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Winter storm brings heaviest snowfall in decades to areas of Texas!!
A winter storm unloaded more snow in Texas than some areas have received in decades at the end of the weekend, with wintry scenes reaching Louisiana and Mississippi by Sunday night.
The snow, which AccuWeather meteorologists had correctly forecast si
Read more…Sir David Attenborough receives Covid-19 vaccine!
Sir David Attenborough has become the latest well-known name to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, his representative has confirmed.
The news about the 94-year-old natural historian comes a few days after it was revealed the Queen had been vaccinated.
Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm
People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend's heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions.
Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home.
At least seven people have died due to the weather - the two latest vi
"The other virus that worries Asia"
The death rate for Nipah virus is up to 75% and it has no vaccine. While the world focuses on Covid-19, scientists are working hard to ensure it doesn't cause the next pandemic.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210106-nipah-virus-how-bats-could-
Read more…(Covid vaccine differences? Pfizer v Oxford v Moderna)
The three Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.
The Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until a week after your second shot.
But ther
Read more…[Japan working to isolate, analyse new virus variant]
Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said.
Japan announced the detection of the new variant on Sunday, but officials have been at pains to
Read more…Ireland's[Europe] daily Covid-19 rate highest in the world
Ireland now has the highest daily number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world for every million people, according to figures published by the Our World in Data organisation.
The seven day rolling average is 1,394 cases per million - ahead of
Read more…Gorilla tests positive for Covid-19 in California zoo!
A gorilla has tested positive for Covid-19 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California with as many as eight members of the troop presumed to have contracted the disease from a human handler.
This would mark the first known transmission of the virus t
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