Lockdowns and travel restrictions are the best methods to slow the spread of coronavirus, a new study of China suggests. Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK and Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, found that in Wuhan – the epicenter of the outbreak – restriction on travels came too late. Once the locked … Read more
A drug used to treat hepatitis C is safe to use in coronavirus patients and could help them to recover, according to a study. The medication danoprevir, sold as Ganovo, was given to 11 people with ‘moderate’ COVID-19 infections, in combination with the HIV drug ritonavir. Scientists found it was safe and did not cause … Read more
New hope for Italy as daily rate of infections and number of deaths both fall, with 7.5 per cent rise and 683 fatalities compared to 8.2 per cent and 743 dead yesterday On Tuesday 743 people died, following 602 deaths on Monday, 650 on Sunday Saturday saw the highest daily death figures as the number … Read more
What a week, what a month. Enough to turn many investors’ hair grey (mine included) – with some no doubt wishing that commercial travel to the moon was a) available now; and b) affordable. After all, a month doing nothing but staring out on Tycho Crater, rather than seeing your investment portfolio plunge to new … Read more
Mena Suvari and hubby Michael Hope chow down some Veggie Grill takeout while stocking up on groceries By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 02:47 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 02:47 GMT, 20 March 2020 Mena Suvari and her husband Michael Hope were glimpsed chowing down on some Veggie Grill takeout in Los Angeles this … Read more
Coronavirus cure hopes have today been raised after an infected Italian man in his 70s recovered with the help of an experimental Ebola drug. Doctors gave the unidentified 79-year-old remdesivir, which researchers around the world have tested in their desperate scramble to find a cure. Officials in Liguria – the coastal region where the patient lives, … Read more
British scientists on the front line of the war against coronavirus say clinical tests of a possible treatment will begin NEXT WEEK Team at University of Southampton see hope with the inhaled drug SNG001 It can help those with chronic lung disease fend off viruses – and it might do the same for Covid-19 Trial, … Read more
Root of all fear: Scientists discover how fear forms in the brain offering hope for the development of an ‘off switch’ for people with PTSD ‘Fear memory’ formation involves neural connections between two brain regions Activity between the two regions increased in mice faced with ‘aversive stimuli’ Weakening these could erase fear memory for people who are living … Read more
At the weekend, I noticed how, even in its infancy, coronavirus is already beginning to influence our habits. Hundreds of people had gathered in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, for the annual literary festival. Walking along the seafront to the Jubilee Hall, where the events take place, I bumped into an old friend. I noticed he was wearing … Read more
As Amber Heard waited for husband Johnny Depp to board their private jet on May 24, 2014, she felt excited about the planned romantic weekend ahead. She had flown to Boston, where the Hollywood star was filming Black Mass, a film about American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, and now, after a two-hour wait, he was … Read more