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Prescriptions of pills that can be taken at home could help prevent people developing severe covid-19

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UK has begun using drugs for covid-19 cases before they become severe

Treatments like sotrovimab, molnupiravir and Paxlovid could lead to a new strategy in 2022: tackling covid-19 soon after infection to prevent severe symptoms from developing

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Florian Solzbacher interview: Mind-reading implant may soon go on sale

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A mass vaccination hub at Stamford Bridge stadium on 18 December

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Why the UK’s booster campaign mustn’t forget the vaccine hesitant

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Veysey/Shutterstock (11988790g) A sign in Hounslow, West London, as Covid rates rise in the area. Covid Variant Hotspots, London, UK - 1 Jun 2021

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The year of coronavirus variants: How evolution tormented us in 2021

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A sign of the Cuban vaccine candidate Abdala against Covid-19 is seen in a car in Havana, on July 1, 2021. - Cuba is preparing to give the green light in a few days to one of its coronavirus vaccines, the first created in Latin America and a hope for the region facing a new wave of the pandemic. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cuba’s home-grown vaccines have massively cut covid-19 cases

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In America: Remember

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Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020

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England must act before Christmas to reduce the impact of omicron

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England must act before Christmas to reduce the impact of omicron

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How did the omicron coronavirus variant evolve to be so dangerous?

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Lateral flow tests

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How reliable are covid-19 lateral flow tests for detecting omicron?

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Jeywellan Ochieng, 2, reacts after receiving the vaccine against Malaria as she is held by her mother Julliet Achieng at the Yala Sub County Hospital Mother and Child Healthcare (MCH) clinic in Gem, Siaya County, Kenya October 7, 2021. REUTERS/James Keyi

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2021 in review: World’s first malaria vaccine is approved

October saw the RTS,S malaria vaccine given the go-ahead for use outside trials for the first time – a momentous decision, decades in the making

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Scientists keep inventing ways for pigs to breathe via their rectum

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Cracking the biology of disease with innovative therapeutic approaches

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The usual way to spray medicine up your nose may not be the best

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Thousands of lives being saved as US moves to less-polluting vehicles

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