Viral loads from coronavirus patients have been decreasing as the pandemic rages on, a new study suggests. Researchers found that just 25 percent of nasal swabs from hospitalized patients in April detected low levels of the virus. However, just five weeks later, nearly three-quarters of samples from patients had low viral loads – representing a … Read more
The typical American is recorded by security cameras 238 times a week, according to a new report from Safety.com. That figure includes surveillance video taken at work, on the road, in stores and in the home. The study found that Americans are filmed 160 times while driving, as there are about an average of 20 … Read more
Americans who don’t speak English are nearly FIVE TIMES more likely to test positive for coronavirus – but less likely to get tested in the first place, study finds Researchers looked at nearly 31,000 patients who were tested for coronavirus at the University of Washington Medicine system Patients who didn’t speak English were 4.6 times … Read more
Sir Harold Evans, the crusading editor frequently described as Fleet Street’s greatest ever newspaper man, had died aged 92. His 70-year career saw him expose wrongdoing around the world, perhaps the most famous shining a light on the plight of hundreds of British thalidomide children to finally hold drugs companies responsible to account. Sir Harold’s … Read more
Taylor Swift praises Phoebe Waller-Bridge as she’s named to Time’s list of the most 100 influential people Grammy-winner, 30, hailed Waller-Bridge in an essay she penned for Time She credited Waller-Bridge’s projects such as Killing Eve, Fleabag and upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die Fleabag has captured three Emmys and two Golden Globes … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a ‘tabless’ battery at the firm’s live-streamed ‘Battery Day’ that had attendees sitting in their own Tesla watching the billionaire speak on a stage. Musk shared the firm is currently producing the cell, dubbed 4680, at its pilot Fremont gigafactory -making it Tesla’s first in-house battery. Eliminating the tabs allows for … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a ‘tabless’ battery at the firm’s live-streamed ‘Battery Day’ that had attendees sitting in their own Tesla watching the billionaire speak on a stage. Musk shared the firm is currently producing the cell, dubbed 4680, at its pilot Fremont gigafactory -making it Tesla’s first in-house battery. Eliminating the tabs allows for … Read more
Protestors have projected the number of times Donald Trump has played golf and the total Covid-19 deaths during the pandemic onto one of his Scottish golf courses. The illumination comes as the total coronavirus death toll in the US reached 200,005 today, the highest in the world. Its total death rate is more than 60,000 … Read more
A funeral director and mother-of-two has revealed how she donated her eggs to help women struggling with fertility. Leanne Armstrong, 39, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, heard an advert on the radio while driving home from work in 2009 and, despite not having previously known that donation was even possible, she immediately put herself forward. The mother, … Read more
The BBC’s new Scottish channel is costing six times more per viewer than BBC One – with just 18 per cent of Scots tuning in after its launch last year. Figures from the corporation’s annual report showed that BBC Scotland costs 41p for each hour watched, that compares unfavourably to BBC One which costs 7p … Read more