U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers to operate them. The Society of Critical Care Medicine has projected that 960,000 coronavirus patients in […]
Online shopping delivery service Ocado has suspended its online food delivery service, blaming higher demand than it can meet. Ocado said existing customers with orders would still receive them. Meanwhile, supermarkets have introduced strict limits on how many goods people can buy to try to […]
Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe Forest in northern Gabon, are used to occasional bouts of diseases such as […]
Trevor Noah, seemingly inspired by a video in which some Italians sang in unison over their balconies during the coronavirus lockdown in their country, tried to do the same in New York City. But “The Daily Show” host received a rude response in the setup comedy bit […]
Viruses can be active outside the body for hours, even days. Disinfectants, liquids, wipes, gels and creams containing alcohol are all useful at getting rid of them – but they are not quite as good as normal soap. When I shared the information above using Twitter, it […]
Michel Roux Sr, the French chef and restaurateur whose work profoundly reshaped British cooking, has died aged 78. His family were at his side at the family home in Bray, Berkshire, when he passed away from a longstanding lung condition, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, on Wednesday evening. […]
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