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For a better post-Covid world, start with our treatment of animals
Much has been made of how, when Covid-19 is beaten, or at least beaten back for a while, we might all come out of these extreme circumstances as better, more…
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Why US hopes for a quick economic recovery from the coronavirus are pure fantasy
As protests roil the United States, the country’s centre-left economists gaze brightly into their crystal balls. Harvard University’s Jason Furman, formerly chair of US president Barack Obama’s Council of Economic…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s Chinese University researchers craft supplement to help balance body’s bacteria amid Covid-19 battle
Researchers at a Hong Kong university have developed a supplement designed to help increase good gut bacteria, something that could help boost Covid-19 immunity, after examining recovered patients who still…
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Coronavirus live news: pandemic accelerating across Africa; over 2 million cases in US
A US woman who survived Covid-19 has received a double lung transplant, making her the first in the country known to have a received a transplant after her lungs were…
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UK coronavirus live: a third of people testing positive missed by test and trace system, figures reveal
London Zoo’s website is crashing as a result of the number of people trying to buy tickets ahead of its reopening next week. Responding to customers who were receiving error…
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Bangladesh urged to lift Rohingya internet ban as Covid-19 rumours swirl
Rohingya leaders have urged Bangladesh to lift an internet ban imposed on a million refugees in the city of Cox’s Bazar, warning that rumours and panic over Covid-19 is deterring…
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Lung transplant saved life of US coronavirus patient, surgeons say
A Chicago woman who survived the Covid-19 pandemic has received a double-lung transplant last week at Northwestern Memorial hospital, the medical facility confirmed Thursday. The woman, who is in her 20s, is…
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Stock markets fall heavily as another 1.5m Americans claim benefits amid Covid-19 crisis – as it happened
US jobless data have confirmed that the world’s largest economy remains under severe pressure from the coronavirus – even if the absolute worst of the crisis appears to have abated.…
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Who is in the global competition to develop a coronavirus vaccine?
From the United States and China to Kazakhstan and Thailand, 30 countries around the world are engaged in research to find a vaccine to shield their population from the coronavirus,…
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US stock markets tumble as another 1.5m file for unemployment
US stock markets tumbled on Thursday as the labor department announced another 1.5 million people had filed for unemployment benefits and the number of coronavirus infections passed 2m even as…