Lockdowns and panic-buying in Taiwan as Covid cases rise
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTaiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day’s record high of 180. Read More
'Don't mix for two weeks' Professor warns of Indian variant contagion - 'Be very cautious'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessor Adam Finn, who is a member of the JCVI, told BBC Breakfast viewers not to mix with others for at least…
Indian variant can 'spread like wildfire' if people not jabbed - but 'confidence' vaccines work
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a “high degree of confidence” that vaccines protect against the Indian variant of COVID-19 – but it can “spread like…
Jab costing £1 cuts chances of premature children getting cerebral palsy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 200 cases of cerebral palsy in premature babies have been prevented in two years after a drug, costing £1 per…
Should Children Know Their HIV Status?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are surviving to adolescence and adulthood because of the increasing long-term use of antiretroviral therapy Read…
WHO: Second year of pandemic will be 'far deadlier' than first
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorld health experts issued a grim warning Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, Read…
How three days of inaction let the Indian variant take hold in Britain
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs cases of the highly transmissible new Indian variant of Covid begin to rise in parts of Britain, questions are being raised…
Indian COVID variant could cause 'serious disruption' to lockdown easing in June, PM says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Indian COVID variant could cause “serious disruption” to the planned roadmap out of lockdown in June, the prime minister has said. …
What should be in a health MOT for over-50s?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe outgoing head of the NHS, Sir Simon Stevens, has said that a free NHS health check, Read More
There's a shortage of baby milk in the UK - here are the affected products
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA nationwide shortage of baby milk has led to large supermarkets running out of stock of widely-used formulas. Read More