10% of cancer patients did not have high antibody response to vaccine
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Many cancer patients could remain at risk of COVID-19 even after completing their vaccine after a new study found one in ten…
UK Covid LIVE: Up to 75% of cases are Indian variant as average age of new infections falls to just 29
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Up to three quarters of new Covid cases in the UK are the variant first discovered in India, Health Secretary Matt Hancock…
Cancer and HIV link
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr. Miriam Ezekwe, the Southeast zonal coordinator for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said the outbreak of…
Antibiotic resistance is the ‘silent pandemic’ the world needs to deal with, says former chief medic
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Antibiotic resistance is “growing in the shadows” causing rising numbers of hospital admissions and deaths, according to Professor Dame Sally Davies Read…
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…