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Prescriptions of pills that can be taken at home could help prevent people developing severe covid-19

Health

UK has begun using drugs for covid-19 cases before they become severe

Treatments like sotrovimab, molnupiravir and Paxlovid could lead to a new strategy in 2022: tackling covid-19 soon after infection to prevent severe symptoms from developing

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A mass vaccination hub at Stamford Bridge stadium on 18 December

Health

Why the UK’s booster campaign mustn’t forget the vaccine hesitant

Analysis

Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Veysey/Shutterstock (11988790g) A sign in Hounslow, West London, as Covid rates rise in the area. Covid Variant Hotspots, London, UK - 1 Jun 2021

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The year of coronavirus variants: How evolution tormented us in 2021

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A sign of the Cuban vaccine candidate Abdala against Covid-19 is seen in a car in Havana, on July 1, 2021. - Cuba is preparing to give the green light in a few days to one of its coronavirus vaccines, the first created in Latin America and a hope for the region facing a new wave of the pandemic. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Cuba’s home-grown vaccines have massively cut covid-19 cases

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In America: Remember

Health

Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020

News

England must act before Christmas to reduce the impact of omicron

Health

England must act before Christmas to reduce the impact of omicron

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Lab technician

Health

How did the omicron coronavirus variant evolve to be so dangerous?

News

Lateral flow tests

Health

How reliable are covid-19 lateral flow tests for detecting omicron?

News

Seagrass Meadows, (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild )

Humans

In 2021, we made real progress in fighting covid-19 and climate change

Leader

Six pointed snowflake

Humans

Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes

Snowflakes can form in either a plate or column shape, but no one understood why – until physicist Kenneth Libbrecht investigated. His theory is the result of two decades making snow in the lab

Features

Humans

2021 in review: Learning the pros and cons of working from home

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Health

The world faces an omicron Christmas but isn’t doing much about it yet

News

Health

Why won't the West embrace Russia’s highly effective covid-19 vaccine?

News

Health

We failed to prevent omicron – can we stop future variants evolving?

Analysis

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