Medicine
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‘I advise everyone to get it’: UK Covid patients tell of regrets over refusing jab
For some people, the moment the ambulance arrives is the time they start expressing regrets about not receiving a coronavirus…
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Europe’s coming cancer wave
In a world without COVID-19, a million Europeans would have received a cancer diagnosis since the start of the pandemic…
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Victorian parliament to consider telehealth in voluntary euthanasia laws
Laws currently prevent doctors and their patients from discussing euthanasia due to federal rules that prohibit people to “incite or counsel”…
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A Fresh Chance for the Security Council to Tackle COVID-19
The Council should plan how to best implement these vaccination drives and, once vaccine supplies are sufficient, provide political and…
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The Clearest Sign the Pandemic Could Get Worse
The number of people hospitalized with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States has been plummeting since early…
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Why don’t we have a cure for Alzheimer’s disease?
Over the past year, scientists have tackled COVID-19, a previously unknown disease and within months developed effective new vaccines. Donald…
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EU chief threatens emergency powers to block vaccine exports if UK doesn’t send more jabs to Europe
The EU has threatened to invoke emergency powers to block European exports of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure “reciprocity” with other…
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‘Not a hostile act’: Italy defends blocking vaccine exports to Australia
Italy defended blocking a shipment of coronavirus vaccines to Australia, saying such action towards less affected countries was legitimate while…
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In the UK, sports stadiums and 800 year-old cathedrals have become makeshift COVID vaccine clinics
To meet its target of vaccinating 15 million Britons in just two months, it would need to enlist not just…
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Which European countries are vaccinating their populations fastest?
Just over 3 per cent of people in the EU have received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine – compared to more…
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How The COVID-19 Vaccines Compare To Each Other
In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the more safe, effective vaccines we have available, the sooner we’ll be…
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How gut microbes could drive brain disorders
That might lead to better and easier treatments for brain diseases. Cassandra Willyard nature In 2006, soon after she launched…
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It’s been one year since Australia’s first COVID-19 case.
Monday marks exactly one year since the first case of coronavirus was discovered in Australia. Maani Truu & Lucy Murray…
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COVID-19 vaccines not mandatory for aged care workers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces after National Cabinet
However, the PM did not rule out making a COVID-19 vaccine compulsory for aged care workers “in the future”. Authors…
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The UK coronavirus variant has now been detected in at least 60 countries
The UK coronavirus variant has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, 10…
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I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like – this is what I learned
For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.…
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