Whooping cough’s deadly epidemic cycle
When the baby stopped breathing and started turning purple, I saw the real effect of this persistent disease.
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Andrew Bridgen isn’t the only conspiracy theorist when it comes to the NHS
When things go wrong, we are all primed to go looking for someone to blame.
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Andrew Bridgen is the sign of a new conspiracist conservatism
It’s vital for the persecution complex of a modern right that has lost the zeitgeist.
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Will we soon have vaccines for cancer?
BioNTech is attempting to deploy the vaccination technology it developed for Covid as a weapon against malignancy.
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We didn’t do enough to understand vaccine sceptics, says Oxford inventor
Professor Sarah Gilbert says scientists need to work together on tackling hesitancy before the next pandemic.
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How worried should we be about the new Covid wave?
The UK is not going to return to lockdown, but there are mitigations that a responsible government should be vigorously…
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Vulnerable people are effectively being told “go to hell”
Boris Johnson is lifting Covid restrictions without any plan to protect people such as me with compromised immune systems.
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Should we vaccinate our kids?
Jabs have risks, but then so does Covid.
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Do vaccine sceptics deserve a voice?
Anti-vaxxers cannot be dismissed as simply stupid or malicious: it is not always easy to “follow the science”.
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Is Omicron milder than previous Covid variants?
What Omicron loses in lethality it might make up for in greater transmissibility, which would still put pressure on the…
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UK Covid cases are set to surge as the Prime Minister says the Omicron variant appears more transmissible
Boris Johnson may need to look at Covid Plan B after omicron cases rise 30 per cent in a day
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Boosters are making a big difference
Data shows a dramatic fall in cases among those who have received their third jab.
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Will there be another Christmas lockdown? Boris Johnson can’t rule one out
The PM’s cautious messaging shows he is keen not to overpromise and underdeliver.
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As Covid-19 surges in Europe, Emmanuel Macron’s bet on vaccine passports appears prescient
France’s coercive policy turned one of the least vaccinated countries in Europe into one with the highest coverage.
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We must not drop our guard against flu
With our immune systems susceptible, the influenza vaccine will be more crucial than ever this winter, says the president of…
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