What we do – and, crucially, don’t – know about masks and Covid
A study appears at first glance to shed new light on the efficacy of masks, but the results are not…
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How a fourth Covid wave is crashing over Europe
As infections rise and new restrictions are imposed, Europeans are divided between the resigned majority and the angry few.
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Can the UK evade the winter lockdowns spreading across Europe?
Austria is in lockdown, Merkel wants tighter restrictions in Germany, the Netherlands has imposed a three-week partial lockdown and Belgium…
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The death of sickle cell patient Evan Smith tells a story of health injustice bleakly familiar in the pandemic
Covid-19 underlined the grim medical and healthcare inequalities that have long divided Britain’s communities.
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How ambulance waiting times in England have surged
The average response time for ambulances in England is now at a record high.
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Caroline Clarke: “Boris Johnson not wearing a mask in hospital was really uncomfortable for everyone”
The head of the Royal Free London on Covid-19 and the “difficult” relationship between health leaders and politicians.
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In the consulting room, the doctor isn’t always the one giving the reassurance
I realised that Cherry, who had recently lost both her husband and her vision, wanted me to know that she…
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Russia’s Covid death toll is even worse than it appears
The Russian authorities and the wider public are in denial about the severity of the pandemic.
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