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

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

22 April 2020

Lessons learned from natural disasters and the military can help guide our responses to help people's mental health during the covid-19 pandemic


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

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

22 April 2020

Whether you are at home alone or juggling work and family, those working in mental health share their advice on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic


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An unequal society means covid-19 is hitting ethnic minorities harder

21 April 2020

People from an ethnic minority are disproportionately affected by covid-19. Researchers say the reasons are rooted in existing social and healthcare inequalities


Breathing exercises can help shift mucus but a covid-19 cough is normally dry

Can breathing exercises really help protect you from covid-19?

20 April 2020

Taking deep breaths and forcing a cough can help clear mucus, but these techniques are unlikely to prevent or treat coronavirus infections – here’s why


Patrick Vallance (centre) is the UK's chief scientific adviser

UK’s coronavirus science advice won’t be published until pandemic ends

17 April 2020

The UK government says its coronavirus strategies are based on science, but the scientific advice it has received won’t be made public until after the pandemic


A London health care worker takes a man from an ambulance.

Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and die from covid-19?

16 April 2020

More men die of covid-19 than women. Reasons for this may include differences in smoking, general health, immune defences, hormones and even hygiene


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Breastfed babies have fewer viruses in their guts that affect humans

15 April 2020

Early in life, babies gain billions of viruses that target gut bacteria – but breastfed babies are less likely to pick up viruses that infect human cells


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