Labs across the UK are to be upgraded to help tackle infectious diseases, cut greenhouse emissions and more — thanks to a £213 million government investment. The support — part of the British government’s wider ‘Research & Development Roadmap’ — was announced yesterday by Science Minister Amanda Solloway. It will give British scientists access to facilities including … Read more
New strain of coronavirus ravaging London and south east is 54 per cent more infectious than other variant, PHE study finds The new strain is driving surging infections across London, south east and east Analysis has now revealed that the new strain is 54 per cent more infectious In more positive news, the variant isn’t … Read more
New strain of coronavirus ravaging London and south east is 54 per cent more infectious than other variant, PHE study finds The new strain is driving surging infections across London, south east and east Analysis has now revealed that the new strain is 54 per cent more infectious In more positive news, the variant isn’t … Read more
By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has developed which is said to spread far faster. A ‘strain’ is a new version of a virus which has genetic mutations. The new strain is a version of Sars-Cov-2, the coronavirus which causes the disease Covid-19. … Read more
By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has developed which is said to spread far faster. A ‘strain’ is a new version of a virus which has genetic mutations. The new strain is a version of Sars-Cov-2, the coronavirus which causes the disease Covid-19. … Read more
Fascinating graphs reveal how some of the deadliest and most infectious diseases in human history were all-but wiped out after vaccines were developed to fight them. Smallpox, measles and polio together killed hundreds of millions of people throughout human history, while leaving many millions more with life-long disfigurements or disabilities. But with the help of … Read more
Fascinating graphs reveal how some of the deadliest and most infectious diseases in human history were all-but wiped out after vaccines were developed to fight them. Smallpox, measles and polio together killed hundreds of millions of people throughout human history, while leaving many millions more with life-long disfigurements or disabilities. But with the help of … Read more
Coronavirus has not mutated to become more infectious, according to a scientific study that debunks a widespread theory. Most coronavirus cases seen globally feature a specific genetic mutation called D614G which is different to the original strain that emerged in Wuhan last year and experts feared was more infectious than the original version. But UCL … Read more
Coronavirus can remain infectious for 70 days, a new case study suggests. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) documented the case of a 71-year-old woman who caught coronavirus and continued to shed the virus for at least 70 days. And despite her long infectious period and being immunocompromised, the unnamed … Read more
COVID-19 patients are now three times LESS likely to have highly infectious levels of the virus compared to the early days of the pandemic Researchers analyzed viral loads from nasal samples of more than 700 hospitalized coronavirus patients In April, 50% of patients were had intermediate viral loads compared to 25% of patients each in the … Read more