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Study finds COVID infection increases risk of mental health disorders
Feb 19, 2022 12:50The long-term effects of having COVID are still being discovered, and among them is an increased chance of being diagnosed with mental health disorders.
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Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
Feb 19, 2022 12:36Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to an article published in the Nature.
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Amid Ukraine tension, US deploys nuclear-ready B-52 bombers to UK
Feb 14, 2022 11:08Despite repeated warnings from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. is driving the rise of tensions at Ukraine's eastern border, the U.S. Air Force has deployed four B-52 bombers with nuclear capabilities to the UK.
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Facts give lie to claim record oil money is being poured into green projects
Feb 13, 2022 07:47UK’s oil and gas companies have reported bumper profits, as the gas crisis raises the price at which they can sell their fossil fuels, without raising the cost of their extraction.
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‘Partygate’: Loyalist warns Johnson’s removal is now inevitable
Feb 08, 2022 13:53The appointment of an MP to be chief of staff is highly unusual and suggests UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have faced problems in recruiting an outsider to the role at a time when many in Whitehall doubt he will last much longer in No 10.
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Booster campaign stalls in UK as ‘partygate’ undermines trust in official advice
Feb 08, 2022 13:33Hundreds still dying from COVID infection each day in the UK as fear of the virus wanes. Although Omicron is less deadly than previous variants, it remains a significant health risk to the estimated 5.1 million unvaccinated people aged over 12 in the UK, and the rolling seven-day average of deaths in Britain is above 240.
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Will Boris Johnson’s COVID hypocrisy finally break his political grip in the UK?
Feb 04, 2022 14:21A much-awaited report on booze-soaked parties attended by top U.K. officials — including Prime Minister Boris Johnson — in violation of COVID rules was finally released by senior civil servant Sue Gray. It marks the worst crisis of Boris Johnson’s premiership.
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Gray finds ‘failure of leadership’ at No 10 as police investigate 300 photos
Feb 03, 2022 12:19In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been left desperately trying to shore up his premiership after the Sue Gray report as detectives were revealed to be investigating 300 photos and 12 events in Downing Street, including a party in the prime minister’s private flat.
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Oxfam warns as the poor die, suffer from COVID, rich get richer
Feb 02, 2022 07:04A new report warns the coronavirus vaccine divide is costing lives and supercharging inequalities worldwide.
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West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries
Feb 01, 2022 14:13According to analysis by the Center for Global Development (CGD), in the first two days of January, the average Briton was already responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than someone from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would produce in an entire year. This study highlights the “vast energy inequality” between rich and poor countries.