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A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a crisis fuelled by inequality | Mia Malan
Getting scientists to develop a medicine is a relatively small part of the solution to a pandemic. The more difficult thing is to get the medicine to the people who…
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After Covid placed her in spotlight, scientist behind mRNA vaccines, in Hong Kong for award, voices hope technology can treat other conditions
Hungarian-American biochemist Professor Katalin Kariko hopes mRNA science can be used for wound-healing and to prevent or treat other conditions, even cancer. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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New vaccine research centre to help scientists prepare for ‘disease X’
Facility in Porton Down, Wiltshire will allow vaccines to be developed for future pandemic pathogens Ministers have opened a new vaccine research centre in the UK where scientists will work…
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UK almost ‘flying blind’ on Covid this autumn, experts say
As cases rise, scientists say country is mostly in the dark about how infections could play out in coming months The UK is nearly “flying blind” when it comes to…
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British Airways workers to get 13% pay rise after Covid cutbacks
Deal to be paid over an 18-month period includes one-off £1,000 payment and excludes BA management and pilots About 24,000 British Airways workers have secured a 13.1% pay rise in…
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Watchdog opens fresh inquiry into Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach
Lords standards commissioners to investigate Lord Chadlington over alleged rule-breaking in relation to £50m PPE contracts The House of Lords conduct watchdog has opened an investigation into the Conservative peer…
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Cypriot cats to get human Covid drugs after thousands die of feline variant
Unused medications will be made available through vets after outbreak wreaks havoc in million-strong population Unused coronavirus medication for humans will be made available to treat cats in Cyprus, where…
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Anti-vaxxer guilty of harassing Matt Hancock on London tube
Geza Tarjanyi barged into former health secretary on train while shouting conspiracy theories An anti-vaccine protester who accused Matt Hancock of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic has been found…
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Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely to catch Covid, data suggests
Rhinotillexis may be underestimated cause of transmission between staff, say researchers Nose-picking should be given greater consideration as a potential health hazard, researchers have said, after finding healthcare workers who…