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Eight lives would be saved for every 100 critically ill patients given steroids.
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Teams around the world are looking into medicines for Covid-19 and scientists are starting to discover what works.
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People may be being discharged from hospital earlier or are choosing to die at home.
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The move comes after 66 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
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Bosses in Bolton and Trafford say local measures should remain in place after a rise in cases.
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Figures show that 66 of the 154 new cases reported in Scotland were in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
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More than 100,000 pupils are not in class - mostly for non-Covid reasons, official figures show.
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Thousands more people in England will be encouraged to try the weight loss plan.
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Half a million people have signed up to be tested but there are doubts and distrust over the scheme.
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For some people Covid just will not go away. One woman who thinks she had it has made an Instagram diary.
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More than 183,000 people in the US have now died, almost a quarter of the world's Covid-19 tally.
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Lecturers say cases may soar as students move in, but ministers insist institutions are prepared.
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Contingency plans include part-time secondaries and whole year-groups sent home where cases confirmed.
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A study from South Korea gives among the clearest pictures yet of children as carriers of the virus.
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A leaked government report suggests a “reasonable worst case scenario” of 85,000 Covid deaths this winter.
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The figures are based on tests on people in their homes, whether they have symptoms or not.
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They would include midwives, physiotherapists and possibly even dentists, the government says.
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Figures also show 14 Welsh communities have not registered any deaths involving Covid-19.
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Severe Covid-19 is rare and dying from it exceptionally rare, a study of UK hospital data finds.
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A phenomenon called parosmia has left coronavirus survivors trapped in a world of distorted scents.
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The number of new positive test results has risen to 1,522 in the past 24 hours.
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Guidance has changed but the Welsh government says that reflects low infection rates.
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The benefit will be trialled in some parts of north-west England where coronavirus cases have risen.
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The prime minister has previously said he was "too fat" when he was hospitalised with coronavirus.
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Charities say the scheme should be promoted after less than 40% of schools order free products.
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Experts fear the winter flu season could coincide with a rise in Covid-19 infections.
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Researchers also warn that a vaccine against coronavirus could be less effective among the obese.
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Two deaths of people who tested positive in the last 28 days have been recorded - the first fatalities since 16 July.
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Pupils must wear masks in corridors in local lockdown areas after the government reversed its guidance.
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The 38-year-old star says she is doing her best to stay positive after the "devastating" diagnosis.
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A new report reveals the catalogue of mistakes that left an Edinburgh children's hospital unusable.
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Researchers explored what effect mouth bacteria have on microbes that live and grow in the vagina.
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The woman is also believed by scientists to be the first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.
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Head teachers in England want clarification over whether staff or pupils can wear masks in school.
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Researchers looked at more than 1,500 coronavirus cases in hospitals at the peak of its spread.
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A couple of cups of coffee a day should not be risky despite 'alarmist' new research, experts say.
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Boris Johnson tries to reassure parents that schools are Covid-secure, ahead of term starting.
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Immunity is the crucial question and understanding it will tell us how the pandemic will end.
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The move comes after Donald Trump accused regulators of impeding the development of a Covid-19 cure.
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Extra staff, more space and clear guidance is needed to reopen safely, the National Education Union says.
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Chris McLone's story is far from unique, say addiction specialists.
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England's chief medical officer says reopening classrooms carries an "incredibly small" risk to pupils.
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Households in Oldham, Blackburn and Pendle are told not to mix after coronavirus cases rise.
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WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we have the technology to stop it".
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Improvement works under way on tennis courts and an athletics track with plans to reopen in October.
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Home test kits that claim to show whether someone has had the virus need urgent scrutiny, researchers say.
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Kettering Hospital staff are among donors providing samples to see if dogs can sniff out the virus.
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It does not produce many more respiratory particles than speaking at similar volume, a study finds.
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Singer Linda Nolan and presenter Bill Turnbull urge people not to put off seeking important checks.
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A University College London study followed more than 2,000 women for five years after the treatment.