COVID’s Aftershocks: How HIV could be impacting COVID-19 variants
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. Read More
Walking just 7,000 steps (around three miles) a day during middle age could cut risk of early death by 70%, according to a new study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWalking just 7,000 steps a day during middle age can slash the risk of death by up to 70 per cent, according…
Statins: The eye condition linked to use of the cholesterol-lowering drug
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is believed there are between seven and 10 million Britons using statins. Most people take the cholesterol-lowering drug to prevent or delay…
Covid news – live: Decision on vaccines for all 12- to 15-year-olds expected within days despite JCVI advice
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA final decision on whether to vaccinate all 12- to 15-year-olds is expected within days, despite the government’s immunisation experts refusing to…
COVID-19 vaccines will not be recommended for healthy children aged 12 to 15
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCoronavirus vaccines for healthy children aged between 12 and 15 are not being recommended by the government’s advisers. Read More
Three quarters of under-50s in hospital with COVID are unvaccinated, figures reveal
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost three quarters of people under 50 who needed hospital treatment for the COVID Delta variant last week in England were unvaccinated,…
Women share harrowing stories of 'dehumanising' NHS miscarriage care including a crying mother who was told by a male doctor 'it's just tissue'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWomen have been sharing their experience of miscarriage on social media, with many claiming the care they received under the NHS wasn’t good…
Israel is now the world's Covid hotspot: Cases soar despite country's trail-blazing vaccine roll-out - sparking fears other highly-vaccinated countries will be hit by another wave due to jabs' waning immunity
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Israel has become the Covid capital of the world despite leading the charge on vaccines, in a clear warning sign that…
Face-to-face doctor appointments are down 3.4million a month as new figures reveal scale of shift towards remote consultations
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGPs are holding 3.4million fewer face-to-face appointments a month compared with before the pandemic. Read More
Ivermectin developer hopes pill could prevent Covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe developer of ivermectin is performing late-stage trials on a drug that could actually prevent COVID-19. Read More