Professor Lockdown’s modelling which predicted 500,000 would die from Covid-19 and inspired Government’s ‘Stay Home’ plan is a ‘mess which would get you fired in private industry’ say data experts Professor Neil Ferguson’s Imperial College London coding branded ‘unreliable’ University of Edinburgh scientists ran the same model and had different results Prof Ferguson left the … Read more
Melting glacier in Alaska could trigger a catastrophic tsunami ‘within the next year’ that would release millions of tons of rock on a nearby town, scientists warn An open letter signed by 14 experts warn a tsunami could soon occur in Alaska A retreating glacier is supporting an unstable mountain slope east of Anchorage Warming … Read more
Following Boris Johnson‘s announcement of a potential timetable for easing lockdown restrictions, all hopes of a haircut have been dashed until July at the earliest, leaving many of us worried about what state our hair will be in by then. UK hairdressers have been closed for seven weeks since the start of the lockdown, and … Read more
Australians can save big money on cosmetics by exfoliating their lips with sugar, setting their eyebrows with lip balm and shaving their legs with body lotion instead of splashing out on expensive products, natural beauty experts have revealed. Grooming experts at Palmer’s, an American skincare line known for its cocoa butter and coconut moisturisers, shared … Read more
Experts say even $10 is too much for the US-made antiviral drug approved to treat the novel coronavirus. Gilead Sciences’ medication, remdesivir, was shown to help reduce patients’ hospital stays over a placebo, in a clinical trial run by the National Institutes of Health. Last week, it became the first drug approved by the US … 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
The differences in price between British Airways’ classes are big – leaping up in hundreds then thousands of pounds – but what exactly does each fare jump get you? Four travel experts decided to find out and reviewed all four classes on a single BA Boeing 777 flight between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi in … Read more
America’s coronavirus crisis could be over by the end of July, a new model predicts. It comes as several states – including New York, which has become both the national and international epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic – begin to gradually reopen. Collaborating Researchers at the University of Texas at Houston and Fudan University in … Read more
Neither Professor Chris Whitty or Sir Patrick Vallance were asked to approve Number 10‘s Government’s confusing ‘stay alert’ message, it was claimed today. The ‘stay alert, control the virus, save lives’ slogan was unveiled on Sunday, replacing the ‘stay at home’ message that was in place since lockdown on March 23. But the top experts … Read more
Rt.Live uses current infection data to track the reproduction rate of the virus in each state over time. The site uses an Rt – or effective reproduction – metric, which shows the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. The data indicates the virus will spread quickly if the Rt is … Read more