Care home worker, 31, becomes first Brit to catch Covid-19 twice

Care home worker, 31, becomes first Brit to catch Covid-19 and beat it twice and now faces another test The un-named care worker from Reading has been tested five times for Covid-19 The mother-of-two first became symptomatic in late March and tested negative In April, her condition deteriorated and she was tested again and was … Read more

Elephants can ‘catch yawns’ from familiar humans just like chimpanzees and dogs

Elephants can ‘catch yawns’ from familiar humans just like chimpanzees and dogs – suggesting they are more similar to us than previously thought Elephant handlers were asked to yawn, fake yawn and make mouth movements  They ‘caught a yawn’ whenever the handlers yawned for real or fake yawned  Before this only chimps and dogs had … Read more

Breakfast TV: How Sunrise became complacent and let Today catch up in the ratings

After years spent languishing in the ratings, Nine’s Today show is finally closing the gap with Channel Seven’s Sunrise. Fronted by Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon, the once-struggling breakfast program has been steadily growing its audience in recent weeks.  While it remains in second place behind Sunrise, which is hosted by Sam Armytage and David … Read more

Pregnant women who catch Covid-19 ‘are HALF as likely to have symptoms’

Pregnant women are less likely to show symptoms of Covid-19 but more likely to end up in intensive care than women who aren’t expecting, a study has found. How the coronavirus affects pregnant women has been unclear throughout the worst of the pandemic and they were put onto the shielding list as a precaution. While … Read more

Jonah Hill shows off his surfing skills as he heads out to catch waves on a beach in Los Angeles

Jonah Hill shows off his surfing skills as he heads out in a black wet suit to catch waves on a beach in Los Angeles By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 13:47 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 13:47 BST, 29 August 2020 He has been spending much of his time in Santa Monica after moving … Read more

Nottingham woman, 75, is the earliest known Covid-19 patient to catch the disease in the UK

Nottingham woman, 75, is the earliest known Covid-19 patient to catch the disease in the UK after testing positive on February 21 – a week before officials accepted the virus was spreading in Britain The woman is thought to be the first to catch Covid-19 in the community UK’s first cases were confirmed on January … Read more

Jenny Harries: Pupils more likely to be hit by bus than catch Covid

Pupils are more likely to be hit by a bus on their way to school than catch coronavirus in the classroom, the deputy chief medical officer claimed today.  Dr Jenny Harries said the risk of children being involved in a traffic accident or of catching the flu are ‘probably higher than the current risk’ posed … Read more

Justin Bieber rocks a mask from his streetwear brand Drew while grabbing dinner at Catch

Justin Bieber rocks a face mask from his streetwear brand Drew while grabbing dinner at Catch in West Hollywood By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 07:16 BST, 23 August 2020 | Updated: 07:16 BST, 23 August 2020 He and his wife Hailey, who wed in 2018, are usually attached at the hip.  But Justin Bieber … Read more

Native Americans are 3.5 times more likely to catch coronavirus compared to white people in the US

Native Americans make up a larger percentage of novel coronavirus cases than compared to their share of the US population, a new report finds. American Indians and Alaska Natives account for 0.7 percent of the population but at 1.3 percent of all COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday.  … Read more

Asian Brits are up to FIVE times more likely to catch coronavirus than white people

Asian people are up to five times more likely to catch the coronavirus than white people, according to data from a government-run surveillance scheme. An Office for National Statistics (ONS) report released today revealed seven out of 1,510 Brits identifying as Asian swabbed positive for Covid-19 — a rate of around 0.46 per cent. For … Read more