Government privately being urged by advisers to tell people to work from home as UK cases of variant hit 134UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially “very significa…
When grandma falls, SafelyYou is there to catch her (on video)
The life of a tech journalist can be soul-sapping. I talk to so many founders — capable, smart, well-connected, experienced founders — who are working on problems that genuinely just don’t matter. They might have successfully raised money. Perhaps they even rounded up a team of smart people like them. They are solving problems that […]
手の消毒液 ノンアルコールとアルコール 場面に応じ使い分けを | NHKニュース
新型コロナウイルスの対策として使われる消毒液について、京都府立医科大学のグループは、ノンアルコールタイプの成分に人の手に付着したウイルスへの効果が数時間続くことが確認できたとする研究成果をまとめました。 この研究は京都府立医科大学の廣瀬亮平助教などのグループが行いました。 グループは、手の消毒液の…
Boris Johnson accused of flouting Covid rules with No 10 parties last Christmas
Downing Street says ‘all rules were followed’ after reports of festive gatherings during lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused of flouting Covid rules during the lockdown last Christmas with …
Activists call for revolution in ‘dated and colonial’ aid funding
Aspen Institute’s New Voices want donors to exercise humility and trust those receiving grants to know what their communities needAid donors are being urged to revolutionise the way money is spent to move away from colonial ideas and create meaningful …
Severe Covid infection doubles chances of dying in following year, study finds
Research suggests serious bouts of illness with coronavirus may significantly damage long-term healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients who survive severe Covid are more than twice as likely to die over the following y…
Even after 40 years the response to Aids in many countries is still held back by stigma | Hakima Himmich and Mike Podmore
It is hard to protect yourself from HIV when having sterile syringes or condoms can lead to arrest: discrimination is restricting progress in eliminating HIV Forty years after the first cases of Aids were discovered, goals for its global elimination ha…
Sydney-based medtech startup Harrison.ai gets $129M AUD led by Horizons Ventures
Harrison.ai, a Sydney-based company that creates medical devices with AI technology, announced today it has raised $129 million AUD (about $92.3 million USD) in what it says is one of the largest Series B rounds ever for an Australian startup. The funding was led by returning investor Horizons Ventures, and included participation from new investors […]
South African scientists explore vaccines’ effectiveness against Omicron
Crucial work will study how well current jabs work and whether they need to be updated to tackle new variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScientists in South Africa have begun crucial work to assess how well Covid vaccines…
朝に3分「目を赤い光でワイヤレス充電」すると視力が回復する – ナゾロジー
Credit:Canva . ナゾロジー編集部 全ての画像を見る 老眼だけでなく目の奥にある網膜も40才を超えたあたりから急激に老化していきます。 老眼が近くのものにピントが合わなくなる筋肉の衰えだとすれば、網膜の老化は微妙な色彩の違いがわからなくなる、感度の低下として現れてきます。 そして残念なことに、老眼用の目薬…