High hopes for Ebola vaccine after trial shows strong immune response
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren and adults have shown a strong immune response to a possible Ebola vaccineduring clinical trials in Sierra Leone. Read More
Death From COVID 11 Times More Likely If You're Unvaccinated: Study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s more sobering news for anyone still unvaccinated against the new coronavirus: Your odds of dying from COVID-19 are 11-fold higher Read…
NHS 'is short of 50,000 doctors' as bleak winter looms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS in England is short of around 50,000 doctors ahead of what is set to be one of the worst winters on…
Chief medical officers approve vaccines for all UK teenagers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteVaccines for 12- to 15-year-olds are expected to be approved in the UK after chief medical officers advised ministers they should begin…
Africa: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnancies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“I’m five months pregnant by a young man who works in the barracks,” says 16-year-old Elsa. Read More
Fully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who were fully vaccinated accounted for just 1.2% of all deaths involving Covid-19 in England in the first seven months of…
Chronic neglect of the NHS 'contributed to Britain's Covid death toll'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChronic neglect of the NHS and a lack of preparedness before the Covid pandemic struck added to the UK’s Covid death toll, Read…
Oxygen therapy may slow Alzheimer’s, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlzheimer’s disease could be slowed down or even reversed using oxygen therapy, according to a new study. Read More
Air pollution reducing life expectancy by two years – report
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAir pollution is reducing people’s life expectancy all around the world, with the average person losing 2.2 years to particulate matter (PM)…
Sajid Javid warns of possible bad flu season due to concerning levels of immunity following COVID restrictions last winter
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSajid Javid has told Sky News he is “concerned” that the UK could witness a bad flu season due to there being…