One short week ago, I called on governments to use existing data and proven machine learning and AI techniques to help healthcare systems combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The response was amazing. My team and I received encouragement, ideas, and proposals for collaboration. We also received, courtesy of Public Health England, a set of (depersonalized) data […]
COVID-19 has confined families to their home with children struggling to fill the void left by regular sporting activities and outside play, but parents can take simple steps to maintain their physical activity. With local parks and playgrounds banned from public use, parents face a unique challenge in how they assist children’s sport-oriented progress within […]
Mayo Clinic said: “Throat cancer refers to cancerous tumours that develop in your throat, voice box or tonsils. Your throat is a muscular tube that begins behind your nose and ends in your neck. Throat cancer most often begins in the flat cells that line the inside of your throat. Your voice box sits just […]
A slight dip in new coronavirus deaths in New York over the last 24 hours may be a glimmer of hope that the spread is slowing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as overall fatalities in the state climbed to nearly 4,200. Cuomo said it was too soon to determine whether the pandemic had reached its […]
Last Update April 5 at 18:53 p.m. BST The Scottish Government has announced that a total of 23,143 of the country’s citizens have been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19). The statement, released on April 5, has uncovered that 3,706 have come back positive, while 218 have died from the virus. Data from geographic information system ArcGIS […]
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Some animals are not susceptible, other After the end of last year, the new Coronavirus in the city of Wuhan showed up in China for the first time, started the speculation, where the pathogen originated and how dangerous he can be. The Virus is transmissible from humans to humans, is known. Now, there […]
To the nannying gurus telling us to stick to ultra-low-calorie diets during the crisis: Now is NOT the time to give up custard creams It’s a very British tradition that offers comfort in even the darkest of times – settling down with a cup of tea and a biscuit. It certainly helps in my house – […]
Coronavirus is intensifying just as the UK enjoys a warm spell this weekend. Today marks the biggest daily rise in deaths so far, with another 708 people losing their lives after testing positive for the pathogen. Health secretary Matt Hancock is acutely aware of this unfortunate timing and has urged all UK citizens to resist […]
One Sunday evening, I got a text from a friend: She’d read that the NewYork-Presbyterian health care system was going to ban spouses and partners from the delivery room due to efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus. At that point, it was the day before I was scheduled […]
Doctors say measuring the size of patients’ thighs could soon be a way to spot those prone to the condition – which is a leading cause of heart disease. Researchers in China looked at adults aged 40 or older, of which 5,350 were overweight or obese and 4,170 were normal weight. Beneficial Thigh circumference of […]
