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Mashup Score: 4
As rising coronavirus infections force some countries to reimpose restrictions, scientists and drugmakers are racing to answer a crucial question: how well do the current vaccines protect against the Delta variant?On one point, most observers agree. The leading shots, studies show, still offer strong protection against severe disease and hospitalisation.“Real-world effectiveness studies with a…
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Mashup Score: 1England’s reopening: ‘The world is looking at us with disbelief’ - 3 year(s) ago
Realistic or reckless? Cases of coronavirus are doubling every 10 days in England and hospital admissions have risen more than 50 per cent in the past week alone. Yet with 65 per cent of the adult population double vaccinated against the virus the government is set to lift restrictions, from social distancing to mask wearing, in a bid to restore normality.It would make England the first country…
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England’s reopening: ‘The world is looking at us with disbelief’ https://t.co/KTRYkMVQDj via @clivecookson et al https://t.co/9o5K4RryQ7
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Mashup Score: 4Latest Covid wave prompts demands to keep children in school - 3 year(s) ago
When Laura Kelly took the call to collect her five-year-old son Arthur from his south London primary school it was with a wearying sense of déjà vu — this was the fourth time since last September that Covid-19 had interrupted his first year of education.Although only one child in his school “bubble” had tested positive for the virus, roughly 60 children were sent home last Tuesday to self-isolate…
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Really thought provoking piece in @FT on the growing issue of masse COVID quarantine in schools I humbly offered some of my thoughts - but MOST importantly it features the thoughts and experiences of families and teachers I strongly recommend reading https://t.co/vuxtDOIjNd
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Mashup Score: 0Google launches AI health tool for skin conditions - 3 year(s) ago
Google is taking one of the most significant steps yet by a big tech company into healthcare, launching an AI-powered tool that will assist consumers in self-diagnosing hundreds of skin conditions.Derm Assist is the first of its kind and will launch in Europe this year before being aimed at the nearly 2bn people globally suffering from skin conditions ranging from acne to melanoma.Users will have…
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Google launches AI health tool for skin conditions https://t.co/85cgm7trCo
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Mashup Score: 0
Greater Manchester and Lancashire will have access to military back-up and surge testing as part of a “strengthened package of support” to combat the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus, the government announced on Tuesday.The two regions in northern England were also added to a list of areas, including Leicester and Hounslow in west London, where travel and indoor mixing is…
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How serious is Delta Covid variant for UK and do vaccines stop it? https://t.co/t9UjCP2YMX via @jburnmurdoch et al https://t.co/n9jSVBRd1H
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Mashup Score: 3Scientists fear future leaks as top-level labs proliferate - 3 year(s) ago
Maximum security laboratories used to carry out the most dangerous biological research have proliferated in the past decade, scientists say, warning that lax controls at some locations could lead to another pandemic. At least 59 maximum biosafety level 4 labs (BSL-4) are planned, under construction or in operation across the world, spanning 23 countries including the UK, US, China,…
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Scientists fear future leaks as top-level labs proliferate: At least 59 facilities, like Wuhan Institute, are planned or in operation across world https://t.co/SfdE3tFkPk via @kiranstacey et al https://t.co/u4OioEDz8I
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Mashup Score: 0‘It is much worse this time’: India’s devastating second wave - 3 year(s) ago
Every night funeral pyres blaze on the banks of the Ganges, a grim symbol of the ferocious Covid-19 wave sparking a health crisis and human tragedy in India that is fast surpassing anything seen last year.Patients are dying while their families search in vain for hospital beds. Supplies of oxygen and medicines are running low, leading to robberies of drugs from hospitals. Crematoriums and…
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5) Very sobering read by @jburnmurdoch. https://t.co/V1Vfn1NIru
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Mashup Score: 4US teachers resist reopening schools despite European lessons - 3 year(s) ago
Classrooms across Washington DC are filling up with children again — except there are no teachers. Under the unusual arrangement, pupils are supervised by non-teaching and non-unionised staff and taught with iPads at their desks.Few agree on who is to blame. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the national union for teaching staff, says the Washington…
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The only reason anyone thinks school reopening led to a rise in cases in Israel is someone tweeted that bit of rampant speculation School reopening is not assc. with a rise in cases Nor necessary to curtail case rise Twitter fear hurts real kids https://t.co/c7T2zHYYdn https://t.co/AJtDZazMaK
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Mashup Score: 1Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read - 4 year(s) ago
Humankind is now facing a global crisis. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come. They will shape not just our healthcare systems but also our economy, politics and culture. We must act quickly and decisively. We should also take into account the long-term consequences…
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"In the days ahead, each one of us should choose to trust scientific data and healthcare experts over unfounded conspiracy theories and self-serving politicians".👍🏽article by @harari_yuval on the world after Coronavirus #COVID19 https://t.co/lBeCKAFsh4
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Mashup Score: 0UK’s regional inequality one of worst in developed world - 4 year(s) ago
Regional inequality in the UK has become the worst of any comparable developed country and is growing, a left-leaning think-tank has concluded in its annual State of the North report.Only countries such as the much larger US, once-Communist Romania and South Korea — which developed very quickly, are more polarised in areas like health, jobs, disposable income and productivity, IPPR North…
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@FT Regional inequality in the UK has become the worst of any comparable developed country & is growing. Only US, once-Communist Romania and South Korea — which developed very quickly, are more polarised. #disparities EU https://t.co/PfmwfoQSUo
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How effective are coronavirus vaccines against the Delta variant? Real-world studies show Pfizer and AstraZeneca still offer strong protection against severe disease https://t.co/VLw1IlYCtA via @jburnmurdoch et al https://t.co/ucL7eKRSee