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British scientists announced today that they have cured a man who had been ill with Covid-19 for 411 straight days, france24.com reported. This was done by analyzing the genetic code of the virus in the patient's body to match the appropriate treatment.more

U.S.-based Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have begun research to develop a single vaccine against Covid-19 and influenza, the companies announced yesterday.more

Excessive alcohol consumption is the most common preventable cause of premature death in the US, CNN said, citing a study published in the US medical journal JAMA Network Open.more

Half of bread sold in the UK contains at least two different pesticides, government data has revealed. According to analysis by Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN), this is a rise of 50% from last year, and a major increase over the past decade when, on average, roughly 25% of bread has been found to contain pesticide cocktails.more

Appointments booked in the app, with a choice of location and waiting time, as was the case with covid vaccination enrollment. The ministry is working on such a project. The National Health Service is already preparing a prototype, "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports today.more

All captive birds and poultry will be placed in lockdown across England because of the continued rise in bird flu cases. more

Health campaigners are calling for a loophole to be closed that allows a nicotine product to be sold over the counter and online to under-18s.more

Covid infections remain fairly stable across the UK, but other viruses such as flu, norovirus and RSV are increasing, latest data shows.more

"It is not the coronavirus that has weakened, but we are stronger thanks to vaccination," said Professor Fabrizio Pregliasco, a virologist and researcher at the University of Milan, who said the pandemic could continue for 2-3 years.more

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced that his ministry is planning to change the law on the cultivation and possession of marijuana. Preliminary draft is that it will be legal to possess up to 30 grams of cannabis. The cultivation and sale of marijuana to adults for recreational purposes is to be strictly controlled.more

"This is a fascinating discovery of great clinical significance: two common viruses - influenza and RSV - can combine to form a hybrid virus," says Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski, citing research published by Nature Microbiology.more

Disabled people are more likely to have difficulty affording their energy bills, mortgage or rent and to fall behind on payments, figures suggest. more

Researchers are calling on five million UK adults to join what they hope will be one of the biggest studies in the world, to create the most detailed picture ever of the nation's health. more

The NHS is launching an effort to recruit tens of thousands of nurses to help fill the record number of vacancies that low pay, Covid and heavy workloads have created across the service.more

More than 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 trusts in England and Wales start voting on Monday on whether to strike over pay.more

A poultry producer who has lost 100,000 birds to avian flu said vaccination was "the only solution" to the outbreak. more

Maternity services in England have deteriorated to their lowest level, the hospitals regulator has said, as it expressed “deep concerns” about the quality of care given to mothers and babies.more

Experts warn that this winter we may be facing a so-called twindemia, or two epidemics at the same time. "A combined wave of Covid-19 and influenza is currently on the rise," warned German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Twitter a few days ago. More and more cases of influenza, as well as coronavirus, are being reported in the country, especially among the elderly, the RND website reports todaymore

Two years after the famous judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal Julia Przyłębska on abortion, less than 10 percent. Poles positively assess that decision - according to the latest IBRiS survey for Onet. The respondents also indicated who, in their opinion, is responsible for issuing this ruling - and it is not Przyłębska itself.more

Coronavirus vaccines have successfully put the UK to an end to the wave of lockdowns and sanitary restrictions. However, experts remind that even vaccinated people still have the possibility of catching the virus - and should be especially careful about some symptoms.more

The European Commission announced that it has approved an adapted vaccine from the US company Moderna, targeting the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of the Omikron coronavirus variant.more

Some 1.5 million lives could be saved each year if the world worked in a coordinated way to speed up the approval of new cancer drugs, according to an analysis published Tuesday in the Harvard Business Review.more

The survey, conducted by insurance company Pronova BKK, shows that most Germans choose to go to work despite illness. This is the case even in the case of a coronavirus infection, the Spiegel daily portal wrote on Monday.more

The number of children arriving at school hungry has risen dramatically in the last six months, with many teachers reporting a worrying rise in pupils stealing to eat, according to a survey of teachers in England. more

Deaths linked to Covid-19 in England have seen their highest weekly rise since late August amid a new wave of infections, according to new figures.more