Author: James Martin
Sky Broadband has launched a new Gigafast plan, with download speeds of 900Mbps – that’s 12x faster than the average home broadband connection nationwide. This new broadband plan is only available to those with a full-fibre connection to their home. BT-owned Openreach, which installs and manages the broadband infrastructure across the UK used by Sky Broadband, has connected more than 6 million homes to this next-generation internet cable, with plans to reach 25 million premises by December 2026. You can check to see whether your street has been upgraded to faster full-fibre speeds here.For those who don’t know, 900Mbps is…
Responding to the findings, Doctor Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said: “We are now seeing record numbers of people currently infected with Covid, and it’s particularly concerning to note the unprecedented and still rising levels in older people.”Nearly 20,000 people are now in hospital with Covid in England and the NHS, and its exhausted staff are once again really struggling to cope with increasing admissions and bed occupancy.”NHS leaders and their teams are increasing their Covid services and reopening coronavirus wards, but the Government must take heed, combined with chronic staff shortages, and a waiting list…
Metformin is a first-line drug in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The research, which was done out of Denmark, used national registries to follow over 1 million births between 1997 and 2016 and compared the risk of major birth defects in babies based on paternal exposures to diabetes medications. The study observed only children who were born to women under 35 and men under 40. Babies born to women with diabetes were excluded.The researchers considered men exposed to metformin if they filled a prescription for it in the three months before conception, which is how long it takes the…
Two of Brittney Griner‘s USA Basketball teammates have broken their silence on the star player’s imprisonment in Russia.Most WNBA players have been hesitant to talk about Griner’s detention on drug charges in Russia, hoping to avoid potentially hurting her case.“People are saying she’s 6ft 9in, she’s different. It’s really not about that,” USA Basketball player Angel McCoughtry said on Wednesday at the team’s training camp in Minneapolis. “It could have been any of us.”Players have been keeping discussions about how to best help Griner within their community. WNBA players have been very cohesive in the past when rallying behind issues…
Two sources familiar with the government’s plans said the US Food and Drug Administration is planning authorize a fourth dose of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines for adults who are age 50 and older this week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to follow soon after with what’s known as a permissive recommendation, which means that the shots will not be officially recommended but may be given to people who want them, said a source who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity since they had not been given permission to discuss the details…
Low-wage migrant workers have been forced to pay billions of dollars in recruitment fees to secure their jobs in World Cup host nation Qatar over the past decade, a Guardian investigation has found.Bangladeshi men migrating to Qatar are likely to have paid about $1.5bn (£1.14bn) in fees, and possibly as high as $2bn, between 2011 and 2020. Nepali men are estimated to have paid around $320m, and possibly more than $400m, in the four years between mid-2015 to mid-2019.The total cost incurred by Qatar’s low-wage migrant workforce is likely to be far higher because workers from other labour-sending countries in…
The increase was seen over almost all subpopulations of young Americans, regardless of income, ethnicity and education, said study author Junxiu Liu, assistant professor of population health science and policy at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, included children from 12 to 19 years old and looked at data in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2018. Over that time, the rate of prediabetes in adolescents went from 11.6% to 28.2%, rising fairly steadily in that time frame.Prediabetes…
CNN — Over a year after recovering from a Covid-19 infection, Jennifer Hobbs is adjusting to her new normal: brain fog, joint pain, elevated liver enzymes and, now, type 2 diabetes. Hobbs had prediabetes before she got Covid-19, but her blood sugar levels were under control, and she didn’t need any treatment. Recently, that changed. “I take my blood sugar [level] every morning, and even with two different types of medication, it’s all over the place,” said Hobbs, 36. The new diabetes diagnosis has both Hobbs and her primary care provider wondering if the coronavirus has played a role. Two…
Hello and welcome to another day in the world of rugby league. Super League round seven starts today and we have all of that plus much more to tell you about throughout the day. Luke Thompson has been discussing a potential Super League return while Leeds Rhinos have mixed news on the injury front. It’s a big night for Hull FC as they take on Wigan Warriors in what will be an intriguing tie at the top of the competition. Meanwhile, we’ve plenty of other news and features to tell you about, and we’ll be landing them all right here…
Chelsea know the exhilarating feeling of edging a Women’s Super League title race. Last season they won the trophy on the final day and they go into the last five matches of this campaign one point clear of Arsenal at the top and will be confident of repeating the feat.It seems like Chelsea always peak at the right time and this is not luck but thanks to careful planning by Emma Hayes to get the best out of her players at the crucial points of the season. It is a risky tactic but when I played under her the idea…