The Policy Ask with Michael Anderson: “We could learn from Portugal on drug laws”
The CEO of MedAccess on decriminalising drug use, big pharma's responsibility to developing countries, and working on a fishing boat.
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Professor Andrew Pollard: Our future depends on the life sciences
The co-inventor of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab on careers in clinical research, future pandemics and vaccine hesitancy.
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Andrew Bridgen is the sign of a new conspiracist conservatism
It’s vital for the persecution complex of a modern right that has lost the zeitgeist.
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Will we soon have vaccines for cancer?
BioNTech is attempting to deploy the vaccination technology it developed for Covid as a weapon against malignancy.
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Bill Gates on the pandemic: a misplaced faith in innovation
The tech billionaire believes business can shield us from future diseases – but the market is part of the problem.
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“It is embarrassing for the Prime Minister”: why the government really U-turned on NHS mandatory vaccines
“I’ve been bombarded with messages of people so worried that they were going to lose their livelihoods. It’s been horrific.”
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Should we vaccinate our kids?
Jabs have risks, but then so does Covid.
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How vaccines have dramatically reduced Covid-19 deaths in the UK
Despite record numbers of cases, fewer people are dying now than in the second wave.
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Why Emmanuel Macron’s war on the unvaccinated makes electoral sense
French voters are increasingly impatient with the unvaccinated – a factor which could help Macron at the polls.
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How many Australians have been vaccinated against Covid-19?
The country immersed in a legal battle with Novak Djokovic has a higher vaccination rate than most others.
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Will the UK offer everyone a fourth Covid vaccine?
The JCVI chair says a fourth dose is “not affordable, sustainable or probably even needed”.
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Emmanuel Macron’s vow to “piss off” the unvaccinated won’t convince many – but that’s not the point
The French president’s aim is to signal to the vaccinated majority that he is on their side, rather than to…
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Crystal ball or shattered glass: how did my 2021 predictions hold up?
As 2021 comes to a close, I take stock of whether I saw into, or was stunned by, the future.
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How the booster roll-out will affect your NHS treatment
Pandemic disruption has already led to a record waiting list of six million patients in need of treatment, A&E care…
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The West’s failure to vaccinate the developing world risks future Covid variants, warns Covax head
Aurélia Nguyen on the dangerous consequences of vaccine hoarding by wealthy countries.
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Making the unvaccinated pay for their treatment is immoral and dangerous policy
Most of us will end up needing medical care due to bad decision-making: whether it is a fondness for salted…
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Why the government’s planned sale of a vaccine centre is an act of national self-sabotage
With Omicron cases surging across the world, such shortsighted economising could prove costly.
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Boosters are making a big difference
Data shows a dramatic fall in cases among those who have received their third jab.
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The world risks repeating the mistakes of HIV/Aids with Covid-19
98 per cent of people living with HIV in the UK are on an effective course of treatment. But elsewhere,…
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Most of Portugal is vaccinated. Will that protect it from the Omicron variant?
Portugal’s vaccine take-up is exceptionally high and a source of national pride, says MEP Manuel Pizarro.
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