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Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern
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
Get into the ‘Spirit’ with Tom and William!
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
Omicron Covid variant poses ‘very high’ global risk and is likely to spread, WHO warns
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
Endometriosis: understanding how sufferers describe pain could lead to faster diagnosis
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
Why it’s still a scientific mystery how some can live past 100 – and how to crack it
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
Long-distance raider ‘Lizard’ all set to pounce!
Not always as it seems, eh? Leicester has survived an inspection but Carlisle didn’t and so I’ve ‘penned’ the following which might interest ‘online’ readers. Manchester City and Chelsea are short-priced, odds-on favourites to beat West Ham and Manchester United respectively this afternoon; thousands of ‘big-hitters’ will be including themContinue Reading
Klopp warns incoming Man Utd manager Rangnick will have ‘no time to train’
LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp is notoriously out-spoken when it comes to fixture congestion, and firmly believes the pile-up is too demanding on players. And he’s already told incoming Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick that he will have ‘no time’ to implement his famed Gegenpressing philosophy. 2 Klopp is firmlyContinue Reading
Why some people find it harder to be happy
Black Salmon The self-help industry is booming, fuelled by research on positive psychology – the scientific study of what makes people flourish. At the same time, the rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm continue to soar worldwide. So are we doomed to be unhappy, despite these advances in psychology? AccordingContinue Reading
Sea lion whiskers can move like human fingertips: here’s how we found out
Lachlan Ross / pexels , CC BY-SA Humans have amazing fingertips. They are sensitive and can be moved over objects to feel its softness, texture, size and shape. These movements are both complex, and “task-specific”. This means that you adopt different movements depending on what you want to feel aboutContinue Reading
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle LIVE SCORE: Martinelli doubles Gunners’ lead after Saka scores opener in Premier League
ARSENAL have got the job done with a routine win over Newcastle. Bukayo Saka scored and then limped off injured before Gabriel Martinelli doubled the Gunners’ lead. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET A FREE £10 BONUS WITH 100s OF GAMES TO PLAY AND NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED (Ts&Cs apply) And today signalsContinue Reading