School closures are putting a generation of children at risk of obesity, health chiefs warned last night. They said lack of exercise could have devastating long-term consequences when one in five pupils are already excessively overweight. ‘We need to get kids back to school as soon as we can for their health,’ said Russell Viner, who … Read more
Snapchat unveils augmented reality features that let users decorate landmarks in their neighborhood and use voice commands to change effects in camera mode Snapchat announced voice activation for its AR lenses Users can ask the app to change the filters using voice commands It also rolled announced collaborative AR landscapes called ‘Local Lenses’ The feature allows users to … Read more
An experimental treatment using blood plasma is safe to use on coronavirus patients, a new study suggests. Less than one percent of about 5,000 patients from around the US who received plasma from people who had recovered from the virus suffered ‘serious adverse effects.’ Additionally, one week later, only about 15 percent died, which the … Read more
An arthritis drug may better the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Researchers found more that than 70 percent treated with anakinra, sold under the brand name Kineret, showed improvements in breathing and reduced signs of inflammation. The team, from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, says its findings are … Read more
One of the first Britons to sign up for the coronavirus vaccination scheme has spoken about the symptoms he’s expecting as the trial starts today. Simeon Courtie, speaking to Good Morning Britain from Oxfordshire, said he was expecting to catch a fever ‘at worse’ as he stepped forward to help find a cure to the … Read more
Hospitals in Sweden have stopped using the malaria drug chloroquine on coronavirus patients after reports it was causing blinding headaches and vision loss. Doctors in the Vastra Gotaland region, 200miles west of Stockholm, are no longer administering the medication, touted as a ‘miracle drug’ by Donald Trump. A number of patients at hospitals in the county reported suffering … Read more