Abnormal functioning of the immune system is what characterises severe COVID, and can be driven by diabetes, obesity, sex and age.
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Coronavirus has shown the need for a radical overhaul of national strategies on domestic violence.
Plenty of species are susceptible to infection, but during the pandemic only mink seem to have passed the virus on to humans.
At times of economic crisis, our feelings towards migrants can become hardened.
Countries around the world have struggled to get people to download and use contact tracing apps.
Discrimination and stigma towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities make them uniquely at risk of COVID-19, but we often lack the data needed to turn that around.
Whether the pandemic’s effect on inequality will be felt for many years to come will depend on the response.
De-funding Public Health England is not the answer – we need to learn lessons from the coronavirus response before making radical decisions.
Regular eating, social interaction and decreasing stress can all help when trying to reassert control over an eating disorder.
As face marks and coverings become compulsory worldwide, littering and their potential impact on the environment increases.
Whether you had COVID-19 or just stressed out about getting it, your brain’s hippocampus may have shrunk in the last few months.
But will the new normal only be feasible for the well off?
Your immune system changes when you are pregnant, and this may help protect you and your child from COVID-19 – but we need more research to understand this better.
Natural herd immunity is a myth.
People with disabilities are exempt from wearing face coverings on public transport and in shops, but this exemption has not been well communicated to the public.
Local lockdowns are necessary but they place a significant burden on affected communities. Here’s how to make sure they work, and quickly.
Enforced working from home during the pandemic levelled the playing field between remote and office-based workers.
Interviews with former fighters show the pandemic is putting a fragile peace process under strain.
Following a general decline in recent years, mental health scores fell significantly in 2020.
Some people who have never had COVID-19 have the antibodies to fight it – possibly from an earlier infection with a different coronavirus.
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