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Supporting NHS staff facing abuse from patients frustrated by long waits for care
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Year: 2021
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STAT+: Injecting cancer patients with genetically engineered viruses could be a ‘rock star’ therapy. Why hasn’t it taken off?
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Prenatal Exposure to Particulate Matter Linked With AD in Infants – Physician’s Weekly
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Christine Quinn Shut Down “Sick” Rumors That She Faked Her Pregnancy On “Selling Sunset” And Used A Surrogate After She Was Accused Of Setting “Unrealistic Expectations” For New Moms – BuzzFeed News
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State-funded Renaissance Living Room intended as alternative to police, hospitals in mental health crisis – Chicago Tribune
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Largest comet ever observed was active at near-record distance
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Mexico: Over 95,000 registered as disappeared, impunity ‘almost absolute’
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STAT+: McDonald’s accused of dragging its feet on goal of reducing antibiotic use in beef supplies
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Comfy Mattresses for Different Types of Sleepers
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The Omicron variant underscores the global stakes of Covid-19 vaccine inequity
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Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
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‘Not a cause for panic’: Biden urges calm in face of Omicron fears
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Omicron COVID variant underlines need for global ‘pandemic treaty’
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Coronavirus pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year
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Cyber Monday 2021: 15 Smartwatch With Health Tracker Under $200
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Violations of Palestinian rights puts two-State solution at risk UN chief warns
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Vaccine makers scramble to assess the Omicron Covid strain; Pfizer to step up Covid pill production
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STAT+: Alnylam’s new CEO hopes appointment inspires underrepresented groups
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Chris Bartlett: expert in legionnaire’s disease and director of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
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GPs call for “fee for service” contract that allows them to charge for private services
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Helen Salisbury: Omicron—panic mongering or appropriate caution?
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Timing of dialysis initiation to reduce mortality and cardiovascular events in advanced chronic kidney disease: nationwide cohort study
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Opinion: Resident-to-resident incidents are a hidden source of harm in nursing homes. They shouldn’t be
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