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Vallance diaries: Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by Covid science
Speed Read Then PM struggled to get his head around key terms and stats, chief scientific advisor claims
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'A teetering democracy of gerontocrats?'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Long Covid: a medical mystery
feature At least 65 million people are estimated to have Long Covid, but it’s a condition that doctors know little about
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Good health news: seven surprising medical discoveries made in 2023
In Depth A fingerprint test for cancer, a menopause patch and the shocking impacts of body odour are just a few of the developments made this year
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What does a faint line mean on a Covid test?
In Depth Covid-19 infections were at their highest level of the year in March as official tracking ended
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How serious a threat is new Omicron Covid variant XBB.1.5?
feature The so-called Kraken strain can bind more tightly to ‘the doors the virus uses to enter our cells’
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Will new Covid testing rules for China prevent the spread of new variants?
Today's Big Question Curbs on travellers from China are being introduced worldwide in a bid to stop the emergence of new coronavirus strains
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How long are you contagious with Covid and how long do symptoms last?
feature New evidence estimates that 1.3 million people across the UK were infected with the virus in the week up to 5 December
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The tricky science behind reviving ‘zombie viruses’
feature 48,500-year-old pathogen poses no risk to humans, but scientists hope to learn more about impact of melting permafrost
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Did Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment pay off in the end?
In Depth Scandinavian country had lower excess death rate than many but immigrants and elderly bore the brunt
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Will new ‘bivalent booster’ head off a winter Covid wave?
Today's Big Question The jab combines the original form of the Covid vaccine with a version tailored for Omicron
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The Week Unwrapped: Immunity, Tunisia and Big Brother
podcast Will a drug called Evusheld cut Covid deaths still further? Is the Arab Spring over? And are we ready for the return of reality TV?
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Can North Korea control a major Covid outbreak?
feature Notoriously secretive state ‘on verge of catastrophe’
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The outlook for China’s zero-Covid strategy
feature WHO chief slams Beijing’s plan to eliminate virus as experts warn of 1.5m deaths
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