Faecal transplants could help patients with a dangerous form of skin cancer respond to immunotherapy, research suggests. Faecal transplants involve stool and the microbes it…
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Could understanding the history of anti-vaccine sentiment help us to overcome it?
Sarah and her brother Benjamin (not their real names) have never seen eye to eye. She’s a professional scientist, he – according to Sarah’s description…
View More Could understanding the history of anti-vaccine sentiment help us to overcome it?Warning over mental health effects of floods in the UK
Substantial work still needs to be done to protect houses from flood damage and to ensure homes do not dangerously overheat in summer as climate…
View More Warning over mental health effects of floods in the UKWear medical-grade masks if you can’t socially distance, Britons told
Scientists have urged Britons to wear medical-grade masks when they cannot physically distance, amid growing concerns of faster-spreading Covid-19 variants – but said that any…
View More Wear medical-grade masks if you can’t socially distance, Britons toldCovid crisis prompts financial fears for those organising funerals
A third of people organising a funeral in the UK because of Covid-19 found meeting the costs caused them financial worries, according to the insurer…
View More Covid crisis prompts financial fears for those organising funeralsNew year, new outbreak: China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday looms
At a Shenzhen hospital, 21-year-old airport worker Wang Shuyue lines up to receive her second shot. “I feel it’s safe because so many people around…
View More New year, new outbreak: China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday loomsCalls for Covid debt relief package as county court judgments soar
County court judgments (CCJs) against struggling borrowers have surged, leaving more vulnerable consumers at risk of being chased for debts as the UK prepares to…
View More Calls for Covid debt relief package as county court judgments soarSurveyors draft plan to free homeowners from fire safety limbo
Flatowners who have struggled to sell their homes because of fire safety risks, despite not having any cladding on their building, could soon be able…
View More Surveyors draft plan to free homeowners from fire safety limboTop UK bosses are paid 115 times more than average worker, analysis finds
Bosses of top British companies will have made more money by teatime on Wednesday than the average UK worker will earn in the entire year,…
View More Top UK bosses are paid 115 times more than average worker, analysis findsThe Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?
People in Britain are set to get their first shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, with millions of doses being given over the next…
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