Early in the pandemic, many researchers feared people who contracted COVID could be reinfected very quickly. This was because several early studies showed antibodies seemed
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Are children a major source of contagion for COVID-19? Ten months into a pandemic that has claimed 1.2 million lives experts are still divided on
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Pfizer’s announcement that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears to be more than 90% effective has provided hope for relief from the increasingly calamitous onslaught of
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Why is the reported number of COVID-19 cases rising across Europe now? Many countries ended their full lockdowns at the start of the summer, but
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When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the UK, thousands of surgical procedures were put on hold. For a surgeon like me who performs operations on
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For the first time, researchers have directly visualized how speaking produces and expels droplets of saliva into the air. The smallest droplets can be inhaled
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Compound exercises make for an intense and highly effective workout – but what exactly are they? We asked a fitness trainer and found out everything
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Are you willing to try DIY dentistry? We review the at-home remedies to get your teeth stuck into A trip to the dentist tops the poll
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The higher the severity of an infection is thought to be, the greater the motivation is to socially distance. That is one result of a
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Did we go into lockdown for no reason and are the mask rebels putting us at risk of a second wave? Your coronavirus questions answered
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