Prince Charles, 71, is seen up and about despite battling coronavirus as he joins applause for NHS

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Bindi Irwin gushes over Chandler Powell as they share a sweet video with fans from their wedding day

Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell tied the knot on Wednesday in an intimate ceremony at Australia Zoo, in Queensland.  And now a sweet video from their wedding day has been shared with fans. In the clip, Bindi, 21, gushes over Chandler and said it ‘feels incredible’ that she now gets to call him her husband.  … Read more

Coronavirus UK: BBC makes changes to ‘lift people’s spirits’

BBC viewers have been warned that ‘things will look and sound a bit different’ during the coronavirus crisis.  In a blog post on the corporation’s website, BBC News Chief Fran Unsworth outlined a number of changes its newsroom was making in light of the ‘rapidly evolving situation’.   Among the changes, presenters will doing their own … Read more

Coronavirus UK: BBC makes changes to ‘lift people’s spirits’

BBC viewers have been warned that ‘things will look and sound a bit different’ during the coronavirus crisis.  In a blog post on the corporation’s website, BBC News Chief Fran Unsworth outlined a number of changes its newsroom was making in light of the ‘rapidly evolving situation’.   Among the changes, presenters will doing their own … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘leave Canada for good to set up permanent home in LA’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have left Canada for good to set up a permanent home in to California, according to reports. The couple, along with 10-month-old son Archie, are said to have flown to Los Angeles by private jet before Donald Trump closed the border.    A source told The Sun: ‘The borders were closing … Read more

Almost 10% of infants born to mothers with coronavirus are infected themselves

Half of all pregnant women infected with the novel coronavirus deliver their babies early and they may even pass the disease to their newborns, two small studies find.   In one study, researchers from China examined 33 newborns whose mothers had COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, while pregnant.  Nearly 10 percent of the babies – … Read more

Self-swab tests for coronavirus work just as well as ones used by clinicians

Self-swab tests for the novel coronavirus work just as well as those performed by healthcare workers, a new study finds. Researchers, led by insurance provider UnitedHealth Group, found positive cases in more than 90 percent of patients, which is the same rate at which clinicians  The team says patient-administrated tests will reduce the risk of … Read more