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23andMe goes public using Richard Branson’s blank cheque com...

DNA testing company 23andMe has signed a deal to merge with a ‘blank cheque’ company set up by Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson as a shortcut to a public listing.

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UK is first European country to see COVID-19 deaths pass 100...

More than 100,000 people have died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test in the UK, the first European country to meet that grim milestone.

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Allergic reactions prompt Moderna COVID vaccine pause in Cal...

Public health authorities in California are seeking a halt on dosing of one lot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of allergic reactions at one immunisation clinic.

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IL-6 drugs do work in COVID-19, says UK, as it plans NHS use

New data means that IL-6 drugs from Roche and Sanofi that had been all-but written off as coronavirus therapies will now be offered routinely to COVID-19 patients in intensive care in the

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Vulnerable should all get COVID-19 shot before summer, says ...

NHS England's chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has said that all vulnerable people over the age of 50 will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine by “late spring” in a message to healthcare workers

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