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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

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How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters

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How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters

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The covid-19 virus affects our gut – but we still don't know how

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A scanning electron micrograph of the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant (pink dots) budding from a human gut cell
Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Wastewater samples at BioBot's lab

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Inside the lab that looks for viruses in wastewater from US homes

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A raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

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Covid-19 may have started in raccoon dogs, new DNA evidence shows

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization

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Covid-19 threat expected to become on par with flu this year, says WHO

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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith Garc?a-Gonz?lez, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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Big cats, such as lions and tigers, have tested positive for the coronavirus before, but this is the first known case of a lion probably transmitting the infection to zoo workers

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Lion infected with covid-19 probably passed it on to two zoo workers

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US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know

The US Department of Energy says that covid-19 most likely originated from an unintentional laboratory leak in China, according to a classified document. However, it has not released evidence supporting the claim

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Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in??Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC2TKL9J8J25

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Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium

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Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule in US

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Inhaled powder that coats airways can block coronavirus infection

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Antiviral treatment cuts covid-19 hospitalisation rate in half

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