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Figuring out how the immune system responds to and defeats coronavirus is our best way out of the pandemic.
Anthony Fauci.
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A simple head-to-head trial would resolve this conflict once and for all.
3D medical illustration of coronavirus.
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Symptoms like loss of smell and taste are powerful predictors of COVID-19 infections.
Different groups of people have different experiences of COVID-19, but we don’t have the data to come up with a response that reflects that.
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Coronavirus is hitting some communities harder than others. But a lack of very basic data categorisation means it’s difficult for the UK government to tailor its response.
Mass burials in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
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If you think the global south is fairing well during the pandemic, you haven’t been paying attention.
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Lockdown requires that we all act as if we know nothing, even if we are world experts on disease transmission.
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Sexually active men should consider wearing condoms during the pandemic.
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Despite criticism, the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app seems well designed.
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COVID-19 can attack your gastrointestinal tract, and those with symptoms such as diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting may have a worse version of the disease.
A report found that 90% of morbidly obese patients admitted to intensive care needed a ventilator.
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Over-active immune response might be behind higher rates of life-threatening COVID-19 infections in patients with obesity.
The man in the ironed mask: French president Emmanuel Macron changed his policy on mask-wearing in April.
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There are two principles governments use to make public health decisions, and on mask-wearing they’re in direct conflict.
Physiotherapists can help improve a patient’s breathing.
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Physiotherapists can help patients during and after coronavirus infections.
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A test that tells you with 94% accuracy that you have had coronavirus seems like a game-changer…until you do the maths.
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Politicians are throwing billions of dollars at coronavirus vaccine trials, but the real cost of research is the one thing we’re lacking – time.
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There is spare testing capacity. Why isn’t it being used?
Patients with kidney disease may develop more severe symptoms.
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Patients with kidney disease may also have heart problems or diabetes – both of which have been linked with more severe COVID-19 infections.
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Case numbers are very low, but parents should be be alert for symptoms.
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If the UK relaxes social distancing now, while most of the population is still susceptible, it runs the very real risk of a second wave.
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People with heart conditions at higher risk of severe COVID-19. But coronavirus appears to affect the heart directly, too.