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X-ray scans are taken in hospitals worldwide – and an AI program has been taught to scan them for coronavirus.
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Maternal antibodies are passed through the placenta to the fetus, providing protection against COVID hospitalisation for infants.
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The coronavirus, vaccines and pandemic stress have all been linked to disruptions to people’s menstrual cycles.
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Passive monitoring of the virus through wastewater or more targeted and evenly spread testing would be better than our current tactics.
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There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one.
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People are less likely to isolate if they don’t legally have to – but some still will voluntarily.
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Removing ways of tracking and preventing the spread of COVID will lead to more disruption and ill health.
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Many changes to services have gone under the radar.
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Having access to an mRNA vaccine will be critical to China’s ongoing COVID response.
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Anti-vaccination Instagram posts deliberately depict mothers in a certain way to drive up rates of vaccine hesitancy.
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Here’s what we know so far about why reinfections happen and what effects they have.
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Vaccines are less effective at reducing the risk of viral mutation than they used to be – but they still make a difference.
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Our study suggests ASMR could have potential as an intervention to reduce anxiety.
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Support services have seen requests for period products and menstrual health advice increase during the pandemic.
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Research from Japan has found that a certain type of gut bacteria appears to lower the rate of COVID deaths.
Sotromivab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the coronavirus to stop it being infectious.
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Sotrovimab and baricitinib target COVID at different stages of its development, and will give doctors greater flexibility in treating omicron patients.
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A recent clinical trial shows that taking probiotics can lead to a quicker recovery from a coronavirus infection.
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Control measures may be easing, but don’t expect the world to return to how it was in January 2020.
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COVID is exacerbating, but isn’t the root cause of, the NHS’s current crisis.
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Recent research found around a quarter of people with classic COVID symptoms didn’t get tested.