W hen Charly Clive found out she had a brain tumour, she felt like the ground had crumbled beneath her, leaving a big hole. Describing it as a “shock”, she put on a brave face and, also, an inflatable sumo suit and bounced around the garden with her best friendContinue Reading
THE countdown to the Cheltenham Festival is on in earnest with just three meetings left at the track until the big one. And as the Festival draws nearer, so the ante post market really starts to take shape. 1 No one could catch Minella Indo in the Cheltenham Gold CupContinue Reading
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack.Continue Reading
Updated at 13:30 The State is studying more than 10 possible cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after initial tests showed they had a trait distinguishing it from the dominant Delta variant, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said. Unlike Delta, which has dominated infections worldwide this year, OmicronContinue Reading
FRUSTRATED RON Cristiano Ronaldo stormed down the tunnel after Manchester United’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Ronaldo was named on United’s bench by caretaker boss Michael Carrick for the second time this season after October’s match with Everton, which also ended 1-1. Just like at Old Trafford last month, the five-time Ballon d’Or winnerContinue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in pandemic management on a global scale. TheContinue Reading
Spirit Of Nguru puts the judgement of his trainer William Haggas firmly on the line in the opening Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Kempton polytrack today when there is also another eight-raced programme scheduled for Wolverhampton on its excellent tapeta surface; jumpers are catered for at Ayr where groundContinue Reading
A doctor monitors a Covid-19 patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the community hospital in Germany on April 28, 2021. RONNY HARTMANN | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The omicron Covid variant is likely to spread further and poses a “very high” global risk, according to theContinue Reading
Women wait up to eight years to receive an endometriosis diagnosis. Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Though endometriosis affects an estimated one in ten women of reproductive age, most women with the condition visit a GP over ten times before being referred to specialist care for a diagnosis. This can meanContinue Reading
Centenarian buddies in Sardinia. Sabino Parente/Shutterstock A 35-year-old man only has a 1.5% chance of dying in the next ten years. But the same man at 75 has a 45% chance of dying before he reaches 85. Clearly, ageing is bad for our health. On the bright side, we haveContinue Reading
