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Intensive care nurse Karen Simeson is the first person on the planet to get a new antibody cocktail injection specifically designed to protect people from COVID-19. The setting – a small office block in Wakefield – is incongruous. The kitchen has been turned into a make-shift pharmacy where the drug is stored and prepared. For many,

Manchester United have been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, but they are not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”. A club statement read: “Manchester United can confirm that the club has experienced a cyber attack on our systems. “The club has taken swift action

Microplastics have been discovered in snow and stream water close to the summit of Mount Everest, according to new research. The polyester, acrylic, nylon and polypropylene fibres were present in samples collected on the mountain and in the valley below. Some were present in samples from the Balcony of Mount Everest which is 8,440 metres

A nasal spray purportedly capable of preventing infection from coronavirus, as well as stopping people from infecting others, has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. According to the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, it catches and coats the virus inside the nose, from where it can be eliminated by either

The UK has not ordered Facebook to provide law enforcement agencies with a way to access end-to-end encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Sky News has learnt, despite a legal power which could allow it to do so in secret. However, the power may be used to prevent Facebook from applying the same encryption protocol to its

A missile fired from a US Navy warship in the Pacific Ocean successfully intercepted a test intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, the US military has announced. It marks the first successful test of the US missile defence involving interceptors being launched at sea, though ground-based stations in Alaska and California have previously

Born at just 28 completed weeks of pregnancy, twins Zaki and Mileka were premature and suffered from multiple health conditions, which were a cause of serious concern for their parents. The twins’ mother, Rifat Ara-Ridge says: “Zaki had a lot of complications, he had a blood transfusion, MRSA, and really tugged at our emotions.” Barry

Mouthwash is able to kill COVID-19 within 30 seconds of exposure to it in a laboratory, a scientific study has found. The preliminary findings, which are yet to be peer reviewed, come ahead of a clinical trial investigating whether over-the-counter mouthwash can reduce the levels of coronavirus in a patient’s saliva. The research, which was

Global pharmaceutical company Janssen is beginning clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. Around the country, 6,000 volunteers are taking part in phase-three trials of the COVID-19 vaccine at 17 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) sites, including in Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Dundee and Belfast. Please use Chrome

Ticketmaster has been fined £1.25m for losing more than a million British customers’ payment card details in a data breach in 2018. At the time the company admitted personal information and card details belonging to 40,000 customers were stolen by hackers, but the true impact has been revealed to be much higher by the Information

Elon Musk claims to have taken four COVID-19 tests on the same day, two of which showed he was positive for the virus, and two that came back negative, as he stated “something extremely bogus is going on”. It is not the first time the outspoken billionaire has expressed scepticism about the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier

The scientific battle to get a vaccine may be nearing the end but there is another fight looming – convincing the public to get inoculated. For some time experts have been worried about the rising tide of online misinformation and it’s becoming clearer that fake news is fuelling vaccine hesitancy. A study has found that

Ten million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine could be available to the UK by the end of this year, but there is scepticism about whether the jab would work effectively. Sky News has spoken to experts to answer some of your queries and concerns about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the companies claim prevented 90%

A new era in space travel is set to begin this weekend, with the scheduled lift-off of SpaceX’s first operational crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA is using Elon Musk’s aerospace company as a “taxi service” to fly its crew to and from the ISS, a large spacecraft in orbit around Earth.

The scientist behind the Pfizer vaccine has told Sky News people in the UK could be vaccinated against coronavirus by the middle of next month. Speaking in his first interview with a UK broadcaster, Professor Ugur Sahin, co-founder of German firm BioNTech, said the first vaccines could be rolled out to patients nationwide mid-December. But

The European Union has filed antitrust charges against Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of using business data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants operating on its platform. The charges follow a two-year investigation into Amazon’s dual role as a marketplace as well as a vendor, competing with other companies that are also using