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Covid-19 news: UK government missed coronavirus testing target

By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Boris Johnson chairing the daily covid-19 press conference on 3 June.Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 9 July UK government missed its target to return all covid-19 tests within 24 hours The… Read More »

Covid-19 news: People in the UK are sleeping less well under lockdown

By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Half of people say their sleep has been disturbed since the start of the pandemicJGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 4 June People in the UK are sleeping less well under lockdown 60 per cent of people in the UK say they’ve experienced worse… Read More »

Medical News Today: Giving TB vaccine intravenously boosts efficacy

Experiments in rhesus macaques show that changing the mode of administration of an existing vaccine yields “amazing” results in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Share on PinterestDelivering the TB vaccine intravenously rather than intradermally may prove significantly more effective. Globally, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause of… Read More »