Doctor featured in Netflix’s Pandemic believes he has found a ‘cure’ for coronavirus by using the same antibodies that killed the SARS virus Dr Jacob Glanville, a scientist in California, believes he has found a treatment or coronavirus using antibodies that neutralized SARS in 2002 His team at Distributed Bio adapted five antibodies to attack the new virus, which is […]
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Two studies of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak recently published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. The first study, published March 31, 2020, was conducted by Constantinos Siettos from the Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy and colleagues. The authors used a Susceptible-Infected-Recovered-Dead (SIRD) model calibrated with the reported data between January 11 and February 10, 2020 and forecasted […]
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You could lower your risk of an early death by eating a healthy, balanced diet, which includes at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Doing regular exercise could also boost your lifespan, and it’s been described as the “miracle cure we’ve all been waiting for” by the NHS. Making just a few minor diet or lifestyle changes […]
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A team of medical researchers and bioethicists at Oxford University has published results today in Science that furthers our understanding of coronavirus transmission. This evidence is enabling several international partners, including NHSX, a joint unit comprised of teams from NHS England and the UK’s Department of Health & Social Care, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), to assess […]
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The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) launches a European paediatric and adult database to monitor and report outcomes of COVID-19 occurring in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases with the support of the Global Rheumatology Alliance. Key points: The EULAR-COVID-19 Database is a European paediatric and adult database designed to monitor and report on outcomes of COVID-19 occurring in patients […]
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Coronavirus has now infected more than 25,000 people in the UK. To save lives, slow the spread of the killer infection and protect the NHS, the Home Secretary Priti Patel announced thousands of foreign NHS workers will have their UK visas extended for one year. But how can people test for COVID-19 at home? NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics will […]
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Coronavirus cases have risen exponentially with leading health experts warning these next two weeks could see a massive jump in cases of death from the deadly virus. The Covid-19 has left a trail of destruction in its wake with the updated information proving how deadly and serious this virus truly is. Experts warn the NHS online symptom checker is too […]
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Nobody yet knows for sure the definitive origins of the newly recognized coronavirus now known as 2019-nCoV that’s currently spreading across the globe as a human respiratory pathogen. Early reports indicate that the source of the virus was the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, where an eclectic mix of animals including rodents, rabbits, bats and other wild animals and […]
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An expert in the communication challenges caused by dementia is using her research to inform training practices for carers and families. Professor Alison Wray of Cardiff University has spent a decade studying the social and emotional impact of dementia and its onward effect on communication. Her detailed understanding of the causes of communication breakdowns in the dementia context is being […]
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Travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 are making it more difficult for some heart failure patients who have artificial heart pumps to participate in follow-up care at implantation centers far from their homes. But a new study suggests there may be a viable alternative. According to University of Utah Health researchers, local doctors in rural areas who […]
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