A bouncer who punched a promising rugby player to the ground and leaving him deaf in one ear during a vicious nightclub brawl has been jailed for 21 months. Joe Sharratt, 18, was left with permanent hearing loss after being rendered unconscious during a fight outside Factory in Manchester in 2018. Gareth Carr, 21, who … Read more
Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine Prosecutors claim they have … Read more
Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of promising HIV drug given to infected patients reveals it does NOT work Oxford University scientists pull lopinavir/ritonavir from RECOVERY Trial today Head of trial said results ‘pretty clearly’ showed it didn’t work on any patients It has been used in hospitals around world to treat Covid despite no … Read more
A drug for a children’s immune disease helped coronavirus patients recover faster, a new study suggests. Ruxolitinib is approved to treat Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which is a severe systemic inflammatory syndrome among youngsters that can be fatal, by calming down the immune system’s overreaction. Scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohip say that 10 times … Read more
Scientists at Oxford University in the UK say they are one step closer in developing a vaccine to stop the spread. Last month, promising results were seen after six rhesus macaque monkeys were injected with a single dose of the university’s new vaccine. This means that a new vaccine trial involving more than 6,000 participants … Read more