CDC director says models predict coronavirus deaths will accelerate in coming weeks

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that all statistical models tracked by the agency predict that coronavirus deaths in the U.S. will accelerate in the coming weeks. ‘CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible COVID-19 deaths in the US,’ Dr. Robert R. Redfield said in a tweet. ‘As … Read more

Researchers capture musical pulses coming from distant Delta Scuti stars

Researchers capture musical pulses coming from distant Delta Scuti stars and find some appear to HARMONIZE with each other Astronomers measured pulses coming from Delta Scuti stars They found the pulses were unexpectedly musical and some even harmonized The study is the first time harmonies have been measured from Delta Scuti stars By Michael Thomsen … Read more

New heads for old tales: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues are coming back with A-list stars

Net curtains. They’re respectable enough when they hang straight, especially when made from lace, not nylon. But if they’re drawn to the side with a loop hitching them up at the middle, they’re common — like a blousy woman emerging from the lavatory who doesn’t realise she’s got the hem of her underskirt tucked into … Read more

Health bosses confront Matt Hancock over claims NHS workers aren’t coming forward for tests

Health chiefs today confronted Matt Hancock over his claims NHS staff are not coming forward for coronavirus tests as they told him sick nurses were driving two hours to testing centres only be told to come back another day.  Dame Donna Kinnair, the chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said … Read more

SARAH VINE: We might be handling this situation just fine but the lockdown stasi are coming for YOU 

We may not be fully conscious of it yet, but lockdown is, in many respects, one giant, unprecedented social experiment. No one has any real idea how it will influence the economy, although very few disagree that, short term, it will be almost cataclysmic. Equally seismic are the social repercussions. For young people, who are … Read more

Coronavirus car-free zones coming in for London, Manchester and Brighton

Coronavirus car-free zones: Cyclists and pedestrians will get exclusive use of roads in London, Manchester and Brighton Tib Street in central Manchester has already closed to cars to prioritise cyclists  Brighton and Hackney, East London, have similar plans to close roads to cars  Charity boss says crisis has highlighted how narrow the nation’s footways are  … Read more

Expert shares the biggest issues parents are coming to him with during the coronavirus pandemic

A parenting expert and father-of-six has shared the three biggest issues parents are coming to him with during the coronavirus pandemic – and how you can identify kids’ mood swings with a simple ‘HALTS’ acronym. Dr Justin Coulson, from Sydney, said he has had hundreds of mums and dads send him emails and messages on … Read more

NHS 111 staff are coming into work with coronavirus symptoms due to a lack of proper sick pay

NHS 111 staff are coming into work with coronavirus symptoms due to a lack of proper sick pay, whistleblower claims in complaint to MPs Staff members working at call centres fear they may catch the virus from offices Claimed they were still being forced to work ‘desk to desk’ at some sites Communal resources at … Read more

Trump warns America to brace for a ‘lot of deaths’ in the coming week as US virus cases pass 300,000

President Donald Trump warned there will be many American deaths in the coming week in a somber start to his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic Saturday at the White House.  Trump predicted that the coming week would be one of the ‘toughest’ weeks the country could face due to the spreading disease.   Confirmed cases of … Read more