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‘The cost of dealing with disease is growing all the time’: why experts think sugar taxes should be far higher
More than 100 countries impose levies on sugar, but should tariffs increase to improve wellbeing and generate revenues to help tackle related illnesses?
Revised report on impact of Covid lockdowns ‘adds little insight’
Book based on May 2022 review ‘did lockdowns work?’ examines whether legally enforced interventions prevented deaths
Nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, UK study concludes
If adopted, shake-up of 1967 Abortion Act would scrap rule that two doctors must approve termination
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John Colley obituaryOther lives: Professor of public health medicine who helped to reveal the dangers of childhood exposure to atmospheric pollution
Tom Meade obituary
Epidemiologist whose research into the role of blood in heart disease paved the way for new targeted treatments
London medical school benefited from colonial exploitation, report finds
Development of ‘tropical medicine’ at LSHTM was shaped by white supremacy and racist pseudoscience, says study it commissioned
Non-compliant online STI tests put patients at risk, experts warn
Few sexually transmitted infection test kits available online meet official standards, BMJ study finds
Structural racism at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, finds report
Review concluded institution’s colonial legacy still had negative impact on students and staff of colour
Will Omicron kill Christmas? How science stacks up in boosters v Covid variant battle
Analysis: UK faces grim winter if vaccines offer poor overall protection, but if the virus has weak powers to evade immunity, hospital cases can be contained
Scientists fear falling trust in Boris Johnson could harm bid to curb Omicron surge
Researchers say new rules may be needed to cut deaths, but there are concerns that ‘fed-up’ people will ignore government
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David Warhurst obituaryOther lives: Parasitologist whose work contributed to the treatment of malaria
Faster than a PCR test: dogs detect Covid in under a second
Study in London used six enthusiastic dogs in a double-blind trial
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Alan Clements obituaryOther lives: Author of ‘The Biology of Mosquitoes’ who researched novel methods of control to reduce mosquito-borne diseases
'Tier 5': England faces possible new Covid restrictions, source says
Experts warn tier 4 may not be enough to contain new, highly transmissible variant
Satellite imagery of Aden indicates scale of pandemic in Yemen
Academics’ analysis of burial plots points to excess deaths level in crisis-ridden country
Regular UK lockdowns could help control Covid, says Sage expert
Strategy of repeated ‘circuit breakers’ would reduce total number of cases, according to leading scientific adviser
$2bn global coronavirus vaccine fund announced at Gavi summit
K number: what is the coronavirus metric that could be crucial as lockdown eases?
Remdesivir drug to be available for selected NHS Covid-19 patients
UK researchers hope dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus
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