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  A Google employee’s claims that one of its chatbots is sentient has caused a stir across the world

Pfizer and Moderna have both recently reported results for their Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children

There are valuable lessons to be learned from the England of the

  Misinformation spread by the former president cast doubt on the latest vote

A new generation of vaccines and boosters against SARS-CoV-2 may take a page from the anti-influenza playbook, with shots periodically tailored to target the most commonly circulating virus

  By Ana Aznar, Senior lecturer in Psychology, University of Winchester

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Even taking into account people who have had COVID but didn’t know it, there’s still likely to be a group of people who have never been infected.

  Exercising during pregnancy is safe – and can have many benefits for both mother and baby There’s no need to stop exercising if you’re able to. Leszek Glasner/

Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households

There are some concerns of human-to-human transmission.

Trust in others in society plays a large role in what makes people there – and elsewhere – happy

A global team of researchers analyzed 34 studies of unconditional cash-transfer programs administered in low- and middle-income countries.

  Jason Hannan Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Communications, University of Winnipeg

It’s true that phones aren’t as prone to viruses as computers – but they’re still far from immune.