The coronavirus pandemic has been compared with many previous contagions, including the great plague and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
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Virus-hit Austria sees return to ‘normal’ by mid-2021
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday predicted a return to “normal” next year after a challenging autumn and winter because
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Doctors chase treatment for kids threatened by dangerous COVID-19 syndrome
On a warm, mid-June afternoon a concerned mother brought her 11-year-old daughter, who had a high fever and a severe
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Smartphone app can predict asthma deterioration by measuring night-time coughing
Researchers have shown that night-time coughing, measured via a smartphone app, can indicate that asthma is getting worse. The study,
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Study uses AI to sort patient messages by complexity
Taking an interest in electronic message threads between surgical patients and their health care teams, a research group at Vanderbilt
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Aldi Is Selling a Container That Keeps Your Guac from Going Brown and People Swear By It
While avocados are a great ingredient to add to any meal, they can be a hassle to use because of
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All your coronavirus questions answered by our team of top experts
Should I only use kitchen roll to dry my hands? All your coronavirus questions answered by our team of top
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Adding smoking cessation to lung cancer screening can reduce mortality by 14%
Including smoking cessation with existing lung cancer screening efforts would reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent and increase life-years
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New drugs could stymie superbugs by freezing evolution
Scientists may have uncovered a new weapon in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs: drugs that freeze bacterial evolution in its
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Deadly virus spread by shrews is 'killing humans and going unnoticed'
Deadly brain-destroying virus lurking in SHREWS has killed at least 14 people across Europe since 1999 and gone unnoticed for
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