Coronavirus | The Guardian Despite its trials saving thousands during the pandemic, funding is being stopped for the groundbreaking UK Recovery programmeIt changed the treatment of Covid-19 patients across the globe, saved thousands of lives by pinpointing cheap, effective drugs during the pandemic, and earned Britain widespread praise from international groups of scientists.But now government […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian Labour highlights data showing children born during crisis have been slower at developing communication and other basic skillsOpinion: Education is not equipped to close Covid gapsBabies born in England during the Covid crisis have been slower at developing key language, cognitive and social skills, and the veteran education policymaker Sir David […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian Average of 3,631 patients in hospital with Covid during Christmas week, data shows, a rise of 57% in a monthA surge in flu and Covid admissions to hospitals in England is adding to a “storm of pressure” facing the health service, NHS leaders have said.Figures released on Friday showed that in […]Continue reading
MIT News – Artificial intelligence During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state — a point of no return from which the reaction must proceed. This state is so fleeting that it’s nearly impossible to observe it experimentally. The structures of these transition states can be calculated […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian Former PM denied he made major mistakes during pandemic on first day of his evidence to the inquiryJohnson has walked back claims that Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance were present to “properly discuss” the eat out to help out scheme before it went live, conceding that no scientists attended meetings about […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian After accusations of erratic decision-making during the pandemic, the former prime minister will finally face the inquiry. Aletha Adu reportsFor several weeks the Covid inquiry has been sifting through the testimony of scientists and politicians in an attempt to judge the UK’s handling of the pandemic. Many have had their say […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, revealed that the then prime minister, Boris Johnson, found it a struggle to understand some graphs. Vallance, giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, said Johnson last studied science at the age of 15 and ‘would be the first to […]Continue reading
Coronavirus | The Guardian Inquiry told of comments made by former prime minister during meeting discussing pandemic response Boris Johnson asked why damage was being inflicted on the economy during the pandemic “for people who will die anyway soon” in a meeting with Rishi Sunak, the Covid inquiry was told on Monday.At the start of […]Continue reading
