Respiratory
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Common cold antibodies may give COVID protection
People carrying antibodies to coronaviruses that cause common colds are at a reduced risk of catching, and being hospitalised for, COVID-19, according to a new study. Read more
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Worldwide fall in tobacco use
Global rates of tobacco use are continuing to fall, a new World Health Organization report shows. Read more
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Europe at "epicentre" of pandemic resurgence
All of Europe is now fighting a resurgence of COVID-19, the World Health Organisation warned yesterday. Read more
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Cautious results over zinc supplements for respiratory infection
Taking a zinc supplement could fend off the symptoms of respiratory tract infections and reduce the time of illness, new analysis reveals today. Read more
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Genetic causes of TB drug resistance identified
Almost all the genomic variation that gives people resistance to 13 of the most common tuberculosis drug treatments have been identified for the first time. Read more
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TB deaths increase for the first time in a decade
Tuberculosis deaths have risen for the first time in ten years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has reported. Read more
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Cannabidiol oil link to lung cancer regression
Cannabidiol oil could have potential as a lung cancer treatment, after doctors discovered a patient’s tumour shrank after she self-medicated with it for months. Read more
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Novel ventilator could widen access in poorer countries
Scientists have developed a cheaper form of mechanical ventilator to treat patients with respiratory diseases including COVID-19. Read more
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High rates of long COVID diagnosis
More than a third of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 develop at least one persistent symptom of long COVID, according to a new analysis. Read more
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Smoking ‘worsens COVID-19 severity’ and risk of death
Smoking is highly likely to worsen the severity of COVID-19 and the risk of dying from the virus, researchers report today in a study aimed at dispelling another pandemic myth. Read more