Sweden is looking to ease restrictions for older people despite a rise in coronavirus cases, the architect of the country’s no-lockdown strategy said today. Anders Tegnell said he wanted over-70s to ‘live a bit more of a normal life’ after months of being told to avoid social contact and do their shopping online. Tegnell said … Read more
He’s starred in some of the most acclaimed films of the past three decades but only a handful of romance films. But George Clooney reveal Sunday during a virtual interview with Deadline that he almost starred in popular romance The Notebook. The 59-year-old actor originally planned to play the lead that later went to Ryan Gosling, … Read more
In a series of video calls Sir Lindsay Hoyle, 63, advised MPs to avoid commuting into the coronavirus ‘riddled’ House of Commons, especially if they are at-risk – 24 MPs are 70 and over.
More than half of homebuyers under-35 have been bankrolled by family – and a fiftth got more than £30,000 Some 56 per cent of under-35s who own a property had financial help Two thirds of them couldn’t have bought their home without this support They received £19k on average, and absent it would have delayed buying … Read more
Suddenly feeling confused and delirious is a common symptom of Covid-19 among frail older people, scientists have found. Officials in the UK don’t recognise any symptoms other than coughing, fever and a lost sense of taste or smell, but there are many others that people suffer regularly. Experts who run the Covid Symptom Tracker app, … Read more
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine safely triggers ‘high levels’ of antibodies in older people that may protect them against COVID-19, early data shows Moderna tested low- and high-dose versions of its coronavirus vaccine in 40 volunteers ages 56 to 71 All participants developed antibodies to the highly-contagious virus Levels of the immune proteins were higher than those … Read more
Americans over 65 were excluded from half of all US clinical trials of drugs and all trials for vaccines – including those for COVID-19 – from October of last year until June 1, 2020, new research reveals. People over 65 are the most likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die of the devastating viral infection. … Read more
Mariah Carey opened up about childhood trauma she attributes to her older siblings – including an allegation her sister Allison, who she described as ‘troubled and traumatized … tried to sell [her] out to a pimp.’ In a passage in her new book The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Carey, 50, said of her sister Allison: ‘When … Read more
‘I’ve never been Mr Nice Guy… but my children saved me’: Hugh Grant, 60, reveals how life as an older father has stopped him being a ‘scary old golf-addicted bachelor’ The actor, who turned 60 on September 9 has five children Grant now lives in a six-bedroom Chelsea townhouse with Miss Eberstein and their three … Read more
Youthful mother, 41, baffles Tiktok users with clips alongside ‘identical’ daughter, 16, who viewers swear ‘looks like her TWIN’ – so can you tell who is older? American Stacie Smith, 41, has baffled internet with videos alongside daughter Mother and her teenage child Madison, 16, appear almost identical in viral clips In one clip, which … Read more