Potential Covid Plan C could ban household mixing
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnder a potential Plan C for Covid-19 that is currently being discussed by Cabinet officials, household mixing could be banned, the Telegraph…
Foreign jabs aren’t good enough, government tells ‘pinged’ visitors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFully vaccinated travellers to the UK “pinged” by NHS Test and Trace are being ordered to self-isolate – because their vaccines are not deemed good…
‘You shouldn’t work if your kidneys are failing – but people can’t afford not to’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the Sacuanjoche clinic in Chinandega, the largest city in Nicaragua’s sugar cane-growing region, nephrologist Nelson Garcia does the rounds of his…
Covid likely to be fatal ‘only for the very old and already infirm’
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who are vaccinated against Covid are highly unlikely to die of the virus unless they are very old and already ill,…
Meat tax on the table in move to encourage sustainable eating
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish shoppers should be hit with higher prices on meat to help the environment, according to suggestions for a tax on “high-carbon…
Gates Foundation to spend $120 million to help developing nations access new antiviral drug that can halve the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will spend $120 million to increase access to a new COVID-19 drug in developing…
Exactly how bad is long-term sleep deprivation for the health of new parents?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re bombarded with messages that sleep is vital for our physical and mental health. Read More
World Osteoporosis Day: Why we all need to look after our bones, and how to do it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou wouldn’t think coughing or sneezing could break a bone. Read More
Needle-free flu vaccines tested amid ‘super cold’ breakout
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA British biotech company is preparing to test needle-free flu vaccines in clinical trials as an outbreak of the “super cold” grips the…
Delta sub-variant: What we know as it ‘expands’ throughout England
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn offshoot of the Delta coronavirus variant which appears to be more transmissible than its predecessor is beginning to spread throughout England, Read More