Covid: First UK patients given take-at-home pill
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first at-home treatment for Covid has been given to patients in the UK as part of a major national study. Read…
Study finds how HIV replicates in the body
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study has found how a small difference in the RNA sequence can allow the viral RNA to be packaged for…
TV doctor Amir Khan shares the main five Omicron symptoms to look out for
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After nearly two years of living through a pandemic, most people are familiar with tell-tale signs of Coronavirus, but many medics say the…
Why having extra weight can make Covid-19 more dangerous for you
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The study, done by Stanford Medicine researchers Tracey McLaughlin and Catherine Blish, argues in very basic terms that the virus ‘hides away’…
UK Covid live: pregnant women made priority group for jabs after research shows higher risk of serious illness
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pregnant women have been made a priority group for vaccination following research showing that they are vulnerable to more serious illness and…
DRC declares end of Ebola outbreak that killed six people
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that emerged in early October in North Kivu province and infected 11 people and…
Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid', MPs told
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A laboratory leak is now the more likely origin of Covid, MPs have heard, because after two years of searching an animal…
Greece expats face £85 fines every month if they refuse Covid jabs - new rules explained
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Expats living in Greece now face the same vaccination rules as all citizens and residents of the county. Read More
Excess deaths remain flat in South Africa, sparking hope omicron fuels only mild disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Excess deaths across South Africa have not risen sharply despite a huge wave of Covid-19 omicron infections, according to new data released…
Omicron spreads 70 times faster in airways than delta but 10 times slower in lungs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Omicron multiplies 70 times faster in the airways than delta yet replicates 10 times more slowly in the lungs,which may explain why it is…