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Netherlands, Australia find omicron variant as curbs spread
Travelers walk with their luggage in the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. Israel on…
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Suspected Omicron cases mild: leading S.Africa doctor
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A South African doctor who raised the alarm over Omicron said Sunday dozens of her patients…
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UK to enforce new COVID rules from Tuesday
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Britain’s government on Sunday defended the pace and scale of its response to the new Omicron…
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Will Greggs’ fake meat festive bakes be a hit with customers like the chain’s vegan sausage roll?
‘Nobody was waiting for a vegan b****y sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns!’ So said the infamous tweet from Piers Morgan, reacting…
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Spine injury patients ‘abandoned’ by NHS mental health as a third of sufferers consider suicide
People left disabled by spinal-cord injuries are being ‘abandoned’ by NHS mental health services, despite being far more likely to…
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Woman admits shy bowel syndrome means she can’t use the loo with husband of 47 years in the house
Lynn Thompson has been married to her husband Jeff for 47 years. ‘Soulmates’ since they met in their early 20s…
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HEALTH NOTES: Stay sharp… with housework
HEALTH NOTES: Stay sharp… with housework By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01, 27 November 2021 | Updated: 22:07, 27…
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Britain tightens COVID rules as world on alert over omicron
People line up to get on an overseas flight at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 26,…
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UK confirms first two cases of new COVID strain
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Britain on Saturday confirmed its first two cases of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19, both…
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South African scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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Omicron variant poses ‘high to very high’ risk to Europe: EU health agency
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The new COVID variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a “high to…
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US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern
Germany used a military plane to transfer intensive-care Covid-19 patients to less afflicted regions. The United States, Brazil, Canada, and…
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Dutch say 61 COVID positive on flights from S.Africa
3D print of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19–in front of a 3D print of a…
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Looking to the cell’s power generators for clues to depression
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Depression is a global issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 15 percent of people…
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Hepatitis B virus can trigger genetic changes in liver cells years before cancer diagnosis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela have identified how the…
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How moving dots are helping us learn more about dyslexia in children – new research
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Around one in ten children in the UK have dyslexia, a developmental condition which means that…
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Pharmacies could play a crucial role in supporting victims of domestic and sexual abuse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pharmacies could play a crucial role in identifying and referring victims of domestic and sexual violence…
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A single strategy is not sufficient to navigate the complex social interactions of everyday life, argues study
Credit: Francisco Farias Jr/public domain To successfully cooperate or compete with other people in everyday life, it is important to…
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Higher physical activity is associated with a better metabolic health risk factor profile in menopausal women
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences…
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Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 infects sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients
A lone infected sustentacular cell is surrounded by non-infected cells in the olfactory mucosa of a COVID-19 patient who died…
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Will flight restrictions help as new virus variant emerges?
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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German air force transfers patients as clinics fill up
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Germany on Friday used a military plane to transfer intensive care patients to less afflicted regions,…
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One in 65 people had Covid in England last week as cases started to rise again, official data shows
England’s Covid crisis started to pick up again last week, official data today showed after two weeks of declining cases.…
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How can the brain perceive familiar objects when they become indistinct
We can perceive familiar objects even when they become indistinct (A). After repeatedly encountering the objects, a subset of neurons…
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Passengers on last flights from South Africa before ban say there were ‘no additional precautions’
Passengers arriving into the UK on one of the last flights from South Africa have revealed they were not offered…
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COVID-19 : Measuring viral RNA to predict which patients will die
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample.…
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Daily UK Covid cases breach 50,000 for first time in a month
Britain’s daily Covid cases breached 50,000 today for the first time in a month and deaths crept up — as…
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Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill can reduce risk of death from the virus by 30%, study finds
Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill can reduce risk of death from the virus by 30%, study finds A new antiviral COVID-19…
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From discovery to global panic in 48 hours: How super-mutant variant sparked worldwide travel ban
Omicron variant timeline Monday, 22 November: Variant found in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa Tuesday, 23 November: UK scientist…
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Covid super-mutant fears spread across Europe: Belgium has two confirmed cases
All European Union states have banned travel from southern Africa amid panic over a case of the Covid super-variant Omicron in…
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As holidays return to normal, here’s how to de-stress
A return to a more normal holiday season may also mean higher stress levels, so an expert offers some coping…
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More variants but delta still dominates
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new variant of COVID-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans…
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Household mixing during COVID-19: Our research suggests adherence to lockdowns in England declined over time
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The grim prospect of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders is back in the news, with a number of…
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COVID death data can be shared to make it look like vaccines don’t work, or worse – but that’s not the whole picture
Social media posts commenting on data from the UK, Israel and South Africa, among others, claim deaths from COVID (or…
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FDA obsession with accuracy rates of Covid home-testing kits may be slowing down their availability
The United States has fallen well behind its peers in making COVID-19 testing easily available from the comfort of your…
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Study shows gender skew in digital info for new parents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Today’s parents-to-be use online tools for health guidance in the same way their parents once dog-eared…
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FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but…
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Researchers discover a new mechanism involved in early melanoma metastasis
Lymph node of a mouse in which lymphatic vessels (green) and tumor exosomes (red) that will direct the early stages…
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Grab Waterpik’s bestselling water flosser for its lowest price ever in Amazon’s Black Friday sale
The bestselling Waterpik water flosser that makes cleaning you teeth quick and easy is currently less than £50 for Black…
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As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal
Members of the public watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, Aug. 23, 2021, which is…
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Riot-hit Dutch brace for new COVID curbs
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging…
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Europe rushes to bolster virus defences as South Africa detects new strain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Governments across Europe rushed on Friday to bolster their defences against a fresh coronavirus spike, as…
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EU regulator authorizes Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids 5-11
Exterior view of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in Amsterdam’s business district, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. EMA’s human medicines…
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Belgium PM says COVID resurgence worse than feared
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo Thursday said his country had recorded an uptick in coronavirus…
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Using innate immune defence therapeutically against cancer
Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health Rapidly increasing cells in the human body continuously generate mutations…
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What you need to know about stomach cancer
(HealthDay)—New treatment options are giving hope to patients with stomach cancer. Also known as gastric cancer, the disease is the…
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Enterovirus D68 detections lower than expected in 2020
(HealthDay)—Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) detections were lower than anticipated in 2020, according to research published in the Nov. 24 issue of…
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The forgotten Covid jab that might have NO side effects on kids
The Novavax Covid vaccine, which may be just days away from approval in the UK, could be safer for children…
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Unjabbed Brits could be BANNED from travelling to the EU next summer
Britons face being banned from travelling into the EU unless they are fully vaccinated against Covid under new rules being…
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