The CDC’s new mask guidelines could actually increase the risk of spreading Covid-19 in public spaces and workplaces, scientists of a leading infectious disease group said Thursday. The CDC abruptly reversed its mask guidance for vaccinated Americans last week to say that vaccinated people no longer need to wear aContinue Reading
A LUCKY New Yorker could win themselves a massive $5million – but they have to get a Covid shot first. Governor Andrew Cuomo, 63, has announced the “Vax & Scratch” pilot program in a bid to get more people vaccinated against the coronavirus. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launchedContinue Reading
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures turn positive after three days of losses Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. 2. Weekly initial jobless claims hit new Covid-era low The government ThursdayContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI crew and volunteers were saddened this week to learn of the death of former Lifeboat Coxswain Mechanic, Tim Mock on 10th April 2021, after a short illness. Tim served for 34 years, joining as a crew volunteer in April 1980 aged 21 before becoming Boats Mechanic just threeContinue Reading
The COVID vaccines are working. Data from Israel and Scotland shows that they are protecting people and may also be decreasing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. If it all holds up, people will be protected from severe disease, the amount of virus will progressively decrease, and we can trulyContinue Reading
This research could change our understanding of the heart. Liya Graphics/ Shutterstock Around sixty times every minute, your heart beats, delivering nutrients and removing waste from every cell in your body. It has been doing this since you were in the womb – the heart forms 18 days into foetalContinue Reading
Tracking what you eat is one method proven to work. Okrasiuk/ Shutterstock There’s no shortage of weight loss programmes out there to choose from, each of which claim to have the key to shedding pounds. One of the latest popular weight loss programmes out there is Noom, which claims thatContinue Reading
Updated versions of already authorised COVID-19 vaccines, tweaked to deal with new variants of the coronavirus, will not have to go through a lengthy testing and approval process, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has said. The announcement follows a week in which UK authorities have desperately triedContinue Reading
When the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was first authorised by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, it was hailed as a milestone in turning the tide on the coronavirus. But in the time since, this highly efficacious vaccine has suffered a lot of reputational damage. In January, the German pressContinue Reading
The first death to be publicly attributed to coronavirus in the UK was of a woman in her seventies on March 5 2020. The same day, a spokesperson for the prime minister, Boris Johnson, warned the virus could spread in “a significant way” in the UK. On March 16 2020,Continue Reading