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Another life-saving Covid treatment found

Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients.

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Kimberley Featherstone

Another life-saving Covid treatment found

Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

G7 leaders promise one billion vaccine doses

PM Boris Johnson rejects criticism the donation is not enough, saying "we are going flat out".

New York City's memorial to the Covid dead

US passes 600,000 deaths from Covid-19

Amid falling vaccination rates, the US maintains global records for both total cases and deaths.

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Headache and runny nose linked to Delta variant

People may need to be on the lookout for different Covid symptoms, according to researchers.

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Queen meets G7 leaders amid vaccine pledges

The British monarch is hosting world leaders at the Eden Project, an indoor rainforest centre.

An Ivorian woman receives the first injection of the Covid-19 vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1 March 2021

How many vaccines are rich countries sharing?

The US is set to confirm it will give 500m doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the international Covax scheme.

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'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%

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Kimberley Featherstone

Another life-saving Covid treatment found

Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

G7 leaders promise one billion vaccine doses

PM Boris Johnson rejects criticism the donation is not enough, saying "we are going flat out".

New York City's memorial to the Covid dead

US passes 600,000 deaths from Covid-19

Amid falling vaccination rates, the US maintains global records for both total cases and deaths.

Woman blowing her nose

Headache and runny nose linked to Delta variant

People may need to be on the lookout for different Covid symptoms, according to researchers.

queen mingles with guests

Queen meets G7 leaders amid vaccine pledges

The British monarch is hosting world leaders at the Eden Project, an indoor rainforest centre.

An Ivorian woman receives the first injection of the Covid-19 vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1 March 2021

How many vaccines are rich countries sharing?

The US is set to confirm it will give 500m doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the international Covax scheme.

Mosquitoes

'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%

Infecting the mosquitoes with a different bug slams the brakes on dengue fever, trial finds.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

G7 leaders promise one billion vaccine doses

PM Boris Johnson rejects criticism the donation is not enough, saying "we are going flat out".

New York City's memorial to the Covid dead

US passes 600,000 deaths from Covid-19

Amid falling vaccination rates, the US maintains global records for both total cases and deaths.

Woman blowing her nose

Headache and runny nose linked to Delta variant

People may need to be on the lookout for different Covid symptoms, according to researchers.

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