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Pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead person
The kidney, from a genetically-altered pig, appeared to function well, say the surgical team.
Covid may have killed 180k health workers - WHO
The global health body says healthcare workers should be prioritised for vaccination.
US approves mix and match of vaccine booster jabs
Americans will also be able to pick a different vaccine booster from the jab they initially received.
India crosses one billion Covid jabs mark
But experts say the pace needs to pick up for India to meet its target of vaccinating all adults by 2021.
Positive trial results for Valneva Covid vaccine
Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.
Gene silencing medicine transforms crippling pain
The NHS is set to fund innovative therapy that patients say has given them their lives back.
Video 2 minutes 57 seconds
Flying Doctors take vaccines to Australia's outback
The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.
Covid may have killed 180k health workers - WHO
The global health body says healthcare workers should be prioritised for vaccination.
US approves mix and match of vaccine booster jabs
Americans will also be able to pick a different vaccine booster from the jab they initially received.
India crosses one billion Covid jabs mark
But experts say the pace needs to pick up for India to meet its target of vaccinating all adults by 2021.
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New breast cancer screening technology used in Gateshead
A quicker and less invasive way to detect breast cancer in patients has been welcomed by Gateshead's screening team.
It hopes the latest technology, which is a special type of mammogram called contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM), will improve diagnosis during breast screening.
Gateshead Health NHS Trust says patients will be injected with a solution before the mammogram is taken and the specialist software will detect abnormal areas which a standard procedure can not.
Copyright: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustThe trust's lead radiographer, Joanne Brand, said: “We are thrilled to be able to introduce this new technology that will ultimately make the experience for patients more comfortable and less invasive while providing more timely and accurate scan results."
Copyright: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustChildren and teens urged to get Covid jab
Cumbria's director of public health is urging children and teenagers who didn't have a Covid vaccine at school to do so over the half term.
All children aged 12 to 15 in the UK are being offered one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
Colin Cox said: "Anybody who missed their jab at school or has had other problems getting access to their jab or didn't get the consent form in on time can now recover that and you can get your jab over half term."
Copyright: Getty ImagesThe government's national booking service for Covid jabs is now open for 12 to 15-year-olds.
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Guinea's military junta lifts nationwide curfew
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Copyright: AFPImage caption: The military leaders have ended a night curfew but some other measures against Covid remain Guinean authorities have relaxed Covid-19 measures, including ending a night curfew and suspending a requirement for prior authorisation to transport bodies outside the capital, Conakry.
"The curfew is lifted; advance requests for authorisation to transport bodies from Conakry to the interior and exterior of the country have been suspended," the military junta, the National Rally and Development Committee (CNRD), posted on Twitter.
But the junta said Covid-19 testing remains mandatory.
The CNRD added that "burial of bodies that tested positive for Covid-19 has to be supervised by the Red Cross".
Other Covid-19 measures that will remain in force include mandatory wearing of masks in public areas, hand-washing and social distancing.
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