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How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers
Aug 24, 2022 04:46People infected with the highly transmissible Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 spew out higher amounts of virus than do those infected with other variants, according to a study.
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‘Most have thrown their hands up’: Has the US forgotten about Covid?
Aug 22, 2022 03:51As Americans go about their daily lives, severely affected COVID patients are wondering if others are moving too quickly from the worst days of the pandemic.
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United States of death? Study shows worrying mortality rates of broken health system (2)
Aug 19, 2022 11:54Researchers find that the US had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic—and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
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United States of death? Study shows worrying mortality rates of broken health system (1)
Aug 18, 2022 16:40Researchers find that the US had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic—and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
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US inflation isn’t going away. Small businesses must plan ahead
Aug 17, 2022 09:06American people are still struggling with rising costs and the situation isn’t going to change any time in the near future.
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Heart disease after COVID: what the data say
Aug 13, 2022 03:30Some studies suggest that the risk of cardiovascular problems, such as a heart attack or stroke, remains high even many months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection clears up.
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Truss vs Sunak: Race for UK leadership heats up amid looming recession
Aug 10, 2022 08:55Recently, Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves was at pains to explain that the UK government has “lost control of the economy”, adding that “as families and pensioners worry about how they’re going to pay their bills, the Tory leadership candidates are touring the country announcing unworkable policies that will do nothing to help people get through this crisis.”
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UK Health Department played ‘fast and loose’ when awarding COVID contracts to Randox
Jul 28, 2022 05:10At the start of the COVID pandemic in March 2020, the UK Health Department gave the first contract, worth £133m, to healthcare firm Randox without allowing any other firms to bid. The government had suspended normal rules for awarding contracts as the pandemic was deemed to be an emergency.
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Why do the minority in England who haven’t had COVID account for most new infections?
Jul 24, 2022 04:21About 15% of people in England have never had COVID. But in the current wave, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron, this minority group still accounts for 55% of infections. How can so few be contributing so much?
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‘The way it’s playing out is unexpected’: UK faces up to changing waves of Covid
Jul 23, 2022 04:03As infections soar in the third major coronavirus wave this year, British experts say Covid may never settle into a seasonal cycle.