UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered an “urgent review” of how Public Health England (PHE) calculates the numbers of deaths from coronavirus. It comes after two UK-based scientists highlighted the serious flaw in PHE statistics. Hancock requested an investigation on Friday after confirmation that Covid-19 mortality figures for England …
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The New York Times He has put together a detailed coronavirus-themed map of the US, showing which parts of the country are home to wearing face masks and which parts are not. It makes clear that there are still large areas of the country that are failing or completely declining …
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Text size Peter Foley / Bloomberg Bigger banks have reported profits, and investors can be forgiven if they are unsure where the opportunities are now. The answer may lie in how much uncertainty they are willing to accept. Analysts warned that the quarter would be “sloppy” and “confusing,” and banks …
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A new theory explains how black holes grow as a function of the mass of galaxies and eventually shut down star formation in their host galaxies. The images in this graph are from nearby galaxies in the current era taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, chosen to represent the …
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Doug Parker, President and CEO of American Airlines (Photographer: Andrew … [+] Harrer / Bloomberg) © 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP American Airlines made a terrible announcement this week warning 25,000 workers that they could be fired or laid off. These staggering figures represent approximately 20% of the company’s workforce. The …
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