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Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study
Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control disease Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and…
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AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, citing surplus of newer vaccines
Pharmaceutical company says newer shots led to decline in demand for AstraZeneca vaccine, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied AstraZeneca has begun the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19…
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Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses
Researchers say experimental shot is step towards goal of creating vaccines before a pandemic has started Scientists have created a vaccine that has the potential to protect against a broad…
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‘You’re going to call me a Holocaust denier now, are you?’: George Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist
Covid vaccines, chemtrails, the Great Reset … Why do people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about? There’s only one way to find out:…
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Investors with questions: how a ‘clean food’ farm scheme born of Covid vaccine fears descended into rancour
Family Farms in NSW and Queensland promoted by Covid vaccine-sceptic group Parents With Questions were intended to operate outside a ‘corrupt’ food system. But not all has gone to plan…
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China erases memory of ‘white paper’ protests in further threat to journalism
Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedom In November 2022, thousands of people took to the streets…
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First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’
Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreak The first Chinese scientist to publish a genomic sequence of the Covid-19 virus, in defiance…
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First seven of 70 defendants in alleged $250m Covid relief funds scam go to trial
Prosecutors say the seven stole more than $40m from a program meant to provide meals to children in Minnesota Opening statements are expected on Monday in the fraud trial of…
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About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show
Many report symptoms lasting two years or longer and about 1.5m say disease affects day-to-day activities About 2 million people in England and Scotland say they are experiencing long Covid,…
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Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures
GCSE results in key subjects to steadily worsen until 2030, predicts research that blames failure to tackle impact of schools lockdown Children in England could face the worst exam results…