Life expectancy in Scotland: A slow road to recovery
BBC - 23-Oct-2024Despite recent progress, life expectancy remains below pre-pandemic levels
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Global life expectancy on the rise: insights from the world population prospects report
Live Forever Club - 14-Jul-2024UN's World Population Prospects 2024 shows recovery to better than pre-covid life expectancy
COVID-19 accelerates biological ageing, increasing it by 5 years
Live Forever Club - 06-Jul-2024The coronavirus shortens telomeres, harming DNA protection
New vaccine may offer broad protection against both known and unknown coronaviruses
The Guardian - 06-May-2024Vaccine has shown the potential to protect mice against range of coronaviruses,
Clear skies, clear lungs: Asthma emergencies dropped as air quality improved during lockdown
The Guardian - 09-Feb-2024Insights from Oxford study calls for continued action to improve air quality everywhere
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Anticipating the next Black Death
07-Nov-2020
Conversation with author and journalist Debora MacKenzie
Coronavirus Blog Posts
04-Feb-2021
Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test
25-Jan-2021
Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
14-Jan-2021
How To Boost Your Immune System
Help your body to help yourself with these easy tips on improving your immune system
27-Apr-2020
Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion
Interesting thoughts from an international panel of futurists
22-Apr-2020
Coronavirus Deaths UK Tracker
Tracking UK COVID-19 deaths to see when the peak is passed
