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[ad_1] TIn their time last year, Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty were completely unknown to almost everyone. Possibly even for some members of their own families. On their first outings to the Downing Street press conferences, both the chief scientific adviser and the medical director seemed somewhat hesitant to take …

[ad_1] P Professor Chris Whitty told MPs that the situation could “get worse” very quickly if loosening of confinement restrictions is rushed and not closely monitored. Appearing at the Science and Technology Committee, he said: “I think a lot of people may think that this is all over. “I encourage …

[ad_1] Matt Hancock defends a 1% pay increase for NHS staff The government has been accused of backtracking on promises of a 2.1 percent salary increase for healthcare personnel ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. The Royal College of Nursing, the leading nurses union, has established a £ 35 million fund …

[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance rover made its first trip to Mars, just weeks after landing on the Red Planet. The one-ton robot traveled 21.3 feet (6.5 m) in a mobility test that, according to the space agency, will allow the rover’s systems and instruments to be checked and calibrated. Once Perseverance …

[ad_1] Thousands of New Zealanders have been told they can return home after a powerful earthquake triggered tsunami warnings. Islanders on the east coast fled to higher ground after the series of earthquakes on the North Island. The earthquakes triggered small tsunami waves, with images posted on social media showing …

[ad_1] Anti-vaccination books are being sold on Amazon and the Waterstones and Foyles websites, amid requests for warnings on items to combat the spread of misinformation. Best-selling books on Amazon include Anyone Who Tells You Vaccines Are Safe and Effective Is Lying, and Vaccine-nation: Poisoning the Population, One Injection at …

[ad_1] With less than 7% of Texans fully vaccinated and another potentially imminent Covid-19 surge, Texas is opening businesses at full capacity while at the same time ending its highly politicized mask mandate, state Governor Greg announced Tuesday. Abbott. “Now is the time to open Texas 100%,” declared an unmasked …

[ad_1] A group of girls who were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released and are “safe,” the reports say. Gunmen 279 kidnapped students from the Girls’ Science High School in Jangebe city, Zamfara state, on Friday. But state governor Dr. Bello Matawalle says the girls “are …

[ad_1] The NHS faces legal challenge over its data deal with the controversial Silicon Valley firm Palantir, Sky News can reveal. Palantir, who has become famous for his close ties to security services and immigration agencies in the United States, struck his first deal to handle NHS data in March …

[ad_1] The government has laid out how it intends to turn the COVID-19 pandemic into a long-term manageable virus. In a 60-page roadmap outlining how it intends to tackle the crisis, officials warned that we could continue to see dangerous seasonal surges next year and beyond. The government said it …