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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
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    Healthcare inequality exposed in Why is Covid Killing People of Colour? on BBC1

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    Cancer drug is first to begin fast-track UK approval process

    Approach seeks to cut years off traditional licensing process for treatments

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
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    Scotland reaps dividend of Covid response that diverged from England’s

    Imposing a winter lockdown earlier and prioritising care home vaccinations have kept death rate lower

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
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    The fight to overcome vaccine hesitancy among African Americans

    A tide of misinformation and centuries of medical malpractice have led to wariness around the Covid-19 jab

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
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    Coronavirus latest: New York City cinemas to reopen at limited capacity on March 5 – as it happened
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    In this joint commission from The Lancet and Financial Times on Governing Health Futures 2030, we explore how AI and other digital advancements are being harnessed to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest regions

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    Research is needed to better evaluate costly technology that may offer little value

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    Coronavirus: Israel to ease lockdown restrictions amid fast vaccination drive – as it happened
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    History is key to understanding vaccine hesitancy in people of colour

    Distrust has its roots in ‘scientific’ experiments that aimed to prove racial superiority

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
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    Coronavirus: US seven-day average of new cases drops below 100,000 — as it happened
  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
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    A reformed NHS should be accountable to the public

    Bureaucracy in the UK health system has boomed under the cover of market-driven policies

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
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    We need to talk about dying

    A brother’s death showed it’s never too soon to have end-of-life conversations

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
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    Medical experts question wisdom of NHS shake-up during pandemic

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    Tocilizumab cuts mortality risk by 15%, reduces need for ventilation and shortens time in hospital

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    UK nurses feel the strain of Covid’s relentless toll

    A crisis of morale threatens to endure beyond any retreat of the virus as the pandemic enters its second year

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    The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them even for viral infections, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain

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