BREAKING NEWS: Remdesivir has ‘little effect’ on COVID-19 death risks, WHO study study finds The antiviral remdesivir is one of just two COVID-19 treatments that has emergency FDA approval in the US A WHO trial of 11,266 hospitalized COVID-19 patients tested remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir and interferon treatments The SOLIDARITY trial found that none of the four … Read more
A Trump administration aide pressured Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts to alter its report on children’s coronavirus risks, emails obtained by Politico suggest. Paul Alexander, a part-time assistant professor of health research methods at McMaster University in Canada who was brought into the Trump administration by Michael Caputo, pressed the editor of … Read more
People who catch coronavirus and have been previously diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder are more likely to die if they are hospitalized for COVID-19, new research suggests. Depending on how long they’d been in the hospital, people who had been diagnosed with conditions ranging from anxiety to dementia and self-injury were at 42 percent to … Read more
People who get enough vitamin D are at a 52 percent lower risk of dying of COVID-19 than people who are deficient for the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ new research reveals. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in the immune system and may combat inflammation. These features may make it a key player in the body’s fight … Read more
People who get enough vitamin D are at a 52 percent lower risk of dying of COVID-19 than people who are deficient for the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ new research reveals. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in the immune system and may combat inflammation. These features may make it a key player in the body’s fight … Read more
Are we heading for a second wave of Covid-19 as gruelling as the first? Not according to unidentified government officials quoted in yesterday’s Mail. During an off-the-record briefing in which comments weren’t attributed to individuals, experts suggested the second wave won’t be nearly as bad as the first. This is not a view openly expressed … Read more
Smoking may alter genes in a way that creates more cellular entry points for coronavirus, new research suggests. Australian scientists found that smoking just three cigarettes can trigger a flurry of increased activity in the part of the genome that codes for a protein known as ACE2. The protein lies on the surface of many … Read more
Russia is risking a ‘new Cold War’ if it tries to push its power base beyond its border, Nato’s secretary general has warned. Jens Stoltenberg said that Moscow’s recent behaviour and attempt to establish a new ‘sphere of influence … requires a response from Nato’. His remarks come days after the North Atlantic Council met … Read more
National Grid boss warns Britain risks power blackouts due to a decaying electricity network as he asks Ofgem for right to raise customers’ bills Sheffield is at heightened risk of blackouts, as it is served by just two power lines Should one fail, the city could only rely on the other to provide all of … Read more
Kourtney Kardashian was spotted arriving for dinner at Nobu Malibu with her ex Scott Disick on Friday night. The pair were seen pulling into the eatery together, with the Flip It Like Disick star, 37, risking a run-in with his ex Sofia Richie, who was also dining at the eatery with pals. Sofia, 22, opted … Read more