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Prof Sarah Gilbert, Covid vaccine creator: Now let’s take on 12 more diseases
Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.
Investigation ordered into Wolverhampton Covid lab test failings
A lab in Wolverhampton is suspended as 43,000 people in England and Wales are potentially affected.
Covid: False negative Covid test results confirmed at Newbury Showground
Some people who took tests in Berkshire earlier this month may have wrongly been given the all-clear.
NHS in bleak position as A&E waits worsen, say doctors
It comes as ministers unveil £250m package for GPs to encourage more face-to-face consultations.
Stillbirth rate high for black and Asian babies in UK
The figures come despite improving numbers overall, with some 610 fewer stillbirths in 2019 than in 2013.
Covid: Lateral flow tests more accurate than first thought, study finds
Positive results from the widely-used rapid Covid tests should be trusted, say UCL researchers.
Covid: New WHO group may be last chance to find virus origins
The World Health Organization unveils a new group to examine the emergence of the virus more closely.
NHS Covid Pass: Vaccine records access restored after outage
The app widely used to prove vaccination status for travel suffered an outage Wednesday.
Laser vagina menopause therapy shows no benefit in trial
The treatment, meant to rejuvenate and treat dryness, worked no better than a placebo procedure.
Covid: Scientists targeted with abuse during pandemic
Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.

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