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Why high-risk patients aren’t getting anti-COVID drugs

As the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to mount, antiviral medications such as Paxlovid were hailed by health officials as an important way to reduce the risk of severe illness or death. Yet the drugs have remained underused, studies have found. In Boston, a group of researchers wanted to know why — and what

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China reportedly flooded Twitter with pornography to block news of massive anti-COVID protests

China is reportedly tweeting about porn and escorts in an apparent attempt to block news of mass protests across the country against COVID lockdown. Users searching for major Chinese cities where similar mass demonstrations have taken place Beijing and Shanghai will “primarily see escort/porn/gambling ads, drowning out legitimate search results,” Air-Moving Devices tweeted, along with

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Anti-Covid protests in China: scenes of solidarity around the world

Protests against China’s strict COVID-19 policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in solidarity with in China at the weekend. Foreign dissidents and students staged small pickets and protests in cities around the world, including London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney and Melbourne. Dozens of people took part

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