Smartphone-based coronavirus test produces results in just 10 minutes using the device’s microscope

Scientists are developing a smartphone app that can detect COVID-19 in saliva in about 10 minutes. The technology pairs a phone with a small microscope that analyzes a saliva sample for evidence of the virus.  Designed by the University of Arizona, the team’s goal is to combine the speed of an antigen test with the accuracy … Read more

Novavax will submit results to UK regulator ‘within two weeks’, clinical trial chief says

The Novavax coronavirus vaccine could submit its results to the UK regulator within two weeks, says the clinical trial chief, with supplies set to be available this summer. Early results show the jab is 89.3 effective against the virus including the Kent strain in a glimmer of hope the UK could add a fourth jab … Read more

Ireland Baldwin shows off the results of her cleanse as she flashes a glimpse of her toned stomach

‘It ain’t easy eating broccoli and kale when the world is so f**ked up’: Ireland Baldwin shows off the results of her cleanse as she flashes a glimpse of her toned stomach for Instagram snaps By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 07:40 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 07:41 GMT, 27 January 2021 Ireland Baldwin … Read more

Tiffany Haddish, 41, proudly displays the results of her 30-day body transformation

Tiffany Haddish, 41, looks incredible as she proudly displays the results of her 30-day body transformation in black underwear for new snap By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 08:31 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 08:31 GMT, 20 January 2021 She has been busy overhauling her diet and lifestyle as part of the New Year. And Tiffany … Read more

Students could sit mini-exams at home as Ofqual proposes teachers will assess final results

Students could take ‘mini-exams’ at home to help teachers determine their GCSE and A Level grades with results day being brought forward to July. The qualifications watchdog Ofqual published plans yesterday which outline how they propose teachers assess students this year after exams have been cancelled. Through a consultation, Ofqual suggests that teachers should make … Read more

China’s Covid-19 vaccine is 50% effective, lower than the 78% originally touted, Brazil results show

China’s Covid vaccine was only 50.4 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a Brazilian trial, researchers have revealed just days after the scientists claimed it was 78 per cent effective against ‘mild to severe’ cases.  Sinovac Biotech’s results are barely sufficient for the 50 per cent minimum for regulatory approval and well below the … Read more

Donald Trump tells Pence to ignore the constitution and refuse to certify swing states’ results

Donald Trump tweeted furiously at his own vice president Mike Pence Wednesday to demand he refuse to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump demanded Pence ignore the constitution and instead ‘return’ swing states’ slates of electors for Joe Biden to Republican-controlled legislatures who would then submit their own Trump electors. Pence has no such power … Read more

British researchers unveil Covid test that gives results in FIVE minutes

Researchers at the University of Birmingham say they have developed a Covid test that delivers results in just five minutes. The development, hailed as a world first, could be the breakthrough to help get crowds back to sporting events and festivals this summer.  It is on course to be fully tested and ready by Easter, … Read more

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have mixed results in latest legal hearing over $50M defamation suit

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have mixed results in latest legal hearing over $50M defamation suit and her countersuit By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:28 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 01:28 GMT, 6 January 2021 In the latest legal hearing in Virginia between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Fairfax County Judge Bruce … Read more