Government's chief scientific advisor spells out danger of flouting two metre social distancing guidelines

A man has been charged with aggravated burglary over an incident in which a young boy was shot in Upminster, east London.

The National Lottery website is down due to a power failure, leaving users unable to check results or enter Wednesday's draw.

Closing schools in response to the coronavirus has "opened up a chasm" between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest, according to research.

Around 500 people have been forced to flee their homes due to raging wildfires in the Florida Panhandle, authorities have confirmed.

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have both tested negative for coronavirus, said a White House spokesman.

Boris Johnson has asked Vladimir Putin if Russia would help play a more integrated role in global efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

One trade body said the quarantine period would have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry and wider economy

Dr. Joseph Allen studies where building design meets health—he took our questions for 30min.

YouTube, Facebook crack down on two viral videos for spreading medical misinformation.

Caddis fly larvae typically construct protective cases out of sand grains and silk.

The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".

Bill Gates has been big on vaccines since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but in a new blog posting, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says the only way to end the pandemic for good is to offer a vaccine to almost all of the planet's 7 billion inhabitants. That's big. "We've never delivered something to every corner of the world before," Gates notes. It's especially big considering that a vaccine hasn't yet been approved for widespread use, and that it may take as long as a year to 18 months to win approval and start distribution. Some… Read More

Native woodlands can resist the spread of invasive species if they block light reaching the ground.

‘Challenge’ studies would deliberately give coronavirus to healthy volunteers

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Controversial trials in which volunteers are intentionally infected with Covid-19 could accelerate vaccine development, according to the World Health Organization, which has released new guidance on how the approach could be ethically justified despite the potential dangers for participants.

So-called challenge trials are a mainstream approach in vaccine development and have been used in malaria, typhoid and flu, but there are treatments available for these diseases if a volunteer becomes severely ill. For Covid-19, a safe dose of the virus has not been established and there are no failsafe treatments if things go wrong.

Advanced hacker group seeded market with at least 8 apps likely since 2016.

The Asian giant hornet stings through clothing like a red-hot needle and slaughters honeybees by the thousands.

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From lost jobs to empty buses to a craving for pets, statistics show how the pandemic has transformed our lives. 

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Gov. Tom Wolf hopes a New Deal-inspired plan will help get the state's more than 1.7 million unemployed residents working again.

Before the pill was approved by the FDA on May 9, 1960, there were few contraceptive options available to young women. It revolutionized family planning and the sex lives of millions of Americans.

Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says the health crisis calls for some flexibility when it comes to the application of privacy laws.

While location-tracking technology is nothing new, privacy and ethics experts have been wary about its use on such a large scale — especially by governments.

Rutgers received the U.S. FDA's permission last month to collect saliva samples from patients at test sites and Friday's decision expands the permission to sample collection at the convenience of people's homes.

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Lovable Lingerie is 3rd-best performing stock among companies listed this year, with it doubling in value, as traders bet it could repeat performance of Page Indus.

"There is a leadership vacuum in the company, because they made the wrong choice of CEO three years ago and that is playing out right now."

"Now there is a stage three and stage four of digitisation, we will take a call on this only after taking all things into account."

Hundreds of worried fans of ailing Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan today performed a yagna here to pray for his speedy recovery.

Based on evidence provided by customer receipts, the investigation confirmed that the pricing of several food items exceeded the 10-per cent increase allowed during a state of emergency, with some prices being as much as 200 per cent more.

The smartphone market registered 1.5 per cent year-on-year growth in the March quarter with shipments touching 32.5 million units, IDC said in a statement. Despite the low figure, India was the only country among the top three nations to see any growth.

ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech to make vaccineThe vaccine will be developed using the virus strain isolated at the ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, a statement said. The strain has been successfully transferred from NIV to BBIL, it added. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The fest, featuring Indian and international artistes, aims to raise money through donations for Give India, India Foundation for the Arts and Voice of Stray Dogs

“Are you ready for the ride of your life?”

Kilmer, a follower of Christian Science calls it: the “suggestion of throat cancer.”

Gervais signed a new contract which will see him making new scripted shows as well as stand-up comedy specials.

Val Kilmer has opened up about his decision to quit as Batman after just one movie.

New Zealand’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic means that shooting on Avatar and Lord Of The Rings can resume. is already back underway in the country.

Larger retailers like Heinz and Loblaw signing up with Shopify

No longer able to walk hundreds of miles to create his hand-drawn maps, the Beijing-based artist Fuller is charting his thoughts – and the global crisis – while stuck indoors

I’m interested in the psychology of a place and how it makes you feel. So I don’t really see myself as a map-maker – even though I draw maps. It’s about the process of travelling through a place to capture a sense of it. First, I walk for hundreds of miles and make all sorts of notes, and then take thousands of photos to use as triggers for my memory.

I walked more than 840 miles around Beijing when researching the map that became part of my Purposeful Wandering series. I circumnavigated the city and then walked around each ring road. Beijing (where I’ve lived for three years) is built on a Central Axis, and the map is, too. A lot of the drawing is literal, but I also built in personal experiences, references, visual puns and semiotics.

Celebrity TV chef from MKR has been repeatedly criticised by scientific and medical groups over his views on health and nutrition

The controversial reality TV chef Pete Evans will exit My Kitchen Rules, Seven’s defining show of the decade which slumped badly in the ratings this year.

Evans, a self-styled health guru held one of the most lucrative jobs in television despite a series of controversies related to his views on health and nutrition.