Britain’s retailers are still struggling through the coronavirus pandemic despite a much-needed boost in sales last month compared with the record lows in April – as lockdown turned thriving high streets into ghost towns. Sales volumes in May jumped 12 per cent compared with the previous month, although they were still down 13.1 per cent … Read more
Coronavirus patients in hospital may be 65 per cent more likely to see their condition improve if they are given the antiviral drug remdesivir, its manufacturer claims. Gilead Sciences, a California-based company that developed the drug in a bid to tackle Ebola, today reported the promising results for Covid-19 patients. After 11 days patients taking … Read more
Costa BLOCKED-a! Spanish tourism minister dashes holiday dreams for thousands of Britons after saying UK government must ‘improve’ its Covid record BEFORE they will be allowed in Spain’s tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto said UK must improve Covid-19 rate The prospect of Brits returning to Spanish beaches in next two weeks dashed German and Nordic … Read more
Telecoms firms pledge to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up to new guidelines By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 5 June 2019 The UK’s biggest telecoms firms have promised to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up … Read more
Researchers are harvesting people’s protective mask selfies from Instagram without consent to try and use them to improve facial recognition software By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 Researchers have been harvesting selfies of people wearing protective masks from social platforms like Instagram in … Read more
The power of posture: Adopting a dominant pose can improve self-confidence in children and help them feel better at school Researchers from Germany had 108 fourth graders assume different poses One group struck power poses, while the other adopted more shrinking ones In psychological tests, the kids who had power posed had more self-esteem The findings … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says building new hospitals in weeks during coronavirus crisis shows it should not take ’20 years to build a road’ as he pledges to ‘rapidly improve’ UK infrastructure Grant Shapps pointed to building of NHS Nightingale hospitals during crisis He said if hospitals can be built quickly there is no reason … 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
Classic Disney movies like the Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid can help improve the quality of life for cancer patients going through chemotherapy, a study found. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna played female cancer patients Disney movies on portable DVD players during a controlled clinical trial. After six cycles of chemotherapy, patients … Read more
Blood thinners may improve the survival rates of hospitalized coronavirus patients, a new study suggests. Researchers found that being treated with the drugs could lower the risk of death by as much as 50 percent. Among intubated patients, anticoagulant treatment boosted survival rates by more than 130 percent. The team, from the Mount Sinai Health … Read more