Pandemics and epidemics
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‘Argentina’s Partygate’: President fined £20k over wife’s lockdown birthday dinner
The party took place in July 2020 when Buenos Aires was under a strict lockdown Mr Fernández himself had ordered.…
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What you can and can’t do from March 29 as lockdown rules start easing
Sport Outdoor sports facilities including golf courses, tennis and basketball courts and swimming pools can all open as part of…
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We may need vaccine passports as an incentive for the young to do right by the herd
The government has promised an “irreversible” reopening of society by June 21 but the modelling shows that is contingent, not…
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Hesitancy is hard-wired into all of us but we indulge it now at our peril
Vaccine hesitancy is a modern curse but its root is as ancient as mankind itself and, to some extent, hard-wired…
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Europe tightens Covid restrictions as ‘third wave’ takes hold
Belgium and France have tightened restrictions in an effort to curb a surge of Covid-19 cases, as a third wave…
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Middle-aged women more likely to suffer ‘long Covid’ than men, study finds
Seven out of 10 patients hospitalised with Covid are not fully recovered five months after discharge, with middle-aged women most…
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Third wave in Europe will ‘wash up on our shores’, warns Boris Johnson
Britain must brace for another wave of coronavirus infections being imported from Europe as cases rise on the continent, the…
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Why Whitehall officials and scientists have most to fear from the Covid 19 inquiry
Dr Hatchett thinks there are at least two biases that help explain the reluctance of the public health establishment to…
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What is Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis – and what are the symptoms?
The other, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), involves blood clots forming throughout the body. These conditions are very rare however. In…
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From inhaling steam to smoking dope: tackling Covid myths in West Africa
Steam, pepper, cloves and marijuana. At first glance the list sounds like the rider of a particularly demanding rock star, but in…
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