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Humans

We can't rely on rampant consumerism to get us out of this mess

Hyperconsumption adds to environmental destruction that brings people into contact with animal viruses that can spark pandemics. We have to avoid the temptation to rely on it to get us out, writes Graham Lawton

Comment

How many people have really died from covid-19 so far?

Health

How many people have really died from covid-19 so far?

News

Why it’ll still be a long time before we get a coronavirus vaccine

Health

Why it’ll still be a long time before we get a coronavirus vaccine

Analysis

Patrick Vallance

Health

Names of UK's coronavirus science advisers to be revealed

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Biological samples

Health

Research volunteers won't be told of their coronavirus genetic risk

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Pet food can contain drug-resistant bacteria that may pass to humans

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Pet food can contain drug-resistant bacteria that may pass to humans

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Testing for antibodies is Cisliano, Italy

Health

What the first coronavirus antibody testing surveys can tell us

Analysis

What is it like to be a covid-19 contact tracer and what do they do?

Health

What is it like to be a covid-19 contact tracer and what do they do?

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Stressed woman

Mind

Can virtual therapy help us cope with the coronavirus lockdown?

Analysis

BCG vaccine

Health

BCG vaccine being trialled as potential protection against covid-19

A long-standing hypothesis suggests the BCG vaccine also serves to generally enhance the immune system, meaning it could protect against covid-19, and trials are under way to find out

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Health

Waste water tests could monitor 2 billion people for the coronavirus

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Health

The past can help us deal with the pandemic’s mental health fallout

Leader

Space

Astronomical time can help us put lockdown into perspective

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Health

7 mental health expert tips on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic

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