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Understanding why plant-eating mammals like antelopes and sheep are far less likely to die of cancer than carnivores may help protect us from cancer too Life 22 December 2021 By Alice Klein The kowari, a carnivorous marsupial, is particularly prone to cancer D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook/ Minden Pictures/Alamy Mammals that live on meat are … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool The NHS covid-19 app counts down the days left of isolation after a positive test Sara Sadler/Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 22 December Officials say isolating for 10 days avoids … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm on 21 December Omicron variant could overwhelm health systems, says WHO chief The head of … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool A Swiss soldier closes the curtain of a booth prior to the administration of a Moderna covid-19 booster jab in Switzerland. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool A pregnant woman with a plaster on her arm aire images/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 17 December UK vaccine committee urges pregnant women to book jabs Pregnant women should … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Chris Whitty at a briefing on 15 December Tolga Akmen – WPA Pool/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 16 December England’s chief medical officer suggests people should reduce social contacts … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 15 December Huge study finds myocarditis is at least four times more likely to occur after a covid-19 infection than after a vaccination Heart inflammation is … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Syringes filled with the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 14 December Two doses of the Pfizer jab are only 33 per cent effective … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Visitors queue for covid-19 vaccinations at a walk-in vaccine center in Romford, UK Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 13 December All adults in England will be … Read more
Vaccine-makers are already adapting vaccines to fight the omicron coronavirus variant, but it will probably already have swept the world by the time these arrive Health | Analysis 30 November 2021 By Michael Le Page A health worker holds a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Is omicron better at evading existing vaccines than … Read more