Smokers up to 80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid, study says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmokers are 60%-80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and also more likely to die from the disease, data…
Antibiotic given to children with chest infections ‘not likely to help’ – study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA commonly used antibiotic “is not likely to help” when prescribed to children with chest infections, a study suggests. Read More
Covid cases in kids decline with 206,000 recorded last week - 9% drop
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCOVID-19 cases among American children are continuing to drop after reaching record-high levels earlier this month. Read More
WHO accuses its own staff members of sex abuse during agency's Ebola response
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty-one World Health Organisation (WHO) staff members were allegedly involved in sexual abuse during the agency’s response to the Ebola crisis…
Covid survivors are 50% more likely to be struck with lasting symptoms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCoronavirus survivors are 56 per cent more likely to have lasting symptoms of the infection than people who beat the flu, Read…
Cancer survival rates in Scotland could 'go backwards' for the first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCancer survival rates in Scotland could drop for the first time ever as the crisis-hit NHS struggles to cope with “chronic shortages…
Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial as experts sound warning over winter crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US pharmaceutical giant is looking to capitalise on the success of its Covid vaccine – one of the first Covid jabs approved in…
‘The system is broken’: Sick patients forced to sit for hours outside A&E under blankets and heat lamps
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSick patients have been forced to wait outside a hospital A&E department on chairs and wrapped only in blankets while being treated by…
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, now 100% free for the insured
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA life-changing drug that can reduce the risk of getting HIV by as much as 99% is now completely free for millions…
GSK agrees deal to develop longer-acting HIV drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlaxoSmithKline has agreed a deal to develop ultra-long acting HIV drugs administered as little as four times a year that could revolutionise…