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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

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New coronavirus variants: What are they and how worried should we be?

Mutated variants of the coronavirus making their way around the world are causing covid-19 to spread faster, and one may be able to partially evade current vaccines

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Coronavirus crisis worsens with global surges and fresh outbreaks

A waiter works at a restaurant in London, UK, on 15 December

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Covid-19 news archive: November-December 2020

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Home baking frenzy inspires tissue scaffold for growing muscle

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Large parts of Africa may not get covid-19 vaccines for several years

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Are there benefits to following a raw food diet?

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The other superbugs: Killer fungi are the threat we need to act on now

Environment

As the pandemic fades, the climate crisis must take centre stage again

Earth

2021 preview: We will find out if microplastics are harming our cells

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2021 preview: How soon will a covid-19 vaccine return life to normal?

We have a coronavirus vaccine, but normal life is still some way off. In the meantime, here are the big issues facing us in the months ahead

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UK’s official statisticians had concerns over covid-19 survey bias

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Test caught just 3 per cent of students with covid-19 at UK university

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Rosamund Kissi-Debrah: Clean air ‘Ella’s law’ would honour her memory

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Does being around plants truly improve your happiness and well-being?