Google announced plans to add new content to its travel search results in the coming days. Officials revealed Google would soon display the percentage of open hotels with availability, as well as the percentage of flights operating at the city or county level. The changes will include trendlines for both categories. The data necessary to […]
Web-based surveillance of the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) during the first 11 weeks of the outbreak (Dec 31, 2019, to March 10, 2020), reveals that three-quarters (75/99) of affected countries outside mainland China reported their first COVID-19 case in people who had recently travelled to an affected country—with almost two-thirds […]
Amid coronavirus closures, some parents turn to ‘underground schools’ A new study is looking at how coronavirus particles may spread in contained areas like elevators, classrooms, and supermarkets. Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering tried to evaluate how the novel coronavirus is transmitted through aerosols, or particles released from a person while breathing […]
Pollen count is based on the number of pollen grains there are in a cubic metre of the air. When the pollen count is high or very high, this means there are more grains of pollen per cubic metre. When the pollen count is high, hay fever sufferers may suffer worse symptoms. The majority of […]
Pollen count is based on the measurement of the number of grains in a cubic metre of the air. Hay fever sufferers will often experience worse symptoms when the count is high. This is usually when it reaches around 50. The Met Office have forecasted HIGH levels of pollen for the South of England including […]
Pollen count is based on the measurement of the number of grains of pollen in a cubic metre of the air. The higher the pollen count, the bigger chance that someone suffering from allergies including hay fever will experience worse symptoms when they are outside or exposed to outdoor air. The Met Office have forecasted […]
Analysis of human mobility and epidemiological data by a global consortium of researchers, led by the University of Oxford and Northeastern University, shows that human mobility was predictive of the spread of the epidemic in China. Restrictions of travel from Wuhan unfortunately came too late and research showed that the impact of travel restrictions declines […]
Women are more likely than men to have their symptoms dismissed or downplayed by medical professionals. When they get a diagnosis, they often face stigma and judgment. In light of this, WH created the “Owning It” package—which spotlights various women with complicated and often difficult-to-diagnose conditions who decided to take a stand for their health. […]
