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What happened to the AstraZeneca vaccine? Now rare in rich countries, it’s still saving lives around the world
PhotobyTawat/Shutterstock The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, was one of the first vaccines available for use in the UK and around the world during the COVID pandemic. More than two billion doses have been distributed to at least 170 countries, with around 50 million dosesContinue Reading
Pfizer CEO says he ‘wouldn’t worry much’ about monkeypox; cuts drug prices for low-income countries
Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 25th, 2022. Adam Galici | CNBC Pfizer‘s CEO said Wednesday that he “wouldn’t worry much” about a recent monkeypox outbreak that has seen cases surge in non-endemic countries. Albert Bourla told CNBC that current data on the diseaseContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s lockdown-breaking birthday party pics revealed as damning Sue Gray report lifts lid on Partygate
BORIS Johnson is pictured raising a beer at his lockdown-breaking birthday party, in stark new snaps revealed today. The true extent of raucous bashes in No10 and Whitehall during the pandemic has been laid bare as Sue Gray’s report was finally published. Boris Johnson holds a can of beer onContinue Reading
The Gray Man trailer: Chris Evans is out for Ryan Gosling’s blood
G et ready for the battle of the beefcakes in the latest trailer for Ryan Gosling’s film The Gray Man. Starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, the trailer for the Netflix thriller dropped on Tuesday and promises a whole lot of action – and more than a few explosions. “PluckedContinue Reading
Catatonia: the person’s body may be frozen, but their minds are not – new study
Lidiia/Shutterstock Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm and it stays in that position. Someone takes a blood test and they don’t even wince. They haven’tContinue Reading
The Loch Ness monster: a modern history
The so-called 'surgeon's photograph' taken by gynaecologist Robert Wilson (actually made from a toy submarine) first published in the Daily Mail in 1934. Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20-30ft longContinue Reading
Gabriel Jesus welcomes first child with girlfriend Raiane Lima as Man City striker tops off dream week after title win
GABRIEL JESUS welcomed his first child with girlfriend Raiane Lima to cap off a dream week. The delighted pair marked their magical moment with a touching photo of their newborn daughter Helena’s tiny hands alongside the message: “The best day of our lives.” 4 Gabriel Jesus and his partner RaianeContinue Reading
Texas governor says 15 killed in elementary school shooting
A gunman shot and killed 14 students and one teacher on Tuesday at an elementary school in South Texas, governor Gregg Abbott said. No official details were immediately available on the midday shooting, which unfolded at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles west ofContinue Reading
Why Britain really can’t afford to cut civil servants right now
Shutterstock A letter leaked to the BBC has revealed that the UK government aims to cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs over the next three years to save money. The letter, sent to civil servants by Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, sets out the aim of reducing staffing levelsContinue Reading
The Mystery of Monkeypox’s Global Spread
Initial genomic sequencing suggests the virus hasn’t mutated to become more transmissible. So what explains its unprecedented rise across the world?Continue Reading