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Early baby therapy could reduce autism diagnoses
Prof Andrew Whitehouse, who was involved in the study, from the Telethon Kids Institute, at the University of Western Australia,...
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Covid vaccination begins for UK 12 to 15 year olds
Jack Lane, 14, who received his vaccine in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, said: “I am proud to have had my vaccination so that...
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Pfizer/BioNTech jab safe for children aged five to 11
The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is “safe, well tolerated” and produces a “robust” antibody...
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Children face ‘agonising’ waits for mental health care
“The young people we work with have told us that they have struggled with isolation, loneliness and concerns about...
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Top scientists say they won’t take third Covid jab until poorer countries have vaccines
Top doctors have pledged to shun any potential booster Covid vaccine they will be offered amid backlash that spare doses...
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Men sleep worse during the first half of the lunar cycle, study finds
Sleep struggles regularly affect many of us, and now a new study has revealed that the moon may be to blame for these issues...
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Teenage pregnancies plunged by a THIRD in a year during first lockdown
Teenage pregnancies dropped to their lowest level ever in England and Wales after the first Covid lockdown, official figures...
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NIH director says he is confident Covid vaccine boosters will be approved for ALL Americans
Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), says he is confident COVID-19 vaccine booster shots...
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Covid on verge of killing more Americans than Spanish flu: Number of deaths edges towards 674,000
The United States’ COVID-19 death toll has surpassed the number of Americans killed during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. As...
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Pfizer says its Covid vaccine is safe for children over the age of FIVE as it pushes for approval
Fourteen-year-old Jack Lane became one of the first to benefit from the extension of Britain’s jab rollout...
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Early signs of autism can be reversed if babies are offered therapy to help their social development
Children are less likely to be diagnosed with autism if their parents take part in video-based therapy, a major study has...
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12 to 15-year-olds are being given Covid vaccines in schools from TODAY
12 to 15-year-olds are being given Covid vaccines in schools from TODAY as rollout expands for to healthy children first...
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End of working from home ‘fuelled England’s third Covid wave’
White–collar workers drove the start of England’s third Covid wave, official data suggests. The Office for National...
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Is this the first sign of the back to school wave? UK’s daily Covid cases jump by 17% in a week
Britain’s daily Covid cases rose significantly for the first time in nearly a fortnight today in the first hint of...
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Covid: Vaccine volunteers sought for children’s second dose study
The study, running at University Hospital Southampton, is looking for 360 volunteers aged 12-16 to take part.
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Folic acid to be added to UK flour to help prevent birth defects
Neural tube defects, such as spina bifida (abnormal development of the spine) and anencephaly, a life-limiting condition...
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CAMILLA CAVENDISH: Backbone of the NHS… so why DO so many GPs avoid patients?
When Brian Mottram died from Covid-19 pneumonitis last November, he had been prescribed antibiotics by a GP over the phone....
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Pandemic caused a plunge in numbers who saw a GP and this year is set to be worse than last
Pandemic caused a plunge in numbers who saw a GP and this year is set to be worse than last Family doctors are seeing even...
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Men with prostate cancer could be cured in ONE WEEK
How many people does it kill? More than 11,800 men a year – or one every 45 minutes – are killed by the disease...
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Prostate cancer drugs that halve risk of dying: New hope for patients thanks to new treatment
Thousands of men could live longer with prostate cancer after taking a new drug combination. Around 10,000 men a year in...
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Growing toll of illnesses missed by ‘remote’ doctors fuels concerns over healthcare appointments
Family doctors must carry out more appointments face to face, the Daily Mail demands today. A string of deaths has heightened...
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Space: Astronauts burn up to 3,000 calories on seven-hour spacewalk to prepare for ISS power boost
The International Space Station (ISS) is a $100 billion (£80 billion) science and engineering laboratory that orbits 250...
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Being stressed linked with a greater risk of high blood pressure and heart issues, study finds
Being stressed linked with a greater risk of high blood pressure and heart issues, study finds Researchers followed 400...
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85% of stem cell transplant recipients develop high antibody levels after two vaccine doses
Nearly 85% of stem cell transplant recipients develop high antibody levels after two doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine French...
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Homemade masks DO work
Homemade masks can stop the spread of COVID-19 – but only if they meet certain specifications, a new study finds. Researchers...
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Nearly HALF of all Americans hospitalized due to COVID-19 have mild cases or are asymptomatic
Nearly HALF of all Americans currently hospitalized with COVID-19 may have just mild cases or are asymptomatic, study suggests A...
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‘The green gym has pulled me out of a rut’
Planting trees and vegetables are being offered as an alternative for some to lifting weights and running on treadmills....
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Study finds more than HALF of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 develop autoantibodies
About half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 develop dangerous immune system proteins that attack the body’s...
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Workplace cafeterias can cut portion sizes to help stop obesity, study suggests
It’s often easy to chow down too much food at the workplace cafeteria at lunchtime after a hunger-inducing morning...
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COVID-19 cases among children have decreased by 3% with more than 243,000 testing positive last week
COVID-19 cases among children in the U.S. have declined after recently reaching record-high levels. More than 243,000 American...
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Fully vaccinated people are unlikely to develop long Covid, study finds
In addition to protecting against severe disease and death from COVID-19, the vaccines also protect against long Covid, a...
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Chris Whitty criticises Nicki Minaj’s claims about Covid vaccines
A bizarre war of words has tonight broken out between US singer Nicki Minaj, Boris Johnson and Chris Whitty after she took...
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‘Preventable’ COVID-19 hospitalizations have cost the US $6 BILLION since June
‘Preventable’ COVID-19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated Americans have cost the US nearly $6 BILLION in last...
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Almost 85% of unvaccinated Americans say they don’t plan to get the shots
Almost 85% of unvaccinated Americans don’t plan to get Covid shots – but only one-third say it’s because...
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WHO director says wealthy countries giving out COVID-19 boosters shots is ‘not right’
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is once again calling for wealthy countries to postpone the rollout of COVID-19...
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Unpublished data from Israel shows vaccine efficacy declines over time
Unpublished data from Israel is driving the Biden administration’s push to provide COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to...
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Pfizer CFO says firm expects data from its Covid vaccine clinical trial in kids by September
Pfizer Inc says it is planning to have data from its clinical trials among young children available by the end of the month...
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Sickle cell: ‘Did our son have to die to change things?’
Sickle cell disease is the fastest-growing genetic condition in the UK but some feel the illness, which mostly affects black...
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Ros Atkins On… the ethics of Covid booster jabs
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Covid cases are now falling in almost EVERY age group
Covid cases are now falling in almost every age group in England and dropping quickest among teens and young adults, official...