Influenza is the pathogen most likely to trigger a new pandemic in the near future, according to leading scientists. An international survey, to be published…
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Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study finds
Covid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up to a year, according to…
View More Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study findsLong Covid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating – study
Many people with long Covid feel tired, unwell and in pain for lengthy periods after exercise, and researchers say they now know why. Experts say…
View More Long Covid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating – studyI lost my sense of smell after Covid. Here’s what I’ve learned about life without it
To celebrate our anniversary, my partner and I dine in a trendy London restaurant in Hackney with a Michelin star – my first time in…
View More I lost my sense of smell after Covid. Here’s what I’ve learned about life without itUK detects its first human case of swine flu strain
Health officials are scrambling to trace contacts of a person infected with a new form of swine flu, after the UK detected its first human…
View More UK detects its first human case of swine flu strainPeople may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows
Scientists say they have found evidence that people may experience “long colds”, acute respiratory infections with long-term symptoms. Some of the most common symptoms include…
View More People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study showsScientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize
Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate…
View More Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prizeNew technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a new technique, helping public health authorities to respond quickly to deadly outbreaks, a…
View More New technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds‘Brain fog’ of long Covid comparable to ageing 10 years, study finds
The so-called “brain fog” symptom associated with long Covid is comparable to ageing 10 years, researchers have suggested. In a study by King’s College London,…
View More ‘Brain fog’ of long Covid comparable to ageing 10 years, study findsDoes the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigue?
In 2019, years after developing the myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) that had kept her bedridden in a state of chronic pain and exhaustion, Tamara Romanuk experienced…
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