Articles by Sarah Boseley

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Covid Vaccine Rush Could Make Pandemic Worse, Say Scientists
Sarah Boseley | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Aug 2020

30 Aug 2020 – The rush to immunise populations against Covid-19 could lead to the rollout of a vaccine that is not very effective and risk worsening the pandemic, leading scientists have said. Experts say strong evidence of efficacy needed to avoid approval of inferior vaccines.

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Surgisphere: Governments and WHO Changed COVID-19 Policy Based On Suspect Data from Tiny US Company
Melissa Davey, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Sarah Boseley | The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Jun 2020

3 Jun 2020 – Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies. The World Health Organization and a number of national governments have changed their Covid-19 policies and treatments on the basis of flawed data from the little-known US healthcare analytics company.

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China Shows Way to Ease Lockdowns before Vaccine, Says Report
Sarah Boseley - The Guardian, 30 Mar 2020

25 Mar 2020 – UK Experts Say Easing Physical Distancing Would Depend on Rigorous Testing and Isolation

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Dengue Fever Outbreak Halted by Release of Special Mosquitoes
Sarah Boseley – The Guardian, 13 Aug 2018

Insects unable to transmit viruses halted disease in Australian city – now scientists hope same technique could help tackle Zika and malaria.

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Blood Test Breakthrough in Search for Alzheimer’s Cure
Sarah Boseley – The Guardian, 14 Jul 2014

Test for 10 proteins predicts onset of disease over 12 months in those with mild memory loss with 87% accuracy.

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Gout’s on the Rise – So How Can You Avoid It?
Sarah Boseley – The Guardian, 20 Jan 2014

This excruciatingly painful condition now affects 1.6 million people in the UK. Beer can bring it on, but so can wine and even some ‘healthy’ foods.

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CIA Made Doctors Torture Suspected Terrorists after 9/11, Taskforce Finds
Sarah Boseley- The Guardian, 4 Nov 2013

Doctors and psychologists working for the US military violated the ethical codes of their profession under instruction from the defence department and the CIA to become involved in the torture and degrading treatment of suspected terrorists, an investigation has concluded.

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