A man in hospital on a ventilator

With the US president, Donald Trump, testing positive for coronavirus, speculation has begun regarding possible outcomes. The reality is, it’s impossible to say for certain what will happen to an individual once they’ve contracted COVID. Some people may have no symptoms at all, while others may have far worse outcomes.Continue Reading

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Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now in quarantine, throwing the US 2020 election campaign into disarray. The American president’s infection with coronavirus follows those of the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. While Johnson was seriously ill andContinue Reading

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CSK vs SRH IPL 2020 Score: Shardul Thakur accounted for the key dismissal of Manish Pandey.© BCCI/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) have lost the four crucial wickets of Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson and David Warner after winning the toss and opting to bat against last-season runners-up Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in theContinue Reading

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Shipping asylum seekers offshore may boost Priti Patel's hardline image, but Australian example shows it's not a policy that works

PA/Steve Parsons It has been reported that the home secretary, Priti Patel, has been considering sending migrants who arrive in the UK via the English Channel to islands in the Atlantic. While Downing Street later pushed back on the idea of using the far-flung territories of Ascension Island and StContinue Reading

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No, you cannot pierce your brain with a swab test

Exposure Visuals/Shutterstock People who have had the COVID swab test say that it feels like their brain is being pierced by an oversized cotton bud. Recent lurid headlines will not put people at ease. “Woman’s nose ‘starts leaking brain and spinal fluid’ after she took a Covid swab test”, saidContinue Reading

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Universities have invested in online learning – and it can provide students with value for money

fizkes/Shutterstock As the coronavirus pandemic continues, so does universities’ reliance on online teaching, prompting complaints from students that they are not getting full value from tuition fees. Students who have returned to campus fear that their university experience as a whole is being diminished. Manchester Metropolitan University has moved first-yearContinue Reading

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