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The common cold can be caused by coronaviruses – not ­Covid-19, but coronaviruses from the same family. And there’s a theory that ­antibodies created by the immune system during ­infection with common cold coronaviruses could protect against Covid-19. This might … Read More

Opening universities was always going to be high risk. And we did have a lot of information from the US that should have made us hesitate. But we were blinded by the need to get our 18-21 year olds back … Read More

It’s hardly believable that mouthwash kills coronavirus in a few seconds – in the mouth, that is. Let’s be clear on that in case Donald Trump ­proposes we inject it! But it’s not just any mouthwash, only those containing cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC … Read More

The ingenuity and creativity of our scientists knows no bounds. Talk about thinking out of the box. Who would have thought that sewage could provide answers to a medical problem? It turns out sewage could be a useful tool not … Read More

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, when we knew ­precious little about the virus, the standard message was most people recover from mild ­infections in two weeks and serious ones in three. This is clearly not true. NHS England … Read More

Whether you comply with Covid-19 pandemic rules, such as staying at home during lockdown, depends more on your personality than ­anything else. Surprised? I was. A survey of 101,000 people in 55 countries carried out by a team of psychology researchers … Read More

We know there’s an intimate connection between the bowel and the brain. Or rather between our gut bacteria, the microbiome, and the brain. We already accept for instance, that the microbiome, via its brain-gut axis, affects our appetite, our mood, … Read More

Nothing and no one will dispel my conviction that the ­brilliance of our scientists will solve the Covid-19 problems ­besetting the world. I’m an optimist. The story of the new Oxford vaccine attests to the determination of our scientists and gives us … Read More

Though Meghan suffered her miscarriage way back in July my heart still goes out to her, and to any woman who has a miscarriage. I suspect Meghan is still feeling the grief of her lost baby. Most women never get … Read More

When you think about it, the obvious way to manage a mother and child’s health is to join them together and consider them as a pair. Except it’s never been done. Maternal health has always been considered separate from infant … Read More