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Long COVID: female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk – new research
shurkin_son/Shutterstock About 2 million people in the UK currently have long COVID, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. In the UK, long COVID is defined as “signs and symptoms that continue or develop after acute COVID-19”. This definition is further split into people who haveContinue Reading
Matteo Berrettini OUT of Wimbledon with red-hot Queen’s champion and last year’s finalist testing positive for Covid
MATTEO BERRETTINI has withdrawn from the 2022 Wimbledon championship following a positive Covid test. Last year’s runner-up announced on his Instagram page on day two of the tournament that he was pulling out after suffering “flu symptoms”. PA Matteo Berrettini has pulled out of The Championships[/caption] In a huge blowContinue Reading
I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread – and what it could mean for fighting disinformation
Darryl Fonseka / Shutterstock Around the world, and against all scientific evidence, a segment of the population believes that Earth’s round shape is either an unproven theory or an elaborate hoax. Polls by YouGov America in 2018 and FDU in 2022 found that as many as 11% of Americans believeContinue Reading
Billy Elliot had it easier with school bullies than me because I loved cricket & not footie, says Freddie Flintoff
CRICKET gave him sporting glory and helped turn him into one of Britain’s best-loved TV stars – but Freddie Flintoff believes his working-class up-bringing almost stopped him succeeding in the game. The former England ace — who is making documentary Field Of Dreams — to help disadvantaged youngsters into theContinue Reading
Goldsmiths to keep slavery statues after local vote for them to stay
F our controversial statues will stay on a university building in south London after locals voted for them to stay. The consultation, carried out in Lewisham by Goldsmiths, University of London, asked people what should happen to the statues of Elizabethan explorer Sir Francis Drake, Cromwellian admiral Robert Blake, LordContinue Reading
Five ways you can get involved in fighting for women’s reproductive rights
Participants on a Women's March rally in front of San Francisco's City Hall in 2019. Sundry Photography | Shutterstock Since 2021, hard-won women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy have been rolled back in the US in an alarming fashion. With state bans on abortion past as little as six weeksContinue Reading
Women in states that ban abortion will still be able to get abortion pills online from overseas
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Women in states that ban abortion will still be able to end unwanted pregnancies withContinue Reading
Premier League boost: Man City & Liverpool both to get 90+ points at 8/1
MANCHESTER CITY and Liverpool are set to knuckle down and battle it out for Premier League glory again this season. And Sky Bet have boosted the odds for both sides to again hit at least 90 points to 8/1 from 6/1 with a £10 max stake – and you canContinue Reading
COVID reinfections could be more severe for some – but overall evidence doesn’t give us cause for concern
Photoroyalty/Shutterstock The COVID pandemic has been going on for well over two years now. During this time, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has slowly mutated, allowing it to evade the immune system enough to infect people many times. As so many of us have had COVID already, it’s noContinue Reading
Taoiseach rejects Johnson’s claim that protocol breach will not see major diplomatic row
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected British prime minister Boris Johnson’s claim that he does not see a major diplomatic row erupting over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Johnson is attending the G7 summit in Germany alongside EU leaders, and indicated that the controversial topic is not making priority conversation. HeContinue Reading