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Why pandemic denial is nothing new

Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.

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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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The 200-year search for normal people

Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.

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  • Shepherd's pie that helps you get the most out of gramps : Quorn : the good food people / [Marlow Foods].
  • Shepherd's pie that helps you get the most out of gramps : Quorn : the good food people / [Marlow Foods].
  • A laced lizard in Australia. Etching by S.T. Edwards, 1789.
  • A fight between two Scythian bravos is ended when Ariane shoots both of them with a bow and arrows. Etching by A. Bosse after C. Vignon.
  • Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.
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