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Why won’t the West embrace Russia’s highly effective covid-19 vaccine?

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We failed to prevent omicron – can we stop future variants evolving?

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James Leidner spent three nights in a high-tech sleeping bag that unloads pressure in the brain by suctioning fluids into the lower body. NASA hopes the sack can be used by astronauts in space to alleviate the vision problems they commonly endure during longer missions.

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High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts

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A healthcare worker performs laboratory tests which detect immunoglobulin class G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus in blood at a medical centre of the INVITRO private healthcare company. Peter Kovalev/TASS (Photo by Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images)

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How likely are you to get reinfected now that omicron is spreading?

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Maria Van Kerkhove interview: What we know about omicron so far

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Margaret Keenan was vaccinated at University Hospital, Coventry, on 8 December, 2020

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2021 in review: Billions of covid vaccinations given unequally

On 8 December 2020, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. 12 months and billions of shots later, several countries are already on a third round of coronavirus vaccinations

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