Nearly 92 percent of patients severely ill and hospitalized with coronavirus were discharged after they were treated with an antibody drug, new data reveals. The Mayo Clinic study was small, but the improvements were considerable, and rapid. Ten out of 12 patients went from needing some form of oxygen support to discharged from the hospital … Read more
Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking program when the pandemic is over and outline plan for stronger encryption of user data Apple and Google promise a program tracking COVID-19 will be terminated after the pandemic is declared over That process will reportedly be decided on a geographic basis Google and Apple will also … Read more
In the House of Commons today, Mr Hancock admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons would receive a free face mask if they became mandatory Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons will receive a free face mask if they become mandatory. In the House of Commons, Mr Hancock warned it was vital … Read more
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Friday as the longest period of employment growth on record in the United States came to an abrupt end, with data showing that hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs last month due to the coronavirus. The Labor Department’s report confirmed that a recession was underway as business … Read more
Matt Hancock was savaged this morning over his pledge to boost the UK’s coronavirus testing capacity to 100,000 by the end of the month after he admitted the government is yet to find a reliable antibody test which enable people to go back to work. The Health Secretary yesterday vowed to dramatically ramp up the … Read more
Boris Johnson’s pledge to give all children of key workers a school place during the coronavirus crisis descended into chaos and confusion today as parents helping to keep the country running were rejected from the emergency scheme. The children of any parent who works for the NHS or has a crucial role such as a supermarket delivery … Read more
As someone who has been plagued by insomnia for the past 15 years, averaging just five to six hours of broken sleep and spending most nights between 3am and 5am wide awake, I was intrigued to hear about the UK’s first ‘sleep hotel’. This promised land, Zedwell, opened last month at a site just off … Read more