Coronavirus cases in England spike back up to pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people infected last week, mass testing shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 10:05 GMT, 24 December 2020 Advertisement The number of people with coronavirus in England last week spiked to pre-second lockdown … Read more
HALF of air samples taken from hospital hallways and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of coronavirus, study finds Researchers looked at 24 studies from eight countries between January 1 and October 27 that examined COVID-19 and air contamination Air samples from ICU rooms were more than twice as likely to be positive for … Read more
Stretch of water in Yorkshire will be assessed for bacteria levels as it is named the country’s first official river bathing site By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 00:04 GMT, 22 December 2020 The thrill of plunging into the water off a rugged stretch … Read more
Victoria Beckham ‘alters her strict fish and vegetable diet after she was warned she had “off the scale” levels of mercury’ The fashion designer, 46, is said to have discovered the ‘off the scale’ levels during a getaway to a luxury spa in Germany last year Victoria is reportedly now eating more salmon and has … Read more
Crops grown near Chernobyl are still contaminated, more than three decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost half the grain analyzed by scientists in Ivankiv, about 30 miles from the power plant, showed levels of strontium 90 far above recommended levels. It was also present at unsafe levels in firewood and wood ash … Read more
Britain’s most dangerous roads for air pollution levels have been revealed – and more than 75% are in London. Analysis by environmental legal firm ClientEarth has emerged following a landmark inquest that ruled air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old asthmatic girl Ella Kiss-Debrah. Ella, who lived 80ft from London’s congested South Circular … Read more
Extreme levels of ‘friendly fire’ antibodies in the immune system could trigger severe coronavirus symptoms and cause ‘long Covid’, scientists say. Coronavirus patients have high numbers of ‘autoantibodies’ in their blood which block the body’s Covid-tackling antibodies and attack several areas, including the brain, blood vessels and liver. This could account for why some Covid sufferers … Read more
Earwax test to measure glucose levels could allow earlier identification of type 2 diabetes, scientists claim The cotton swab-esque probe has been developed by researchers from the UK Cheap to undertake, it is 60 percent more reliable than the current standard It can also be used at home, without clinical supervision like with blood tests Previous studies showed that … Read more
High levels of coronavirus build up inside a car in just 15 minutes – but opening windows furthest away from you could help avoid infection, computer simulations reveal Researchers used computer models to track how ventilation affected particles Found opening all car windows was the most effective method to reduce risk But, if this is not … Read more
Tui swings to £2.7bn annual loss and warns holiday bookings won’t return to pre-crisis levels until 2022 Tui made a mammoth loss of €3.1bn (£2.7bn) in the year to the end of September Revenues fell 58% to €7.9bn (£7.2bn) as Covid disrupted and halted travel Tui looking to cut costs by another €100m, but no … Read more