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Diabetes drug metformin may cut the risk of long covid by 41 per cent

Metformin, which is commonly used to control blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, was more effective than placebo at preventing lingering complications 10 months after a coronavirus infection

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Does covid-19 affect pregnancies and do the vaccines reduce any risks?

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A pregnant woman walking in Hong Kong in March 2020

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Covid-19 booster vaccines should leave out original spike protein

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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

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How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters

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How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters

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A scanning electron micrograph of the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant (pink dots) budding from a human gut cell

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The covid-19 virus affects our gut – but we still don't know how

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Wastewater samples at BioBot's lab

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Inside the lab that looks for viruses in wastewater from US homes

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A raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

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Covid-19 may have started in raccoon dogs, new DNA evidence shows

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Covid-19 threat expected to become on par with flu this year, says WHO

The World Health Organization is considering downgrading covid-19 from a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert, as the coronavirus is now less likely to cause serious illness or overload healthcare services

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization

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Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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Lion infected with covid-19 probably passed it on to two zoo workers

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US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know

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Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium

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