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Coronavirus blood treatment to be tried

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Over time these build up and can be found in the plasma, the liquid portion of the blood. NHSBT is now approaching patients who have recovered from Covid-19 to see if plasma from them can be given to people who are currently ill with the virus. A statement from the organisation said: “We envisage that this will be initially used in trials as a possible treatment for Covid-19. “If fully approved, the trials will investigate whether convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a Covid-19 patient’s speed of recovery and chances of…

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Zoom Isnt Just For Your Laptop, Heres How To Use The Zoom iPhone App

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Shutterstock Here’s How To Use The Zoom App On Your iPhone, So You Can Stay Connected By Daffany Chan March 29, 2020 Virtual teleconferencing tools like Zoom help you stay connected to your workplace or classroom wherever you are. If you don’t have access to your laptop, you can even use your phone to video chat. Here’s how to use the Zoom app on your iPhone so you can tune into your next meeting while you’re on-the-go. To get started, you’ll need to download the Zoom Cloud Meeting app, which…

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The Air Force’s Venerable F-15 Gets a Makeover

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An updated version of the US Air Force’s trusty F-15 Eagle fighter jet had its first flight test recently and demonstrated its bag of tricks with a dramatic, after losing an entire wing in a mid-air collision.) The F-35, intended to serve the Marine Corps and Navy in addition to the Air Force, is also notorious for a history of cost overruns, technological glitches, and program delays. For missions that don't depend on the F-35’s advanced stealth capabilities, the proven and reliable F-15, especially with its state-of-the-art upgrades, could could…

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Barack Obama Endorsed Joe Biden & Made A Special Shoutout

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Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images Barack Obama Endorsed Joe Biden & Praised Bernie Sanders All At Once By Madhuri Sathish April 14, 2020 The 2020 presidential race is moving into its final stages after a wild primary season. As the last candidate remaining and the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden has the endorsements of nearly every other Democratic primary candidate. On Tuesday, April 14, Biden added another coveted endorsement to his arsenal, when former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden and finally made his position clear. In a video message…

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Concern over online deliveries for shielded groups

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Calls for elderly to get grocery delivery priority How do I get a food parcel? Blood Cancer UK chief executive Gemma Peters said: “We fear that the time it is taking to give people at very high risk, priority for online deliveries could cost lives. “We are now at the point where some people are being forced to choose between going hungry and making a trip to the supermarket that could be fatal if they pick up the coronavirus there. “People with blood cancer are already scared about the virus…

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Liam Payne Teases Rumored One Direction Reunion: ‘I’m Not Allowed To Say Too Much’ – Perez Hilton

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Liam Payne basically just confirmed the news we’ve been waiting for!! On Monday, the former One Direction member chatted with Late Late Show host James Corden about the upcoming 10-year anniversary for the boy band, and asked if anything was in store for fans: “Are there plans afoot for you guys to do anything to celebrate this milestone?” The 26-year-old coyly replied: “I’m not allowed to say too much obviously, because I’d be giving it away. But we’ve been speaking a lot more at the moment.” One Direction Are TOTALLY…

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Donald Trump Tells Reporter He’ll ‘Look Into’ Presidential Pardon For Tiger King Star Joe Exotic… – Perez Hilton

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It was inevitable, really, that the train-wreck worlds of these two men would collide so spectacularly like this… We’re talking about Donald Trump and Tiger King star Joe Exotic, of course, with the former now promising to “look into” the latter’s current prison situation and determine whether he actually deserves a presidential pardon. Oh, brother. What a time to be alive… On Wednesday afternoon, during the President’s usually-disastrous daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, New York Post reporter Steven Nelson brought some (unintentional?) humor to the room by asking The Donald about the top-rated…

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Listen To This: Feeling You! – Perez Hilton

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More than 25 years after his debut album and Usher is still giving us QUALITY! The singer/songwriter/dancer is going back to his roots for his new song! Don’t Waste Me is not pop or dance. This is R&B, baby! A throwback sound – to be precise. Taking us to the ’80s! This sounds like something that could have fit in on Bruno Mars‘ last album! Check out the greatness – featuring Ella Mai – above! Then CLICK HERE to listen to more music from Usher! Related Posts Listen To This: There Ain’t No…

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How to Measure Pressure With a Phone and a Baggie

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Wouldn’t it be cool if you could do physics experiments on your phone, without needing a lab full of special instruments? Actually you can, with a free app called turning your phone into a sonar to measure the speed of sound. Or swinging it on a string to derive the gravitational constant. I decided to try this one, using the phone’s barometer to study pressure. Here’s the setup: Set your phone to display the atmospheric pressure. Put it in a sealed plastic bag with some extra air in there. Place…

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