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Dry, wet, barking, hacking: a guide to coughs in the time of coronavirus
cc Coughs are a valuable diagnostic tool, but how do you know if you’ve got a relatively harmless cough, a…
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Lady Gaga promises star-studded ‘love letter to the world’ amidst global pain of COVID-19 pandemic
This weekend’s “One World: Together At Home” virtual global special will be a “love letter to the world” and a…
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How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you’re jogging or cycling
We’re told to keep a minimum of 1.5 metres apart from others to avoid the spread of COVID-19 via contact with virus-contaminated…
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Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There’s never been a better time to quit
If you’re a smoker, there’s really never been a better time to quit. Coronavirus affects your lungs, causing flu-like symptoms such as…
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During this coronavirus pandemic, ‘fake news’ is putting lives at risk: UNESCO
Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to…
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Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership
Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other…
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Newly licensed vaccine, ‘milestone in the fight’ against Ebola in Africa, UN health agency
Four countries in Africa have licensed an Ebola vaccine to “cement hard-fought progress” in keeping their people safe from the…
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Haiti cholera outbreak ‘stopped in its tracks’
HEALTH: After a nine-year long cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed close to 10,000 people, this week the country reached…
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Year of the Nurse and the Midwife highlights ‘backbone’ of health systems
2 January 2020| Health: The world will need an additional nine million nurses and midwives to achieve the commitment of providing all people with…
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UN health agency signals tobacco might be reaching burn-out among men
18 DEC 2019| HEALTH. Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are set to go into reverse, UN…
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