The scariest superbug on the CDC’s radar is sweeping the US with hundreds infected

The most worrying ‘superbug’ on the CDC’s radar has infected more than 600 Americans in recent years – and officials say the spread is picking up pace globally.   But hospitals are not obliged to inform patients if they have the infection, which is most commonly contracted in hospitals, according to an alarming new feature by … Read more

How many elderly Britons in care homes have REALLY been infected with coronavirus?

More than 40 per cent of nursing homes may have cases of coronavirus, a nationwide poll of thousands of carers suggests.  Of 2,800 carers surveyed, a shocking 42 per cent said they were looking after residents who were suspected of having the killer infection.  An additional 28 per cent said they were dealing with patients who … Read more

Video shows how a 26-foot trajectory of coronavirus infected sneeze

A horrifying slow motion video shows the incredible trajectory of a sneeze that may be carrying the coronavirus – up to 27 feet away.  US scientists filmed a clip of a healthy person during a violent exhalation, slowed down from 25 seconds to a minute and a half.   They found that found viral droplets expelled … Read more

Abbott announces new coronavirus antibody blood test to detect who has already been infected

Abbott reveals it has made a new coronavirus antibody test which ‘could screen 20 million by June’ By Reuters and Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 21:33 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 02:52 BST, 16 April 2020 Abbott Laboratories announced it has launched its third coronavirus test, this time a blood test … Read more

NYC pediatrician issues warning that 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with COVID- 19

A New York pediatrician said she thought a staggering 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with the coronavirus as she explained that most kids have not been tested as they are not the priority in hospitals.  Dr Dyan Hes, a pediatrician with New York City‘s Gramercy Pediatrics, offered the grim statistic … Read more

How many people have REALLY been infected with coronavirus?

Tens of millions of people could have already caught the coronavirus, according to German scientists studying the pandemic. Two researchers from Göttingen University claimed countries have only spotted six per cent of all COVID-19 cases, on average. But the team also claimed that the rate was even lower in the UK, at just 1.2 per cent … Read more

Major US drug company unwittingly became ‘super spreader’ after executives took infected 99 people

Major US drug company unwittingly became a ‘super spreader’ after executives attending the annual leadership meeting took coronavirus home to SIX states and infected 99 people Executives at Biogen attended an annual leadership meeting in Massachusetts Employees unwittingly took coronavirus to six states and infected 99 people First case of COVID-19 in Tennessee and the first two … Read more