Breakthrough saliva test detects Covid in five minutes
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers in Australia have developed a new Covid-19 test which can give results in just five minutes. Read More
'Impossible to know' if all restrictions will be lifted on 21 June
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It is currently “impossible” to know if England will be able to remove all coronavirus restrictions on 21 June, the business secretary…
AstraZeneca vaccine side effects: Reports of 'life-threatening' capillary leak syndrome
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Reading Time: < 1 minute There has been seven cases of capillary leak syndrome – where blood leaks from small blood vessels into the body. Read More
New figures about the Indian variant show the power of vaccination
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A rise in COVID cases was expected as we came out of lockdown. But the Indian variant is pouring petrol on the…
Did coronavirus come from a lab in China? What we know of the new investigation so far
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Reading Time: < 1 minute US president Joe Biden has ordered US intelligence agencies to conduct a review into the origins of COVID-19. Read More
It’s on our plates and in our poo, but are microplastics a health risk?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As much as the idea might be unpalatable, all of our diets are now likely to include tiny servings of plastic. Read…
Another COVID vaccine set to enter production within weeks - and UK has 60m doses ordered
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Production of the coronavirus vaccine developed by French firm Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will begin within weeks, the firms have said. Read…
Malaysia warned to 'prepare for worst' as Covid-19 cases spike
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia’s health authorities have warned the public to “prepare for the worst” as Covid-19 cases climb rapidly despite strict containment measures. Read More
Indian variant now dominant in UK, says Prof Neil Ferguson, as June 21 easing ‘in the balance’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Indian Covid variant is now the “dominant strain” in Britain and cases are set to grow into another surge of the disease,…
New Treatment Allows Patient’s Immune System to Combat HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A study published in Cell Host & Microbe suggests that adding small molecules that imitate the T cell receptor CD4 to antiretroviral therapy could…