Coronavirus had likely already spread to thousands of people in Seattle before the Washington city became home to the first known US case of COVID0-19, new research reveals. University of Texas (UT), Austin, scientists created a model to estimate how many people had coronavirus based on recently re-tested samples taken from hundreds of samples take … Read more
THOUSANDS of people in Seattle who thought they had flu last winter likely had coronavirus, study finds Testing of samples taken from more than 2,000 people suspected of having flu in Seattle last year revealed 25 had coronavirus A predictive model made by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, estimates that about 9,000 people … Read more
The 1918 Spanish flu was more deadly of fatalities in New York City than coronavirus has been in 2020 – but COVID-19 drove up the death toll for the first several months of the year far beyond. what would be seen in a typical year, a new study finds. At the peak of New York … Read more
More Britons have been killed by flu and pneumonia than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row, new data reveals Influenza caused more deaths in UK than Covid-19 between June 19 and July 31 Flu and pneumonia killed 6,626 Britons compared to 2,992 coronavirus deaths Influenza killed almost five times as many people as Covid-19 … Read more
Drive-through flu vaccines are set to be given in doctors’ car parks in a bid to stop a potential second wave of coronavirus combining with winter illnesses. Ministers are planning to get more than 30million people vaccinated against the flu to protect the NHS from the threat of double viruses later this year. Experts have … Read more
Trump is mercilessly mocked on Twitter for saying 1917 Spanish flu ‘probably ended Second World War’ (which started two decades later) Trump said the Spanish Flu pandemic ‘probably ended the Second World War’ The events took place more than two decades apart, with WWII starting in 1939 A White House official confirmed Trump had meant to refer … Read more
Donald Trump is criticized for saying ‘1917’ Spanish Flu pandemic ended World War Two – which did not begin until 1939 Trump said the Spanish Flu pandemic ‘probably ended the Second World War’ The events took place more than two decades apart, with WWII starting in 1939 A White House official confirmed Trump had meant to refer … Read more
A retirement village in New Zealand has been put into lockdown over fears of an outbreak of coronavirus, just days after the nation celebrated 100 days without any cases. The Village Palms Retirement Community in Christchurch said eight residents were displaying flu-like symptoms and had prompted the sudden lockdown. A letter was sent out out to … Read more
Rates of flu and colds have plummeted ‘well below average’ during the coronavirus crisis thanks to lockdown and social distancing, data suggests. Incidence of bronchitis and other viral infections, including laryngitis and tonsillitis, are also much lower than would be expected at this time of year. A report by the Royal College of GPs, collected … Read more
Getting a flu jab could slash the risk of middle-aged people suffering a heart attack or stroke, a study has found. Vaccinated over-50s were 28 per cent less likely to have a heart attack and faced a 47 per cent lower chance of a mini-stroke. Scientists called the results — based on data from 7million … Read more