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    New trial results of a fourth Covid booster

    Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.

  2. Combined protection of Covid vaccination and prior infection

    Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection

  3. New Covid Research

    Update on the latest global Covid research

  4. Are we kinder to people like us?

    Claudia Hammond asks whether we are kinder to people who we think are like us?

  5. More cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest

    Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest

  6. Treating stress and anxiety in Ukraine

    Psychological counselling in Ukraine

  7. What should Hong Kong do about Covid-19?

    What went wrong and what should happen next?

  8. The kindness test: The results

    Results of the world's largest study of kindness

  9. How children think about maths and time

    Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time

  10. Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine

    The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?

  11. Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan

    Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates

  12. Pig organs for transplant patients

    Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?

  13. Black women and breast cancer

    Why breast cancer kills more black than white women

  14. Bringing death back into life

    Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying

  15. Gene therapy hope for sickle cell patients

    Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients

  16. Are people with asthma who exercise healthier?

    Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma

  17. Omicron set to infect half of Europe

    Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months

  18. 91热爆 working versus the office

    Psychology of working from home versus the office 鈥� what does the evidence tell us?

  19. Do our pets care about us?

    New study explores if cats or dogs care more about their owners when they鈥檙e hurt

  20. New research on the Omicron variant

    Omicron variant update and does listening to music near bedtime help you sleep?

  21. Omicron update

    Omicron update from James Gallagher, the 91热爆 Health and Science Correspondent

  22. Omicron variant news

    News update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world

  23. Omicron Covid variant 鈥� what do we know?

    Omicron Covid variant 鈥� what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children

  24. Covid cases across Europe

    Covid cases across Europe; Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh

  25. T-cell Covid protection before the pandemic

    New research on how some people had a level of Covid immunity before the pandemic started

  26. New antiviral pills to treat Covid

    How do new antiviral pills to treat Covid compare?

  27. Hunt for rare resistance to SARS CoV-2

    The global hunt for people with a rare genetic resistance to SARS CoV-2 infection

  28. Mix and match Covid vaccines

    New evidence on the benefits of mixing and matching doses of different Covid vaccines

  29. New Covid vaccine

    A new vaccine from Valneva produces strong immune response, the French company reports

  30. The legacy of Henrietta Lacks

    Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 from cervical cancer, but her cells changed medical history

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