Frank went in for a Covid jab, but what he got was a diagnosis that may have saved his life
Everyone undertaking immunisation sessions is aware they are saving lives. For Frank’s astute vaccinator, this was doubly true.
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The NHS backlog: What happens when waiting lists for healthcare grow too long?
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How sewage testing can help tackle the spread of Covid-19
Try this one weird trick to track the pandemic.
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How Michael Rosen returned from the brink of death
The children’s author on surviving Covid and the “chaos and contradiction” of the Conservative government’s pandemic crisis.
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The voice in your head
How a movement of people who hear voices is reshaping our understanding of mental illness – and consciousness itself.
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Horatio Clare on madness, misconceptions and the power of writing
The travel writer’s latest book, Heavy Light, documents his own psychotic breakdown and what he thinks we get wrong about treating…
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