Marina Demidiuk/Shutterstock Any new infectious disease is an unknown to pregnant women, as it might affect the pregnancy and the developing foetus. Because of this, careful attention has been paid to the effects of COVID on pregnant women ever since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, after 18 months ofContinue Reading
Most of us have dreamt about winning big in the lottery – I know I have. This dream came true for a French ticket-holder, who won the record £184 million EuroMillions jackpot. A sudden income of £184 million would no doubt be life-changing. But what do we actually know aboutContinue Reading
TYSON FURY and Conor McGregor have made a packet from fighting. Yet, the Gypsy King and Notorious, both 33, have spent their money very differently. 24 Tyson Fury’s lifestyle outside of the sport is less glam than you thinkCredit: The Sun 24 UFC star Conor McGregor loves the finer thingsContinue Reading
Resilience, an unlucky nap when beaten a head and a neck by Thunder Queen and Janaat over six furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta last week, returns to course and distance for division one of an eleven-runner Novice Stakes this afternoon when veteran jockey John Egan is replaced by Callum Shepherd onContinue Reading
NEV: ‘RESILIENT’ CHELSEA CAN PIP KOP AND CITY Gary Neville believes Chelsea have a ‘great shout’ of winning the Premier League title as he hailed the club’s dogged resilience. The Blues moved back to the top of the table yesterday after winning 1-0 away at Brentford having survived a second half onslaughtContinue Reading
The House of Commons is about to review the government’s flagship Coronavirus Act 2020 for the third, and likely the last, time. The sweeping 350+ page act was introduced with a mere 13 hours of debate in March 2020. It introduced extensive powers, from significant changes to court proceedings, toContinue Reading
The chief of the health service has said it is “time for us all to hit the reset button” as Covid hospitalisations in Ireland near the 500-patient mark. There are 482 patients hospitalised with the disease as of Monday morning, with 74 people in intensive care. 76 new patients admittedContinue Reading
Orawan Pattarawimonchai/Shutterstock Beta-amyloid and tau are two proteins that serve useful functions in the brain, but in Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia – they go rogue and destroy brain cells (neurons). This happens when beta-amyloid forms clumps on the outside of neurons and tau forms tanglesContinue Reading
Irina Polonina/Shutterstock Although babies and young children are at lower risk of getting very sick with COVID-19 compared to older adults, a small proportion of babies will require hospital care. There has been immense interest among scientists, health-care workers and new mothers especially in understanding whether potentially protective antibodies againstContinue Reading
Tesla opened the doors to its European gigafactory for the first time this month, but local people are still unimpressedContinue Reading
