Covid 'patient zero' was Wuhan market vendor, claims new study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first known case of Covid-19 was a female vendor at a Wuhan wet market in China in mid-December 2019, according to…
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
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Reading Time: < 1 minute At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds…
NHS will offer 13,000 HIV patients new 'incredible' £1,600 injections only needed six times a year instead of daily pills to keep virus at bay
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Thousands of Britons living with HIV will be given the first ‘long-acting injectable’ to keep the virus at bay. Read More
Overuse has fuelled the world's antibiotic-resistance crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Whenever we go shopping for food, we risk unwittingly fuelling one of the world’s most dangerous public health emergencies. Read More
Europe enters 'fifth wave' of Covid as Germany wrestles with record number of cases
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Reading Time: < 1 minute German chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz has urged more people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, after Germany recorded more than 50,000 new cases in…
What are the health risks of an inactive lifestyle
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Physical inactivity has been linked to chronic health problems, mental health issues, and reduced productivity, among other negative impacts. Read More
Covid breakthrough as UK to trial skin patch vaccine that could give longer immunity
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers believe the Emergex vaccine may offer longer immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, when compared to the competition. Read More
Is 60 the danger zone for women’s health?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute At 61, Anthea Turner has said she is now in “the danger zone of life”, during a TV appearance on Lorraine. Read…
Covid: Delta offshoot ‘one to watch’ over fears of future mutations
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An offshoot of the Delta coronavirus variant that is efficient at evading the immune system needs to be closely monitored, scientists have warned, Read More
Tens of thousands of people in UK could be living with undiagnosed serious lung disease, experts warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 45,000 people in the UK could be living with a serious lung disease but are unaware of it after diagnosis…