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Masks between 7am and 9am for those born before 2005 – Sweden’s coronavirus policies are unnecessarily confusing.
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A study examined the psychological and social experiences of over 600 women with babies between birth and 12 weeks during the first UK lockdown.
How the law can protect you.
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Employers like Pimlico Plumbers may want to get authoritarian about vaccinating those who work for them, but they’ll have a hard time justifying it in court.
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Vaccine developers pledge to create boosters that can better handle the new variants of the virus, and new data gives reassurance on the Oxford vaccine.
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A number of other human coronaviruses just cause the common cold, and it’s possible SARS-CoV-2 may one day be the same.
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New trial data appears to support pushing back the second dose to 12 weeks.
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A growing list of countries is recommending that the AstraZeneca vaccine only be use in those younger than 65.
We can speed up our coronavirus response using statistics.
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We are repeatedly missing opportunities to gain quality evidence to help us manage the pandemic – that’s why we need designed evaluations.
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It is a false dichotomy to judge schools as either ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’. The reality is more complicated.
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Flu has been almost wiped out in the last year, thanks to COVID.
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How worried should we be by the E484K mutation?
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Both vaccines appear to reduce the risk of developing COVID-19, and so could be approved later this year.
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An ill-advised threat from Brussels has heightened tensions over border checks.
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Vaccines should be seen as a kind of foreign aid.
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After a dispute with AstraZeneca, the European Commission is restricting access to vaccines made within its borders.
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Everything you need to know about fit, filtration and breathability.
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Nearly half of Portugals COVID deaths occurred in January.
High-income countries have already bought up stocks of the leading COVID-19 vaccines for the foreseeable future.
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Selfishness was also a problem when the world was developing vaccines for swine flu and bird flu.
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The coronavirus is evolving, but which path it will take is far from certain.
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Tensions run high as EU vaccine deliveries fall behind schedule, while new vaccines are being created to handle mutant viral strains.