More than 20 million people in the UK have received at least one vaccine dose as of today. The UK mutation drove a record COVID-19 wave that peaked on January 8th, a few weeks after the nation’s vaccination campaign first started. A variety of studies show that both the Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines effectively prevent …
A group of parrots at a zoo in the UK have been separated after they began swearing at visitors and “setting each other off” with their foul language. The birds began teaching each other to swear and soon they were cursing up a storm, telling visitors to “f*ck off* and repeating other offensive phrases. Visitors …
The Green family in Wales was walking along the beach when they discovered a piece of ocean debris covered in gooseneck barnacles. The barnacles are a delicacy in Spain and Portugal and can demand prices upwards of $125 per pound. Martyn Green said he and his family are planning on keeping the location of the …
A giant dead thing washed up on a UK beach and nobody can pinpoint exactly what kind of animal it was. Theories ranged from a cow to a whale to a mysterious “sea monster,” but researchers are still studying it. The best guess right now is that it was indeed some species of whale, but …
England effectively enacted a coronavirus sex ban with a law that would limit social gatherings of indoor groups consisting of at least two people. The #sexban hashtag started trending on social media in response to the new COVID-19 social distancing regulations. This is one for the record books, England. The country wanted to tackle the …
Future coronavirus treatment may include meds that boost the number of T-cells in the blood, which are capable of neutralizing pathogens that infect the body. Researchers from the UK discovered that severe COVID-19 cases show a much lower lymphocyte count than expected, and that can be a marker for COVID-19 complications. A trial is looking …
UK doctors have issued an alert to colleagues about a series of severe symptoms that can appear in some children infected with the novel coronavirus. Some children exhibited “multi-system inflammation” and flu-like symptoms that required intensive care. Not all of the children were COVID-19 positive, but they exhibited signs indicative of toxic shock syndrome or …
Police in the UK are scrambling this morning to solve not just one murder, but 39 killings that all surfaced at the same time. According to reports, a semi truck and trailer were found in Essex, about 30 miles outside of London, and the cargo is almost too grisly to comprehend. Inside the trailer, a …
A mother-of-two from England was misdiagnosed with cancer three years ago, with doctors telling her she had a particularly aggressive form of the disease that would require intense treatment and surgery. It took months before the hospital realized the mistake. The patient, Sarah Boyle, underwent chemotherapy and a double mastectomy before doctors realized that the …
The world’s oceans are filled with all manner of jaw-dropping creatures, but you have to be in the right place at the right time to actually catch a glimpse of them. For wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, the right place was in the water off the southwest coast of England, and the right time was earlier …
