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Should COVID vaccines be compulsory for care home staff? Experts debate
The UK government has announced that COVID-19 vaccination will become mandatory for staff working in care homes for older people…
Second-hand smoke: when you work in others’ homes, where do their rights end and yours begin?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking. Maradon333/Shutterstock Ruaraidh Dobson, University of Stirling and Sean Semple,…
COVID: The three barriers that stop people being vaccinated
Getting everyone in a country vaccinated is like watching software updates load: it whizzes along for the first 80% or…
Second-hand smoke: when you work in others’ homes, where do their rights end and yours begin?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking. Maradon333/Shutterstock Ruaraidh Dobson, University of Stirling and Sean Semple,…
Writing can improve mental health – here’s how
Any kind of writing can help. Yulia Grigoryeva/ Shutterstock Christina Thatcher, Cardiff Metropolitan University Ernest Hemingway famously said that writers…
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COVID-19 vaccines: why it’s important you get your second dose
Vaccination is the safest way to gain immunity to the coronavirus, and with most COVID-19 vaccines, you need two doses…
A COVID-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one
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A child psychiatrist who knew those killed in the London terror attack offers advice on helping kids deal with trauma
Mourners gather at the site of the attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario. After tragedy, there is no…
COVID-19 may never go away, but practical herd immunity is within reach
The level of immunity needed — either through vaccination or infection — for practical herd immunity is uncertain, but may…
