22, was forced to put her golden retriever Lola down on March 26 Her dog consumed a couple of ‘lord-and-ladies’ berries last year … Read more
More than 40 cases of a mysterious brain illness that resembles mad cow disease have been reported in Canada. According to CBC, the illness has similarities to the rare and fatal brain disorder known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and its variants, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which is also known as mad cow disease. Health officials in … Read more
Three days after testing positive, Robin suddenly felt so weak while out in the garden he couldn’t lift his arms to use the hedge clippers Robin McNelis’s Covid-19 symptoms were so mild he didn’t know he’d had the disease. It was only when a routine test at the hospital where he works as a respiratory … Read more
A deadly hospital superbug that’s been sweeping the globe has been found ‘in the wild’ for the first time, scientists reveal. Candida auris, a species of fungus, was found on a sandy beach and tidal swamp in a remote coastal wetland ecosystem, on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. The ‘landmark discovery’ is the first evidence that … Read more
A boy of four died from sepsis after hospital doctors sent him home only minutes before test results confirmed he had a potentially deadly infection, an inquest heard yesterday. Sheldon Farnell’s condition appeared to be improving and he was discharged – even though it was still unclear what had made him so ill and his … Read more
The Kent coronavirus variant is more deadly than original strains of the virus, another study has claimed. Researchers analysed the lethality of the highly transmissible strain which is now the dominant type circulating in the UK and found it was worse than earlier variants. Data from around 55,000 Brits revealed the variant, known as B117, … Read more
The Kent coronavirus variant is more deadly than original strains of the virus, another study has claimed. Researchers analysed the lethality of the highly transmissible strain which is now the dominant type circulating in the UK and found it was worse than earlier variants. Data from around 55,000 Brits revealed the variant, known as B117, … Read more
I’m taking you down! Unimpressed cat knocks out drone with a single deadly swipe of its paws Tomcat from Petaluma, California, showed off his impressive right hook He took down a mini drone with just one swipe after it flew too close for his liking Owners say the cat often attacks the drone when they fly … Read more
The Kent coronavirus variant is up to 70 per cent more infectious and 30 per cent more deadly than the original strain, scientists fear. Concerns about the new strain follows reports that more than 50 countries have cases of the mutant B.1.1.7 strain. Professor Sharon Peacock, head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK (Cog-UK) Consortium, said … Read more