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Sweden's hopes for herd immunity in Covid-19 fight diminish

Sweden has adopted a more liberal strategy during the coronavirus pandemic, keeping most schools, restaurants, bars and businesses open while much of Europe hunkered down behind closed doors.

Bangladeshis in UK face double the risk of death from Covid-19

New report, which shows black and Asian people in England more likely to die from Covid-19, was not accompanied by specific government advice for those populations.

Germany's Covid-19 cases likely 10 times higher than confirmed infections

University of Bonn researchers put a town’s number of known deaths from Covid-19 relative to the larger estimate of local people with a prior infection — as indicated by antibody tests — and applied the rate of 0.37 percent to countrywide deaths.

UK aiming for below 20,000 coronavirus deaths under toughened approach

A sobering Covid-19 study prompted Britain to shut down social life in the country and ordered the most vulnerable to isolate for 12 weeks, ramping up the battle against the coronavirus outbreak as it accelerates towards its peak.

Turkey's ancient DNA lab aims to gain insight into early human life

Researchers at Hacettepe University in Turkey's capital Ankara hope that their testing and analysis of 12,000 human skeletons will give them insights into human life going as far back as 10,400 BC.

WHO reveals 1.4 billion people risk disease from lack of exercise

With richer nations enjoying an increasingly comfortable, sedentary lifestyle, the study says a third of women and a quarter of men worldwide are in the firing line for killer conditions unless they up their physical activity.

Your speech may help detect signs of Alzheimer's disease

A new study on Alzheimer's disease says that there is a way of screening people for early intervention and it all lies in the way we use words when we speak.

Walking can improve brain function - Study

A new study reveals that people with vascular cognitive impairment who walk three hours per week for six months show signs of improved brain function.

Study finds evidence linking obesity to cancer

A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer has found evidence of deadly proportions - obesity could lead to 11 different forms of cancer.

Children over-exposed to artificial lights risk eye disease

US scientists find that the dysfunction of a cell in the retina may lead to children suffering from myopia.