Covid-19
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World virus cases top 6 mn as Brazil toll surges
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has topped six million as the disease spread rapidly across Latin America and political…
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Coronavirus hopes and fears centre on ‘immunity’
Could exposure to the coronaviruses that cause the common cold help protect against COVID-19? Is herd immunity closer than previously…
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Why scaring people about the coronavirus can backfire
The communications strategy of many governments is predicated on alerting people to the grave danger posed by COVID-19, to motivate…
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France revokes decree authorising use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19
France government on Wednesday revoked a decree authorising hospitals to prescribe the controversial drug for Covid-19 patients after France’s public…
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Israel new unity government led by Netanyahu, Gantz eyes West Bank annexations
Israel parliament approved on Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government, ending more than a year of political deadlock,…
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What we now know and still don’t know about the coronavirus: More symptoms, no slam-dunk drugs
Was it really only four months ago that we heard a new coronavirus was only a threat to one province…
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Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months: ‘Weird as hell’
In mid-March Paul Garner developed what he thought was a “bit of a cough”. A professor of infectious diseases, Garner…
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Pompeo: China stealing US research on COVID-19
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused China of “stealing” U.S. intellectual property and data related to COVID-19 research. Mr. Pompeo’s…
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Israeli soldier shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday
An Israeli soldier shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday who drove deliberately at high speed towards troops in the occupied…
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TRUMP THREATENS TO ‘CUT OFF THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP’ WITH CHINA, SAYS U.S. WOULD SAVE $500 BILLION
President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that the U.S. could “cut off the whole relationship” with China, claiming that doing…
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