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The world faces an omicron Christmas but isn’t doing much about it yet

The festive season will be dominated by a large wave of covid-19 infections caused by the omicron variant, but few countries appear to have substantially changed their plans

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alexei Druzhinin/AP/Shutterstock (12536354a) Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. Dmitriev said Russia plans to provide up to 300 million doses of its Sputnik vaccine to the U.N.-backed initiative, COVAX, once the vaccine is approved by the World Health Organization Virus Outbreak Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation - 01 Apr 2021

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Why won't the West embrace Russia’s highly effective covid-19 vaccine?

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Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores vaping?

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Hormone replacement therapy doesn't increase risk of dying early

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We failed to prevent omicron – can we stop future variants evolving?

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James Leidner spent three nights in a high-tech sleeping bag that unloads pressure in the brain by suctioning fluids into the lower body. NASA hopes the sack can be used by astronauts in space to alleviate the vision problems they commonly endure during longer missions.

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High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts

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$A healthcare worker performs laboratory tests which detect immunoglobulin class G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus in blood at a medical centre of the INVITRO private healthcare company. Peter Kovalev/TASS (Photo by Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images)$