HEALTH

European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control says probability of further transmission of ‘high’ despite efforts The Coronavirus outbreak could cause “huge economic and societal disruption”, the EU’s centre for disease control has warned. In its Monday update on the spread of the disease the ECDC said that “the risk associated with …

The University of Oxford’s Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group found that far more people in the UK could have contracted coronavirus than previously thought Coronavirus may have already infected more than half the UK population, researchers say. University of Oxford Professor Sunetra Gupta said it could mean less than …

Copper can effectively help to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, which are linked to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), new research shows. Animal coronaviruses that ‘host jump’ to humans, such as SARS and MERS, result in severe infections with high mortality. Researchers found …

Fear as foe and friend: How to master this important relationship. There is a story that I love. It goes something like this: A long time ago a man was sitting in a bar in Damascus having a beer. As he finished his last sip he looked over to the …

Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all ‘hacked’ (Picture Source: Bbc.com) Bitcoin scammers won’t be the last people to take over verified accounts — and we should be very, very worried about who else will You can’t say you didn’t see it coming. …

An artificial breast milk start-up that offers a green alternative to baby formula has received $3.5 (£2.8) million from an investment fund co-founded by Bill Gates. It has been estimated that around 10 per cent of the global dairy industry — a major producer of greenhouse gases — is used to manufacture baby …

Computer Village, Ikeja Traders and members of the Community Development Association (CDA) at Computer Village, Ikeja yesterday shut the commercial hub to protest against alleged exploitation and high-handedness of the Iyaloja and Babaloja of the market. They alleged that since the imposition of the Iyaloja, Abimbola Azeez, and Babaloja, Adeniyi …

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have launched a study to understand how many people are turning to alcohol to handle the stress, anxiety and boredom of being isolated at home Doctors fear a “second health crisis” as a result of increased alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 lockdown. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have launched …

European Commission wants gradual and cautious approach Brussels has unveiled a roadmap for the lifting of coronavirus lockdown measures, warning members states should coordinate any easing of restrictions rather than going it alone. The European Commission said its 27 member states should move cautiously and follow scientific evidence, as Austria, Denmark, and …

While previous studies suggested that the virus was passed to humans by pangolins, a Canadian team now claims that dogs were actually responsible for passing the virus to humans It’s one of the worst pandemics in history, and now scientists believe they may know how the coronavirus was spread to humans. The …