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Pfizer Covid pill ‘can cut hospitalisations and deaths by nearly 90%’
Experimental antiviral pill taken at home is highly effective at preventing deaths, trial suggests Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A large study of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral…
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Digested week: The Atlantic can’t protect me from Boris Johnson shame | Emma Brockes
As the PM slumps around Glasgow, here in New York the maths and mayors are only getting weirder It has been a feature of Covid that, along with all the…
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Pfizer says Covid-19 pill Paxlovid cuts hospitalisation and deaths by 89 per cent
A trial of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89 per cent the chances of hospitalisation or death for…
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How a vaccine-hesitant sheriff became a vocal proponent
The sheriff of Macon county, Alabama, thought he was too strong and healthy to worry. Then he got Covid Every morning before the dew has dried on Andre Brunson’s 80…
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California town declares itself a ‘constitutional republic’ to buck Covid rules
Oroville’s city council adopted a resolution stating it would oppose state and federal orders that it deems to be government overreach A northern California town has declared itself a “constitutional…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s visually impaired latest to criticise new government app mandate for public buildings
Visually impaired Hongkongers have become the latest group to criticise the government’s decision to make the use of its coronavirus exposure-notification app mandatory in public buildings, saying they struggle to…
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Why telling a cop you have Covid in New Jersey could get you 10 years in prison
The state used post-9/11 laws to charge people guilty of an errant cough with ‘terroristic threats’ Deja Lewis was walking down a sidewalk in Salem, New Jersey, in the early,…
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Coronavirus: Western Australia to maintain restrictions until next year, as other states reopen
While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, Covid-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next year, state leaders said on Friday.Western Australia…
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Welsh study shows impact of Covid on 10- and 11-year-olds
Children ate less healthily, took less exercise and had more emotional problems, say researchers Children in the UK ate fewer vegetables, took less exercise and experienced worsening emotional difficulties following…
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Return of super-rich to central London fuels house price surge
Property prices in city’s most expensive district rise by almost 7% as Covid restrictions ease Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The return of the international super-rich…