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The concept of the four-day week is being slowly embraced in an increasing number of countries.

Which countries have embraced a 4-day workweek and how’s it going?

Dogs have been trained to sniff out coronavirus cases since the early stages of the pandemic

Dogs can detect COVID as reliably as lab tests: study

Food allergies have been found to reduce risk of COVID infection

Got a food allergy? You’re 50% less likely to get COVID, study finds

263 million people are predicted to fall into extreme poverty this year.

COVID has widened the gap between the world’s richest and poorest

Ray Hoffman, who is immune-compromised, is given a shot of the two-shot dose of AstraZeneca's Evusheld — the first set of antibodies grown in a lab to prevent COVID-19.

Davos 2022: Is the world ready to fight off the next health crisis?

Apple is looking to focus its production elsewhere after it warned China’s strict lockdowns were hurting its supplies.

Apple reportedly aiming to boost production outside China due to COVID

A tool has been developed to help healthcare professionals identify hospitalised patients most at risk of dying from COVID-19

This AI tool predicts whether COVID patients will live or die

The Omicron variant remains the dominant coronavirus variant circulating globally, but a string of Omicron subvariants has emerged, including BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4 and BA.5.

What are the COVID subvariants we should really care about?

17/05/2022

Long COVID has been described as a 'pandemic within the pandemic'

‘Pandemic within the pandemic’: Is Europe underestimating long COVID?

13/05/2022

A study of more than 10,000 unvaccinated European adults showed women were more hesitant about COVID jabs in five of the eight countries surveyed.

How do you get a reluctant Briton, German or Italian vaccinated?

06/05/2022

Bill Gates discusses his book "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Bill Gates voices concerns over Elon Musk’s future Twitter plans

05/05/2022

A medical worker checks records in the emergency room at the Minhang Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

COVID pandemic likely caused around 15 million excess deaths: WHO

05/05/2022

Patients on ventilators were more likely to later suffer from loss of cognitive function, a study has found

Severe COVID-19 could affect brain as much as ageing 20 years

04/05/2022

The "vast majority" of staff witll be able to work remotely on a permanent basis, Airbnb's CEO said

Work remotely from anywhere, forever, Airbnb tells employees

02/05/2022

XE is yet another COVID variant that has been discovered in recent weeks

XE variant: What we know about the new COVID strain found in England

30/04/2022

People wear face mask to protect against the coronavirus at the public transport station Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, November 30, 2021.

EU says up to 80% of population has now been infected by COVID

28/04/2022

A new study suggests mental health is a factor in risk of breakthrough COVID infection for vaccinated patients

Mental health a factor in risk of breakthrough COVID infection - study

18/04/2022

A demonstration of the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer

No more swabs? US approves its first COVID breath test

15/04/2022

File - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the lab of French biotech Valneva in Livingston, Scotland, on January 28, 2021.

Valneva’s inactivated COVID vaccine gets first approval in UK

14/04/2022

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., on December 15, 2021.

Too early to consider 4th COVID vaccine dose, say EU medical bodies

06/04/2022

Eli sits on his favourite rock after a walk near his home

A personal account of how COVID hit a family with a disabled child

02/04/2022

The study found that ivermectin, which is normally used to treat parasites, has "no significant effects" on COVID-19

'Alternative' COVID cure ivermectin turns out not to work

01/04/2022

The Omicron COVID variant BA.2 accounts for half of all Omicron cases in Denmark.

Subvariant BA.2: What we know about the most dominant COVID strain

30/03/2022

A 6-year-old girl curls up in the plethysmography chamber during a break in her pulmonary function test at Children's National Hospital, in Washington, Jan. 26, 2022.

1 in 4 symptomatic children hit by long COVID, says new study

15/03/2022

Men's suits are no longer part of UK inflation statistics due to the growing difficulty of collecting price data for them

COVID sees men’s suits fall out of fashion as indicator of inflation

14/03/2022

The EMA had approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine for children aged five to 11 last November.

Moderna COVID vaccine approved by EU regulator for children aged 5-11

03/03/2022

This is the first oral antiviral drug to be included in the WHO's treatment guidelines for COVID-19.

WHO recommends Merck antiviral pill to treat high-risk COVID patients

03/03/2022

13 year-old Gloria Raudjarv receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Estonia.

COVID vaccines for children: How do European countries compare?

25/02/2022

Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday

Fact check: Is Queen Elizabeth’s COVID being treated with ivermectin?

22/02/2022

Hospitalisation rates were much lower in adolescents who were vaccinated than in those who were not vaccinated.

More children hospitalised during the Omicron surge compared to Delta

16/02/2022

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