What happens when there is an infectious disease outbreak in the UK?
First Covid, now Monkeypox. How do experts track and control epidemics and pandemics?
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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Forget irony, I have discovered earnestness – and it is wonderful
My tendency towards glibness did not protect me from the madness of Covid. What helped, instead, was art.
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Hong Kong’s deadly Covid surge
Morgues are filling up and the city is reportedly running out of coffins as Hong Kong's hospitals are overwhelmed.
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China’s zero-Covid policy faces its greatest test
Tens of millions of people are under lockdown and there are fears of disruptions to global supply chains as a…
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How Covid ends
Boris Johnson is scrapping all remaining Covid-19 restrictions. Scientists warn that this is just another phase of an unpredictable journey.
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The pandemic was the US’s story of the year in 2021. Will 2022 be the same?
Omicron has been a painful reminder that Covid-19 isn’t finished with the US.
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How Brexit Britain became “Plague Island”
The Remain-Leave divide has taken a new form during the pandemic but both sides of Brexit may now be uniting…
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