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    Choirs and Covid

    Do choirs spread coronavirus?

  2. Covid testing cuts Apache death rate

    Covid testing in homes of White Mountain Apaches helps reduce death rate from Covid-19

  3. What鈥檚 behind a drop in premature births during lockdown?

    Irish and Danish doctors spot a fall in premature births during Covid pandemic

  4. Incredible tale of Covid family survival in Spain

    Three generations of a family hospitalised in Spain because of Covid

  5. Cancer deaths rise predicted after Covid-19

    Experts warn cancer deaths will rise because of the pandemic lockdown

  6. Double threat of Covid-19 and flu

    Flu vaccine orders up as US anticipates winter Covid surge

  7. Faster cheaper Covid testing in Rwanda

    Rwandan scientists on their pooled testing approach to Covid which slashes costs and time

  8. Covid-19: Steroid drug reduces deaths

    Trials of a steroid show it can reduce the deaths of those on ventilators by one third

  9. Covid-19: Second waves

    Are increases in Covid cases signs of second waves?

  10. Pain and the brain

    New understanding about pain

  11. Covid-19 in DRC

    Covid-19 and Ebola in DRC

  12. Escalating Covid-19 infections across Brazil

    How are Brazilians reacting to mixed messages on restrictions, as virus deaths increase?

  13. Stem cell therapies unproven for Covid-19

    Buyer Beware! Stem cell therapies unproven against Covid-19

  14. Should we wear face masks?

    Does the wearing of face masks by the public prevent the spread of coronavirus?

  15. Smoking and Covid-19

    Could nicotine reduce Covid-19 severity?

  16. Covid-19 in Italy

    Why was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?

  17. The impact on doctors and nurses of making difficult medical decisions

    The 鈥渕oral injury鈥� felt by staff making difficult decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic

  18. The retired doctor who鈥檇 want to die at home if he got Covid-19

    The latest on the spread of Covid-19 in the USA

  19. Tracking diseases like Covid-19 that leap from animals into humans

    Learning from scientists in Vietnam tracking diseases that jump from animals to humans

  20. Coronavirus update

    As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan

  21. What have we learnt from Sars?

    The history of Sars, what was done to conquer it and what can we learn to fight Covid-19?

  22. Alcohol: How drinking less will help you live longer

    COVID-19 update, how to cut your alcohol intake and how Alexa could keep you healthy

  23. The maths of coronavirus

    Coronavirus in the US, the maths of epidemics, and coughs that last for years and years

  24. How life drawing helps us to understand anatomy

    Looking beneath a model鈥檚 skin to draw their skeleton and muscles

  25. Why is Covid spreading so quickly on cruise ships?

    First case of Covid in Africa reported as virus spreads rapidly on cruise ship near Japan

  26. The latest on the spread of Coronavirus

    A new test being developed could help track the spread of coronavirus

  27. Fighting the new coronavirus alongside other infections

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world

  28. Latest on the Chinese coronavirus

    Will quarantines help to stop the spread of the Chinese new coronavirus?

  29. Touch Special

    Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch

  30. Rising depression amid Hong Kong unrest

    Is unrest in Hong Kong linked to a rise in depression?

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