100,000 could die if lockdown is lifted too soon warns Prof Neil Ferguson – as new analysis predicts up to 60,000 dead by start of August The Imperial College professor said letting the young back to work is not viable He predicted deaths could reach 100,000 if Britain exited under the strategy Data from the University … Read more
A Harvard law professor believes that homeschooling can be ‘dangerous’ because it gives parents authoritarian control over their children. More than 50 million children in the United States are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic that forced the shut down of schools, restaurants and bars, and other businesses deemed non-essential. While states are developing … Read more
No amount of alcohol is safe but there are things you can do to reduce the health impacts of drinking. That’s according to Professor David Nutt, an Imperial College London researcher, former government adviser and outspoken drugs expert. Avoiding champagne, drinking beer before wine and making sure you buy the third round could all stop … Read more
A coronavirus vaccine could be ready by autumn, an Oxford University professor has said. Sir John Bell said trials could be finished by mid-August but warned the real challenge would be manufacturing ‘many billions of doses’. He also revealed the prestigious institution started human trials with a candidate vaccine this week. There have been conflicting reports over … Read more
Oxford classics professor, 63, is arrested over theft of ‘priceless’ papyrus bible fragments ‘stolen from university library collection and sold to US museum’ Dr Dirk Obbink, 63, was arrested last month on suspicion of theft and fraud 13 papyrus bible fragments were stolen from Oxford University’s Sackler Library The associate professor of papyrology and Greek … Read more
A leading Oxford professor has blasted the Government’s failure to introduce a lockdown sooner and says it was ‘completely out of step with almost all other European countries’. David Hunter condemned the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the ‘panic button’. When EU neighbours Spain, the Netherlands, France … Read more
An entire American college class has banding together to prank their professor during Zoom lessons — and their jokes have been getting more and more elaborate. TikTok user Samuel Grubbs, from North Carolina, shared recordings of the pranks on the social media platform, capturing the moments that a class of 24 students have surprised their … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus restrictions could be eased next month if the public continues to obey social distancing, a top government scientific adviser has said. Professor Neil Ferguson, whose grim forecast of 250,000 deaths initially prompted Boris Johnson to impose the lockdown, hoped some curbs could be lifted by the end of May. The Imperial College academic … Read more
Professor John Newton, director of public health improvement for Public Health England, has been appointed by the government to try and hit ambitious new coronavirus testing targets. Speaking this afternoon at the daily government press conference, Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged to carry out 100,000 tests every day by the end of the month. To … Read more
Half of Sweden’s population could be infected with coronavirus by the end of the month, a statistician has warned. Tom Britton, a mathematics professor from Stockholm University, said it is possible that up to a million people are already infected with the virus – though the country has only confirmed 5,466 cases. Using mathematical models … Read more