We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. With winter fast approaching and the threat of a second wave and lockdown creeping up, many are worried about how to tell the difference between the common cold, the flu and COVID […]
Scientists affiliated with leading research institutions across the U.S. state in a letter published Monday in the journal Science that researchers across disciplines must converge to deliver clear public health guidance about how SARS-CoV-2 is spread in the air. The researchers write in the open letter that the scientific community must clarify the terminology used […]
COVID-19 – the disease that has spawned from SARS-CoV-2, a new strain of coronavirus – has highlighted the world’s complacency about pandemics. SARS coronavirus, its predecessor that broke out in 2003, was largely confined to Southeast Asia, so the threat seemed negligible. COVID-19, however, has proven that coronaviruses do not discriminate by territory or populations. […]
The deadly COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has been confirmed in more than seven million people around the world. Symptoms found on the skin have been present in many COVID-19 patients. What are the three warning signs found on the skin warning of a possible infection? READ MORE Parkinson’s disease: Food to reduce the […]
Coronavirus is losing its grip on the UK, a retreat that has been accelerated with the arrival of the common steroid drug Dexamethasone. Clinical trials of the drug have delivered world-beating results – the scientists who lead the trials claim one in three deaths could be prevented among patients on ventilators. While the progress is […]
New hope has been ignited in the fight against coronavirus today as scientists in the UK reveal they have made a “major breakthrough” with a drugs treatment. The common steroid drug dexamethasone was shown to reduce death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen. The results […]
Coronavirus cases in the UK currently falls just shy of the 280,000 mark, with almost 40,000 officially recorded deaths, according to one analysis. While the exact number is still disputed, make no bones about it, the UK has been one of the worst hit regions. Now the dust is starting to settle in the UK […]
In addition to coughing and a fever, other potential COVID-19 symptoms are now being reported including a loss of smell, purple toes, vomiting and diarrhoea. A leading figure helping China fight the SARS epidemic back in 2013 who caught the virus himself, believed he became infected as he was not wearing the appropriate protective eyewear. Wang Guagnfa said […]
You’re sick, perhaps very sick, so you head to the local emergency department fearing the onset of COVID-19. But what symptoms most clearly point to a need for urgent care? Based on a review of more than 1,000 patients who’ve already sought care for respiratory illnesses since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic in March, […]
The coronavirus outbreak has taken an incredible toll on almost everyone in the world. The deadly bug has more than 2.49 million infection cases confirmed globally, and a staggering 163,500 people are known to have died from the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic after its spread to more than 190 countries […]
