New state pension or benefit claimants cannot use Post Office accounts

People who start getting the state pension or receiving benefits from this week onward are barred from using a Post Office card account to collect their cash. The Government has announced new applicants will have to use a bank account, or a special scheme called the HMG Payment Exception Service if they can’t open one, … Read more

What shares can benefit from a coronavirus recovery? Investing Show

INVESTING SHOW: Where can investors look for shares that will benefit from a coronavirus recovery? By This Is Money Published: 16:45 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 16:45 BST, 4 May 2020 The stock market has staged a strong recovery from its March lows, but there are likely to be more tough days ahead. This … Read more

Higher death rates and no benefit for COVID patients treated with hydroxychloroquine

More US veterans sickened by coronavirus who were treated with the malaria drug President Trump touted for treating the disease died than did patients who were given the usual supportive care, a new study reveals.  And the results suggested that the drug, hydroxychloroquine, provided no benefit to the patients who received it.    The nationwide study … Read more

Anger at star-studded benefit to raise $150M for controversial WHO

December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more