Staying at home this weekend is an instruction and “not a request”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he updated the country on the coronavirus. Speaking at the No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock said that while warm weather was forecast in some areas this weekend “the disease is still spreading”. England’s chief nursing officer […]
The UK’s newest, and largest, hospital facility is preparing to open its doors to take in coronavirus patients needing intensive care treatment. East London’s ExCeL exhibition centre, which normally plays host to lifestyle shows, expos and conferences, has been converted into the temporary NHS Nightingale hospital, with space for 4,000 beds. In nine days, the […]
The NHS has asked people to stop posting rainbow pictures to the new Nightingale hospital in London after a social media request went viral. The BBC was contacted by a nurse who said she had started the campaign because she wanted to create “a sign of hope” for patients and staff. However, in a Facebook […]
Coach’s biggest gripe about Fitbit devices has been the lack of built-in GPS in all but one of its models. That’s set to change, though. Fitbit is adding built-in GPS to the next generation of its flagship tracker, the Charge 4, which will cost £129.99 when it’s released on 15th April. GPS is a far […]
Hospitals should use spare laboratory space to test self-isolating NHS staff in England for coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. The government faces growing criticism over a lack of testing for frontline staff who could return to work if found clear of the virus. On Tuesday, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove admitted the UK […]
Strava, the social app for logging and sharing your sporting activities with the world, has announced a major new feature for subscribers: route suggestions for runs and rides in the mobile app. You’ll find it prominently placed in the Explore tab, and users with premium Summit accounts who click through will be presented with three […]
As more and more companies release running shoes with carbon plates in the midsole, it becomes increasingly clear that the magic in Nike’s Vaporfly shoes – the 4% and NEXT% – doesn’t just come from the carbon plate. Nike’s lightweight ZoomX foam is also vital, contributing to the fast, soft and efficient ride the Vaporfly is […]
For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump pushed the theory that health care workers were responsible for a shortage of protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic. The president repeated the implication in his Monday press briefing when a reporter began to ask him about remarks he made Sunday that masks may be […]
The coronavirus lockdown has given us all a crash-course in cooking from our pantries and learning to live on staple items like eggs. Though they’re one of the most eaten foods in human history, we can never seem to figure out how many are healthy to eat, or whether the yolks are bad for us. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is extending the voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rise in the U.S. The initial 15-day period of social distancing urged by the federal government expires Monday and Trump had expressed interest in relaxing the national guidelines at least in parts […]
It feels like an eternity ago, but the world only became aware of the coronavirus in December. Despite incredible efforts by scientists around the world, there is still much we do not understand, and we are all now part of a planet-wide experiment trying to find answers. Here are some of the big outstanding questions. […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device “Now is not the time to be complacent,” NHS England medical director Stephen Powis has warned at the government’s latest coronavirus press conference. Prof Powis said “every one of us” had a part to play if the UK was to keep the death toll under 20,000. Business Secretary […]
Deaths and confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK have been doubling every three days, and on Friday the country experienced its biggest increase in deaths so far. Models of the epidemic give very different estimates of its potential final death toll, from tens of thousands to one published on Friday that projected a figure […]
Hillary Clinton took a painfully pointed jab at President Donald Trump on Friday by mocking his “America First” campaign slogan as the U.S. tallied the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. “He did promise ‘America First,’” the former Democratic presidential nominee tweeted with a link to a New York Times story about the global […]
Disability rights advocate and wheelchair user Ryan Honick relies on public transit or rideshare options to get to appointments and go grocery shopping in Washington, D.C. Since he started social distancing, he can no longer use those options so Honick turned to the delivery service Instacart to obtain supplies. “It’s usually a couple hours from […]