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LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 29: A mask-clad Nova Medical School final-year student gives a woman a blood glucose test to check possible diabetes at a screening post in Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic on May 29, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. Nova Medical School final-year students perform free cardiovascular screening, hypertension, diabetes and obesity check-ups to passers-by in a joint project with Lisbon's Areeiro Parish (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Is covid-19 causing a global surge of diabetes cases?

Many clinics are reporting people diagnosed with diabetes during or soon after an infection with the coronavirus - but the picture is more complicated than it appears

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A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December

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Covid-19 news archive: March 2022

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Your guide to the UK’s covid-19 testing rules and how LFTs really work

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Pedestrians walk past images of workers of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) fixed to hoardings outside a temporary field hospital, set up in the grounds of St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London on January 5, 2022. - Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is struggling with staff forced to stay at home after testing positive, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised action to plug staffing gaps in the worst-hit areas. The reactivation of emergency

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We shouldn't dismiss 'incidental' covid-19 infections in UK hospitals

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A person walks past a mural of medical workers in Mérida, Mexico, in February

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Should I worry about 'deltacron' and other covid-19 recombinants?

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Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

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Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

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Empty Streets during Coronavirus Outbreak United Kingdom

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Health Check newsletter: Six lessons from the covid-19 pandemic

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A child receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Paris in December 2021

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Myocarditis and covid-19 vaccines: How rare is it and who is at risk?

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The covid-19 pandemic isn't over – and it won't end any time soon

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The covid-19 pandemic isn't over – and it won't end any time soon

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Humans have spread diseases to other animals many times

A review has found plenty of evidence of wild and captive animals contracting diseases from close contact with humans

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Another global wave of covid-19 is beginning before the last one ended

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Learning to live with covid-19 means covering up coughs and sneezes

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Health Check newsletter: Parallels between vaping and covid-19 debates

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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