Pfizer and Moderna DECLINED joining Johnson & Johnson study of vaccine blood clot risks

Johnson & Johnson privately reached out to rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to join in an effort to study the risks of blood clots. According to The Wall Street Journal, citing three people familiar with the matter, J&J wanted to form an informal alliance with other companies to communicate with one one voice about the benefits … Read more

Fear of tanking job prospects for under 25s: Young people say skills have declined in Covid pandemic

Fear of tanking job prospects for under 25s: Young people face employment nightmare as almost say their skills have declined during Covid pandemic The UCL Institute of Education surveyed 1,000 youngers aged between 16 to 25 It found 44% feel their abilities slipped due to school and workplace closures As result, 53% of those polled in … Read more

Fear of tanking job prospects for under 25s: Young people say skills have declined in Covid pandemic

Fear of tanking job prospects for under 25s: Young people face employment nightmare as almost say their skills have declined during Covid pandemic The UCL Institute of Education surveyed 1,000 youngers aged between 16 to 25 It found 44% feel their abilities slipped due to school and workplace closures As result, 53% of those polled in … Read more

Olivia Colman’s The Favourite co-stars secretly declined Best Actress nods

TELEVISION  Best Television Series, Drama The Crown Lovecraft Country The Mandalorian Ozark Ratched One to watch: Lovecraft Country is up for Best Television Series, Drama Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical Emily in Paris The Flight Attendant The Great Schitt’s Creek Ted Lasso   Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie Normal People The Queen’s Gambit … Read more

Coronavirus cases in Arizona declined by 75% during the summer after mask mandate, CDC report finds

Coronavirus cases in Arizona declined by as much as 75 percent during the later summer months after a mask mandate was implemented, a new report finds. From late June to early July state health officials were reporting more than 3,500 daily cases of COVID-19. However, after Gov Doug Ducey (R) ordered that all residents needed … Read more

Nature in ‘freefall’: Global wildlife populations have declined by more than two thirds since 1970

Wildlife populations around the world have declined by more than two thirds since 1970, according to a new WWF report that claims nature is in ‘freefall’ due to human activity including intensive farming and deforestation. The WWF Living Planet Index (LPI) found mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish numbers fell by an average 68 per cent … Read more

Global mobile sales declined by 20% last quarter, reports Gartner

Even without studies, we can surmise smartphone sales have gone down in the past months. Huawei has actually overtaken Samsung last Q2 in the global phone market when we looked at the number of shipments of the two brands. Global research and advisory firm Gartner has recently published a report that says sales of smartphones … Read more

Bachelor in Paradise’s Keira Maguire initially declined her third stint

Bachelor in Paradise’s Keira Maguire has admitted she initially declined the offer to return to the show after having ‘anxiety’ that she would be face to face with her ex, Jarrod Woodgate, once again. After rising to fame on Richie Strahan’s season of The Bachelor in 2016, Keira fell for Jarrod on Bachelor in Paradise … Read more

Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years due to climate change

Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years as climate change leads to milder winters and endangered ducks and waders become more reliant on protected wetland sites Volunteers survey British wetlands every month to assess population numbers The British Trust for Ornithology has been running the bird survey for 70 years  Its results … Read more