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Britain’s daily Covid cases bounced back to nearly 200,000 last week, symptom-tracking study claims

Britain’s Covid cases have bounced back to nearly 200,000 a day, according to a symptom-tracking study whose lead scientist warned the UK may be ‘preempting the end of the Covid pandemic’. King... Read more »
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London Covid: The one symptom confirmed as top for Omicron in study – and it’s not what you think

London saw a surge in cases of Covid in the run up to Christmas as the Omicron variant has ripped through the city, causing tens of thousands of people to self-isolate. As... Read more »
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Omicron Covid IS MILDER, says SAGE member Neil Ferguson in first real-world study on severity

Boris Johnson will wait until after December 25 to announce any post-Christmas Covid changes, after studies showed Omicron is milder and far less likely to cause hospitalisation than Delta – but hospitality... Read more »
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Covid booster shots up to 75% effective against Omicron, UK study finds

Covid-19 booster shots could be up to 75 per cent effective against symptomatic infection from the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to the first real-world study pitting the jabs against the new strain.... Read more »
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Lobsters, crabs, and octopuses can feel pain too, study finds

O ctopuses, crabs and lobsters have feelings too, a study has found, prompting the Government to add the animals to the list of those protected by forthcoming laws. Research from the London... Read more »
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Paul Parker joins ground-breaking prostate cancer study

FORMER R’s defender Paul Parker has signed up to a first-of-its-kind study in the UK aiming to solve the mystery of why black men develop prostate cancer at twice the rate of... Read more »
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COVID-19: AstraZeneca antibody injection able to prevent and treat coronavirus, latest study shows | UK News

An antibody injection has been shown to both prevent and treat COVID-19, according to a study. Developed by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, the treatment called AZD7442 is made up of two antibodies. It... Read more »
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Young children from England’s poorest areas are shorter, according to new Queen Mary study

Published on: 28 September 2021 Image of child being measured. Credit: iStock.com. The study, funded by Barts Charity and in collaboration with St George’s, University of London and Public Health England, looked... Read more »
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Young children from England’s poorest areas are shorter, study suggests

Y oung children from poorer areas in England tend to be shorter than their counterparts from richer areas, new research suggests. A new study found that primary school children from the country’s... Read more »

Study shows how some coped with lockdown in the East End

The world shrank for most people in the East End during “soul destroying” lockdown with some even feeling paranoid, a study by Oxford University has found. The research was carried out by Adam Isfendiyar who toured... Read more »