COVID-19 Updates
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Trump pick for US health agency proposed ‘herd immunity’ during Covid
Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies US politics – live updates Jay Bhattacharya, an unofficial Covid adviser in Donald Trump’s first…
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Chuck Woolery, host of Love Connection, dies aged 83
A musician, the original Wheel of Fortune host and later a rightwing podcaster, Woolery died at home in Texas Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of Wheel of…
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Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry
Inquiry chair challenges ex-health secretary over his assertion NHS was available to all during crisis Cancelling non-urgent treatment of patients during the Covid crisis was the “least bad” of a…
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Hear me out: RFK could be a transformational health secretary | Neil Barsky
RFK Jr has articulated what our Democratic and Republican leaders have largely ignored: our healthcare system is a national disgrace hiding in plain sight Among the cast of characters poised…
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Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report finds
Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain…
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We’ve lost 20,000 pubs in the last 40 years. That sends a chill down my spine | Adrian Chiles
I don’t spend every night in my local. But even when I’m home, the knowledge that it exists makes life better A closed pub is a sad, sad sight. Where…
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Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance | Sidney Blumenthal
With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable “Shock” suddenly became the most commonly uttered word in…
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The pet I’ll never forget: Osci, the cat who rescued me when I needed him most
When my best friend died, my black-and-white moggy didn’t leave my side for weeks. Then suddenly he was nowhere to be found … Deep into Covid, my best friends convinced…