A 13-year-old girl infected 11 out of 13 of her relatives with coronavirus while the family was staying together in a vacation home for three weeks, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals. The girl was exposed to a ‘large outbreak’ of coronavirus while away from home in June 2020 but … Read more
Adding ornamental plants such as daffodils and petunias to your front garden can lower stress levels and help you feel happier, study shows Researchers gave residents in Salford plants to put in their bare front gardens The measured how the changed the participant’s stress levels and feelings Plants doubled the number of subjects in the … Read more
Since early July, British scientists grappling with the coronavirus pandemic have been involved in some very unlikely detective work. Every couple of days, they have been taking samples of wastewater from 44 of the UK’s largest sewage plants to study one particular component — what comes out of our loos. Wastewater is used water that’s … Read more
Constant back pain for almost two years had left mother-of-three Tracy Hassell struggling to do the simplest things. Getting up each morning was agony, and she was taking a cocktail of over-the-counter painkillers just to get through the day. So when Tracy, from Uxbridge, West London, was offered what she understood to be a fairly … Read more
Coronavirus can survive for up to NINE HOURS on human skin – four-fold longer than the flu can live on our hands or faces, new study finds Researchers mixed samples of the coronavirus and influenza A virus with human skin samples obtained from autopsies 24 hours prior The flu virus survived for less than two … Read more
Is this the cure for an aching back? Hi-tech corset that can help ease lower back pain by stretching the spine with tiny motors is being trialled by patients in France Using tiny sensors and motors the corset stretches out painful areas of the back The device, known as Atlas, is thought to relieve pressure … Read more
Q: I have had no sense of taste since December and a coating on my tongue. I’ve not been ill, and my doctor hasn’t a clue what’s going on. I am 72. Mrs C. Hemp, Ruislip, Middlesex. A: I understand why you feel anxious: an impaired sense of taste and smell are common symptoms of … Read more
More than 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients have neurological symptoms, study finds – but White House doctor insists Trump has NO mental fogginess from COVID-19 Researchers looked at more than 500 patients with COVID-19 at 10 hospitals for neurological symptoms About 42% had neurological symptoms when their symptoms began, 63% suffered them while in the … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now admits that coronavirus does spread through airborne transmission, according to updated guidance on the agency’s website. It comes two weeks after CDC officials said their previous warning about airborne transmission was ‘in error,’ making Monday’s update the third time in a month the agency has flip-flopped … Read more
US coronavirus death toll may be undercounted by as much as 36%: Study of ‘excess deaths’ finds there may be another 75,000 unconfirmed COVID-19 fatalities Researchers looked at the number of ‘excess’ deaths between February and September compared to years prior An analysis of more than 1,000 counties revealed at least 183,000 deaths with COVID-19 … Read more