Prince William and Kate Middleton support mental health campaign

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have narrated a powerful new film in support of a mental health campaign which encourages people to look after their mental and physical wellbeing.  Public Health England’s Every Mind Matters platform has launched new advice, focused on looking after people’s mental wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.  It has been … Read more

Swimming nose-to-nose with your greatest fear

MEMOIR WE SWIM TO THE SHARK   by Georgie Codd (Fleet £14.99, 336pp)  I happen to be married to an ichthyophobe, so I’m familiar with the condition. Unable to bear even the sight of a goldfish, my husband avoids looking into ponds. His summer-lunch nemesis would be a whole garnished poached salmon with its head still … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Informa eyes £1bn cash call as virus cuts deep

MARKET REPORT: Exhibitions and events organiser Informa goes cap in hand to investors to raise as much as £1bn to weather coronavirus pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 16 April 2020 Exhibitions and events organiser Informa has gone cap in hand to investors … Read more

MIT invents wireless box monitors the breathing and sleeping patterns of COVID-19 patients at home

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients.  Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators.  Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more

Donald Trump tells governors it is up to THEM when they open their states up

PROPOSED STATE OR REGIONAL ‘GATING’ CRITERIA  These are the tests which have to be passed in a state or collection of states to allow them to move from lockdown to phase one SYMPTOMS Downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) reported within a 14-day period  AND  Downward trajectory of covid-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period … Read more