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US prisoners who did not consent to ivermectin Covid treatment win payout
Prisoners in Arkansas settle lawsuit for $2,000 each after accusing Washington county detention center of ‘medical experimentation’ The four Arkansas prisoners who sued their jail over allegations they knowingly prescribed…
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As US rolls out new Covid vaccines, some face ‘hiccups’ getting appointments
Health experts describe difficulties in transition from centralized federal system to commercial market When Danielle Campoamor’s son Samuel was only about four weeks old in late 2018, he contracted respiratory…
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Mental healthcare in England is a national emergency, say hospital bosses
NHS Confederation says mental health has slipped down priority list and patients are being forgotten Mental healthcare in England has become “a national emergency”, with “overwhelmed” services unable to cope…
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‘Covid corruption commissioner’ would seek to recoup lost billions, says Labour
Exclusive: Rachel Reeves announces plans for powerful watchdog to recover taxpayer cash lost to waste and fraud A Labour government would create a powerful Covid corruption commissioner to help recoup…
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‘It’s soul-destroying to have one customer on a Saturday’: Is the party over for the UK’s pubs and clubs?
Reeling from Brexit, Covid and soaring energy costs, UK pubs and clubs are calling time on opening all week. Can they survive? It was Saturday night and the Dodo was…
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Charities call on NHS England to bring back Covid precautions for staff
As virus cases rise by 30% in the past week, the clinically vulnerable and medics fear they will be put at risk this winter Healthcare charities and patient groups are…
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Thousands of Covid generation under-fives excluded from schools in England
Nearly half of children in some areas arrive unable to talk and still not potty-trained as lockdown legacy take its toll, data shows Children as young as four are being…
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Covid is evolving – but the UK is not doing enough to evolve with it | Sheena Cruickshank
More resilient variants are emerging. Yet monitoring and testing have slowed, and access to vital drugs is patchy It may feel like we should all be done with Covid-19, but…
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Children in UK will be living in long shadow of Covid for next two decades, inquiry told
Anne Longfield, England’s former children’s commissioner, said ministers were indifferent to children during lockdown Children will be living in the “long shadow” of the pandemic for the next two decades…
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People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows
Results in the Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal found a ‘similar risk’ of long-term symptoms as those with Covid Scientists say they have found evidence that people may experience “long colds”, acute…