American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech pledged Friday to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over…
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When will Parkrun return? 3 women explain why we need to fight for its future
With such uncertainty surrounding the return of Parkrun, three women explain why the community-led 5K running events are so important to them. When I first…
Long-term suppression of hepatitis B in patients with HIV may lower cancer risk
While the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – primary liver cancer—is higher among patients who have HIV, it’s even higher among patients who have HIV…
Time for tea: 11 times the royal family enjoyed a cuppa
1/11 Brits and tea go hand in hand, and you don't get more quintessentially English than the royal family and a good cuppa from a…
How Kangaroo Care promotes your baby’s wellbeing
Kangaroo Care is mainly started for premature or low birth weight babies. However, full-term or normal weight babies also receive the many benefits of skin-to-skin…
Facets of SARS-CoV-2 infection and animal models
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), declared to be such in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), is caused by the severe…
GPs slam health chiefs over orders to see patients face-to-face
GPs slam health chiefs over ‘tone deaf’ orders to see patients face-to-face as top medical union passes vote of no confidence in NHS bosses Matt…
Nearly 1 million more deaths relating to COVID-19 occurred in high-income countries
Almost 1 million extra deaths relating to the covid-19 pandemic occurred in 29 high income countries in 2020, finds a study published by The BMJ…
What are steroids, and why are they given to Covid-positive patients?
Steroids can save the lives of patients with severe COVID-19 infection, doctors say Sometimes for patients, who have tested positive for Covid infection, steroids are…
How Lung Cancer Changed Laura Dern’s Life
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States, in large part due to late diagnosis. People of Color with lung cancer are…