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Obese people were more at risk of severe Covid for the opposite reason to what doctors originally thought, a new study suggests. Experts initially believed that severely overweight people were becoming more ill when they caught coronavirus because their bodies were already highly inflamed, triggering a dangerous immune overload. But
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SIR – I read with horror that the Covid inquiry has already cost £114 million (report, March 18), with 150 lawyers involved, and could take up to seven years to complete. None of this will bring back my husband, or the many others who died. The inquiry is at risk
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The researchers say Mr Gao initially gave them permission to analyse the data but that the sequences were withdrawn within 24 hours of the team reporting back to him that animal data had been found among the samples uploaded. An earlier study published by Mr Gao et al said no
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After Joe Biden won the election, and after the White House began pushing passage of the nearly $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, there was a lot of talk about the new president being the next Franklin Roosevelt. I wanted to believe it, but being the skeptic that I am, I
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I had a meeting with some colleagues about a month ago. We were in a leadership program discussing a video about dealing with differences. In my mind, working on autopilot, I assumed the differences were racial and ethnic. I said, somewhat offhandedly, that since our state is now run by
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Nations are built on myths and lies — mixed, of course, with bits of the truth. The United States is no different, but our nation’s myths and lies are more extravagant than most: America, we are told to believe, is an “exceptional” or “indispensable” nation, the world’s greatest democracy, a
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The report said racist and other discriminatory behaviour was often “tolerated, ignored or dismissed as ‘banter’.” It detailed how one black officer, who worked for
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The funding was in addition to the Government’s annual £500 million pothole fund, and would mean £700 million would go to fixing these roads in
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Jaf Shah, executive director of ASTi, said: “Due to the distressing nature of an acid attack, it can be easier to look away. Coronation Street
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The BBC described its strategy as “bold” and “ambitious”, with freelance musicians forming “agile ensembles that can work creatively”. Lloyd Webber said this “corporate-speak… descended
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NHS patients are going blind because of treatment delays caused by the treatment backlog, official data suggest. There have been 551 reports related to sight
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Baroness Louise Casey has published a report into the toxic culture of the Metropolitan Police. The review highlighted shocking examples of racist, homophobic and misogynistic
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The nationwide Plant a Tree for the Jubilee project, which concludes on March 31, has seen more than a million new trees planted in the
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Ms Smith, who was previously married to country music singer and TV executive Chester Smith, described the engagement as a “gift from God”. She said:
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