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Covid most likely came from lab leak amid 'unusual' activity, new study reveals
A research team used an established risk analysis tool called the Grunow-Finke assessment to create a likelihood scale for possible pandemic causes have come to interesting Covid conclusions
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Low iron levels could be key trigger behind long Covid, major new study finds
Researchers found patients exhibiting symptoms of Covid months after their initial infection often had low levels of iron in their blood
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'Hyper-vaccinated' man receives 217 Covid-19 vaccines baffling scientists
The 62-year-old man, from Magdeburg in Germany, said that he underwent dozens of vaccines for "private reasons" over the course of 29 months - and had never shown any signs of being infected
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Covid 'pandemic babies' are showing 'fascinating' biological quirks, study finds
Children born while the world was in the middle of the Covid pandemic, with most countries locked down, have an altered gut microbiome - meaning the system of good and bad bacteria in their gut to help aid digestion and eliminate harmful bacteria is slightly altered
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Everything we know about Disease X that could see '20x more deaths than Covid'
Experts believe that Disease X could result in 20 times more deaths than Covid - as it appears on WHO's shortlist of priority diseases, along with viruses like SARS, Ebola and Zika
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Covid hotspots in UK confirmed after rise in JN.1 variant - 10 areas with most
London and the South East are the regions worst-hit by the current surge in the new JN.1 Covid variant, which began to rise over Christmas and has become the dominant strain across the world
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WHO warns of new 'unpredictable' Covid strain as hospitals on brink of collapse
JN.1 is now the most-prolific form of coronavirus on the planet and could become a significant risk to public health if European governments fail to properly monitor cases
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New 'Covid-like' virus that could infect humans discovered in remote cave
A new deadly bat virus has been found in a remote cave in Thailand, an official from EcoHealth Alliance, which was heavily linked to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, has said
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Scientists discover how to 'deactivate' Covid using UV light
Researchers from the University of Southampton have come across a way to reduce the risk of Covid spreading with a new technique that harnesses the power of light
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New Covid strain monitored by WHO over 'rapidly increasing spread'
A new sub-variant of coronavirus, known as JN.1, is rampaging across the world and has so far been reported in 41 countries, including the USA, UK and France as the WHO keeps a close eye
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Mystery 'Covid-like' virus in China threatens UK as global experts fear pandemic
As a mysterious virus sweeps through China, its neighbouring countries are beginning to prepare for it to spread. Britain may be able to avoid it this winter, one expert says
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New mystery pneumonia-type virus 'rips through' China as hospitals 'overwhelmed'
Experts are rushing to figure out what the undiagnosed form of pneumonia travelling through China is, with hospitals in the capital 'overwhelmed' by the out-of-control virus
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Chinese mysterious 'newly mutated' disease outbreak sparks major epidemic fears
As a mystery respiratory disease breaks out in China, the WHO is demanding more details. Reports of children's wards overflowing, people queuing for hospitals and a surge in school absenteeism have emerged over mere weeks
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'Catching new Covid variants linked to previous infections'
It seems the same Covid-19 vaccine might work differently for different people, depending on which variants of Covid they’ve been exposed to, writes Dr Miriam Stoppard
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Four Ebola-like viruses 'will kill 12 times more people by 2050', docs warn
Health experts have issued a chilling warning surrounding four viruses which could spark mass deaths in 2050 - it come after scientists noticed a spike in figures
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Grim health warning for any children who test positive for Covid
Scientists have revealed another side effect of Covid-19 which can mainly effect children and teenagers - it comes after they launched a study to see the impact the bug had on cardiovascular health
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Doctors warn public as Covid-19 has 'increased risk of silent killer'
Doctors have issued a health warning about a side effect caused by Covid-19 - they examined data from the early stages of the pandemic and found a link between the virus and sepsis
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New Eris Covid variant's key symptoms named by Dr as it becomes dominant in US
The variant, officially labelled EG.5, first emerged late last year and has now spread to be the dominant form of Covid in the US, most likely leading to the Summer uptick in hospitalisations
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Three new Covid variants now causing havoc in UK - see list of symptoms for each
Three new mutated Covid variants have been detected in the UK - Eris, BA.2.86 or 'Pirola' and Omicron subvariant 'BA.6' - with the UK Health Security Agency warning cases are on the rise
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David Cameron heckled 'shame on you' after defending Tory cuts at Covid Inquiry
David Cameron faced questions over the austerity cuts to public services under his leadership between 2010 and 2016 as he became the first politician to be grilled by the Covid Inquiry
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Scientists 'creating world's most deadly coronaviruses' weeks before pandemic
A trove of intercepted communications, the full details of which are being held as top-secret, has revealed that scientists in China were experimenting with deadly viruses, which ended up getting out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and laying the world to waste
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Next pandemic could be 50 times deadlier than Covid, top scientists warn
American virologist Dr Robert Redfield, who served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2018 to 2021, feared his grandchildren would be faced with an even bigger crisis
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Nine deadly infections that could spark a pandemic - but one is missing
The WHO has listed nine pathogens they believe are the most 'urgent' threat to humanity. Concerned scientists are urgently researching them, but have excluded one key threat
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Most common symptom of Covid found - and it's not losing sense of taste
The most common non-respiratory symptom of Covid across all strains has been revealed by a new study with researchers finding that it is not losing a sense of taste
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China 'tried to keep Covid outbreak quiet' and first death earlier than believed
A Senate investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has presented further circumstantial evidence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the leak - though admits there's no "smoking gun"
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