Pfizer vaccine efficacy drops in Israel as delta variant spreads
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The efficacy of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in preventing Covid-19 infections has declined by nearly a third in Israel largely due to…
20 ways you may be damaging your teeth
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Think brushing, flossing, and avoiding sweet treats is all that’s needed for good dental health? Read More
Covid will be more like the common cold than flu, say scientists
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Covid will become more like a common cold than flu and reach an ‘equilibrium’ in the population within a few years, top…
Top Covid expert hits out at unvaccinated people as ‘variant factories’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Unvaccinated individuals are not just risking their own health but are “factories” of potential coronavirus variants, an infectious diseases expert has told CNN. Read More
Trials of new HIV vaccine begin at Oxford University
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Trials of a new HIV vaccine have begun at Oxford University, building on the success of the Covid vaccine developed by the institution….
UNITAID: HIV generic drug for babies distributed in Nigeria, other African countries
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Aid agencies have distributed a strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV in six African countries, Read More
Obesity-related illnesses ‘could overwhelm NHS unless urgent action taken’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Urgent action is needed to tackle stark inequalities in rates of obesity and obesity-related illness and prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed, Read…
More than HALF of Brits have now had both Covid jabs - as daily cases rise by 161% in a fortnight to 24,248, but deaths drop to just 15
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than half of English residents have now had both coronavirus vaccines as daily cases rise by 161 per cent in a fortnight. …
Six UK cases: Fast-spreading Lambda variant puzzles Covid scientists due to 'unusual set of mutations'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Covid-19 variant called Lambda has left Scientist from the World Health Organisation puzzled due to its ‘unusual set of mutations’. Read…
Oxygen shortages hit Bangladesh as hospitals unable to cope with Covid-19 surge
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Empty oxygen cylinders are piling up almost as fast as bodies in the city of Khulna, which has become Bangladesh’s coronavirus hotspot…