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- Covid: Pressured oxygen reduces ventilator need August 5, 2021A study should improve care for patients and prevent oxygen supplies being wasted.
- Covid: Jabs for 16 and 17-year-olds to start within weeks August 4, 2021About 1.4 million more teenagers will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine and will not need parental consent.
- Long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms rare in children August 4, 2021Children who become ill with coronavirus mostly recover in less than a week, research suggests.
- China Covid: China targets school students to control case surge August 4, 2021Authorities in China are scrambling to control the spread of the virus by ramping up testing and vaccinations.
- NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales tweaked to notify fewer contacts August 2, 2021The app in England and Wales will now only alert contacts from the previous two days in asymptomatic cases.
- Assisted dying: Campaigners renewed hope for change in the law August 2, 2021David Peace intends to travel abroad to end his life before his motor neurone disease deteriorates further.
- Sativex brain tumour trial fundraising launched August 3, 2021Olympic medallist Tom Daley, whose father died of a brain tumour, backs efforts to fund the research.
- Football: Dementia risk greatest for defenders August 2, 2021The risk of dementia in former footballers increases according to the position they played in, says new research.
