An editorial paper has reviewed evidence and found that most of the UK deaths in doctors from COVID-19 are aged over 60. The paper, published
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Millions of people in France and Spain were set to embrace a relaxation of stay-at-home rules on Monday, but Britain extended its lockdown as countries
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More than half of rice varieties sold in the UK contained levels of arsenic higher than regulations allow for babies and children under five. Scientists
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Scientists at Oxford University have begun clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine that has shown promise in rhesus monkeys, according to news reports. If the
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said: “COVID-19 is a new disease and there is limited information regarding risk factors for severe disease. “Based
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Social-distancing measures to tackle coronavirus are likely to be in place for many more months, one of Britain’s top health officials warned on Wednesday, as
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Deaths from the global coronavirus epidemic accelerated again on Friday as the US, Spain and Britain grappled with their highest tolls yet and the world
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Coronavirus poses an existential threat because it seems to elude understanding. People wake up to rising death toll figures and see horrifying images of hospitalised
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Scientists at the University of Sheffield, in partnership with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Virology team, have sequenced their first two genomes of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),
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A UK study of patients participating in low-dose CT lung cancer screening highlights the importance of spirometry (breathing tests) in the assessment of possible chronic
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