Adults should take statins 'even if they don't have heart problems'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Healthy adults should take statins even if they don’t have heart problems as the benefits are worth the mild side effects, a…
Pandemic disruptions push millions of Nigerians into hunger
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Shehu Ismaila Gbadebo has worked as a barber for two decades. The money he made at his rented stall in a…
Drug made with deadly spider venom could help repair heart attack damage, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Venom from one of the world’s deadliest spiders could be used to help heart attack victims recover and extend the life of hearts used for transplants, according to…
Covid lockdowns helped to fuel a 20% spike in alcohol-related deaths in 2020 with restrictions swaying people into drinking more at home, official data shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Deaths directly caused by alcohol soared by 20 per cent during the first year of the Covid pandemic, Government figures revealed today. Read…
Brits fully-vaccinated with AstraZeneca's Covid jab may be up to THREE TIMES more likely to get symptoms if infected than those who got Pfizer's, say SAGE estimates
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britons double-jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine may be three times more likely to get symptoms of the virus than those who got Pfizer and Moderna according to SAGE…
Chris Whitty warns of new lockdown within WEEKS as UK records 63 deaths in highest daily toll since MARCH and cases soar, especially in Englishmen after Euros
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Professor Chris Whitty has warned that England is ‘not by any means out of the woods yet’ and could still be plunged…
Study: Adolescent girls and young women can and will use HIV prevention products with consistency
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Adolescent girls and young women can and will use HIV prevention products with consistency, according to interim results of a study of…
'Lab accidents happen': WHO calls for more transparency from China about COVID origins
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Reading Time: < 1 minute WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been a “premature push” to rule out a theory that the virus escaped from…
WHO warns of 'strong likelihood' of more dangerous Covid variants
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The WHO has warned there is a ‘strong likelihood’ of dangerous Covid variants spreading around the world as they declared the pandemic…
HIV 'significant' risk factor for severe COVID: WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV is a “significant” risk factor for severe COVID-19, the World Health Organization said in research published on Thursday that showed a…