As the weather gets colder, more of us naturally take to gathering more indoors, especially as the festive celebrations get underway. However, the reality is that with Covid-19 and flu around, the ...

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Covid vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity, researchers claimed today. The true extent of immunity against the coronavirus remains shrouded in mystery. Some studies have suggested ...

Had a cold recently? It might make you less likely to catch Covid. Being infected with the common cold will trigger a T-cell response in the body. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that ...

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The Stratus variant is fueling COVID-19 cases around the country. Symptoms of the virus look slightly different right now. Here, doctors share what to look out for and how to protect yourself from the ...

EXPERTS have urged Brits to protect themselves with “simple steps” as infections of new Covid strains and flu surge. The number of flu cases almost doubled in a week – reflecting a 70 per cent ...

A single gene could determine if catching Covid will send you to ICU or not, a new study has suggested. Experts from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research have found why some people ...

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