RMT union calls for urgent meeting after ‘potentially lethal’ bacteria found in Thameslink trainsA union has declared a dispute with a rail operator, claiming there has been a “potentially lethal” legionella outbreak on its trains.The National Union of…
眼鏡販売に必要な「検眼」もオンラインで。D2Cの旗手ワービー・パーカーの次なる革新
ダイレクト・トゥ・コンシューマー（D2C）の眼鏡ブランドとして知られる米国のワービー・パーカーが、このほど新しい検眼アプリを公開した。眼鏡販売の実店舗主義に反旗を翻した同社がこの新たなアプリで目指す先は、伝統的な検眼の刷新だ。しかし、一部の専門家からは疑問の声も上がっている。
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Love Island and the concerns about psychological distress that won’t go away
Contestants get more support after Caroline Flack and two islanders took their own lives but experts remain uneasy over formatIt has been a series full of drama, dumpings and more than a few heads turning at Casa Amor. But, after eight weeks, Love Isla…
Antibody test rollout could steer a targeted booster programme
UK scheme could also illuminate reinfection rates and immunity across different variants, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAntibody tests are to be offered widely to the UK public as part of a new programme which a…
Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts
According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?Dr Anna Lembke, a world-leading expert on addiction, is concerned …
NHS data grab on hold as millions opt out
A plan to share GP data was set to launch in September, but an online summer campaign has prompted widespread dissentMore than a million people opted out of NHS data-sharing in one month in a huge backlash against government plans to make patient data …
Raging Delta variant takes its toll as Philippines runs out of nurses
Bad pay and conditions at home and demand for Filipino nursing skills overseas have left the country with a soaring death rateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Covid Delta variant has swept across south-east Asia over rece…
‘I came close to death’: David Harewood on racism and psychosis
Thirty years ago, fresh out of drama school, the Homeland star found himself in the midst of a breakdown, ending up in a locked hospital ward. He recalls the years of racial abuse that had pulled him apartWaking up in a mental institution is a strange …
危機に瀕したワクチン業界を救ったmRNAの次世代技術：経済性だけではないそのブレークスルーの射程
何十年にもわたり、製薬会社は高コストで商業的に成り立たないワクチン製造から手を引いてきた。その状況を一変させたのが、COVID-19とmRNA技術の登場だ。より速く、より安価に、小規模で分散型の製造を可能にするmRNAワクチンによって、これまで見過ごされてきた希少なウイルスや感染症をターゲットとした開発も可能になるはずだ。さらなるゲームチェンジャーであるsaRNAも見据えたワクチン開発の未来。
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Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office
A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hopeExplainer: what are UK workers’ rights when asked to return?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNot so lo…