England’s chief public health officials tonight unveiled gloomy graphs that show how all models of the coronavirus second wave predict the number of deaths will exceed their ‘worst cases scenario’. At the heart of the scientific data supporting Boris Johnson’s decision to plunge England into a second lockdown was a graph comparing the predictions of … Read more
The Prime Minister has been told to prepare for the second wave of coronavirus to be more deadly than the first, with the death toll likely to remain high throughout the winter, SAGE advisors have reportedly warned. According to internal analysis provided by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), deaths will peak at a … Read more
Psychological fallout from the pandemic will cause birth rates to drop, people to stay single for longer and women to sexualise themselves more, experts have predicted. Experts from the US reviewed 90 studies to help them predict how COVID-19 could shift social behaviours and gender norms — even among those not infected. They expect planned pregnancies … Read more
It may be difficult to predict how well a student will perform academically, but a new innovation can do so just by looking at their tweets – and with more than 93 percent accuracy. A computer model trained on thousands of test scores and one million social media posts to distinguishing between high academic achievers … Read more
Doctors are now able to predict how likely their patient is to die or be hospitalised from Covid-19 using a new tool. Researchers said the model by Oxford University experts could help devise a more targeted shielding programme during the second wave of the pandemic. The tool — called QCOVID — found just the five … Read more
They were runners up on the first series of itv2 dating show Love Island after he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him following a six week relationship. And Love Island fans have predicted that Hannah Elizabeth and Jon Clark will rekindle their one time whirlwind romance, after reuniting during the … Read more
A non-invasive sleep test may be able to help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults, a new study suggests. Researchers used a model to assess the difference between a person’s actual age and the biological age of their brain. Dementia patients monitored in their sleep had much higher scores than non-dementia patients and showed … Read more
Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter flavors are at higher risk for being hospitalized Researchers had people who previously tested positive for coronavirus perform taste tests with slips of paper Non-tasters, who couldn’t detect certain bitter flavors, were at highest risk for developing more … Read more
DNA testing ‘can predict throat cancer up to eight YEARS’ in advance for patients with pre-cancerous condition that causes acid reflux, study finds Abnormal cells emerge at bottom of oesophagus in Barrett’s oesophagus Condition develops into cancer for one-in-five patients after it is diagnosed This leads to extensive treatment in case the cancer does appear … Read more
Heel-prick blood test could predict which children will develop type 1 diabetes, say scientists who can spot early warnings of the condition in the genes and chemicals in the body UK and US researchers said up to 75% of cases could be spotted using the test Average child is in their mid-teens by the time … Read more