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The threat of disease changes how people behave to minimise the risk of infection – and can even influence their political preferences.
Around half of recent excess deaths in England have been directly from COVID.
How the ‘smoker’s paradox’ went up in a puff of smoke.
Schools and parents have been targeted with fake vaccine consent forms peddling misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
Despite international travel restrictions, the pandemic hasn’t raised levels of domestic tourism. But it has changed what people do in the UK.
Careful planning enabled this small, mountainous Himalayan country to vaccinate 90% of its adult population in three weeks.
‘His natural odour used to make me want him; now it makes me vomit.’
Molnupiravir is showing promise for treating and controlling the spread of COVID-19.
Want to avoid long COVID? Get vaccinated.
Misinformation is spreading on social media that gargling with povidone-iodine can prevent COVID.
The vaccine-sharing initiative is still without its biggest donor – India – while rich countries are diverting spare doses towards youth and booster programmes.
Flexibility and accepting that stronger control measures might be needed is important given how uncertain things are ahead of winter.
Without an adequate plan, the UK will be stuck in a cycle of rising deaths and measures introduced too late to counter them.
The UK has outlined plans to top the immunity of the most vulnerable ahead of the winter.
Governments are launching booster programmes over fears about waning immunity levels, but vaccines are still highly effective at what matters most – preventing severe disease.
Countries yet to experience major outbreaks will probably see big rises in cases, even if their vaccine programmes are successful.
Counting the number of unvaccinated people is surprisingly hard.
Hospitalisations aren’t rising in the steep manner that prompted previous lockdowns despite the high current caseload.
Which vaccine you received and how long ago you received it can influence your chance of experiencing a breakthrough infection.
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Manchester
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Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
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Associate Professor in Viral Immunology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Scientific Officer, University of Leeds
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Principal Lecturer, Microbiology and Biomedical Science Practice, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Brighton
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Clinical Research Fellow in Viral Immunology and Veterinary Surgeon, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
