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WATCH: UK Meteor Lights Up Sky
A meteor streaked across the sky in the United Kingdom on Sunday night.
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‘Major Rise' in Public Support for Covid Vaccines But Doubts Remain, UK Study Finds
More than three quarters of people in the U.K. now say they are “very likely” to have a coronavirus vaccine, a survey by the University of Oxford has found.
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UK Top Court Gives Uber Drivers Benefits in Landmark Ruling
The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Uber drivers should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed
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Britain's Prince Philip to Stay in Hospital Through Weekend
Britain’s Prince Philip is expected to remain in a London hospital for several more days after being admitted earlier this week in what Buckingham Palace described as “a precautionary measure.”
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UK's Chief Mouser Celebrates 10 Years at Downing Street
Larry the cat, a four-legged inhabitant of London’s 10 Downing St., is marking a decade as Britain’s mouse-catcher in chief on Monday
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UK Judge Says Newspaper Invaded Meghan's Privacy With Letter
A British judge has ruled that a newspaper invaded the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing a personal letter to her estranged father
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UK Coronavirus Variant on Course ‘to Sweep the World,' Leading Scientist Says
A variant of the coronavirus that first emerged in the U.K. could become the dominant form worldwide, the head of the U.K.’s virus surveillance program says.
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Prince Charles, Camilla Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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UK Health Expert Says No Reason to Think Covid Variant From South Africa Will Become Dominant Strain
Drugmaker AstraZeneca is now racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of the new variants.
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AstraZeneca Races to Adapt Covid Vaccine to Variant as South Africa Suspends Rollout
Drugmaker AstraZeneca is racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of new variants of the virus.
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UK Coronavirus Strain Is Doubling in the U.S. Every 10 Days, Study Finds
The coronavirus strain detected in the U.K. remains at low levels in the U.S. but is spreading quickly.
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UK Vaccine Gambles Paid Off, While EU Caution Slowed It Down
The European Union has chosen a careful route in its vaccine campaign to defeat the coronavirus pandemic
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AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine Works Against Covid Variant Found in the UK, Data Shows
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has the same level of efficiency against the new Covid variant, according to new data Friday.
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UK Doctors Seek Review of 12-Week Gap Between Vaccine Doses
Britain’s main doctors’ organization says it is concerned about the U.K.’s decision to give people a second dose of coronavirus vaccine up to 12 weeks after the first, rather than the shorter gap recommended by manufacturers and the World Health Organization
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UK Chief Scientist Says New Virus Variant May Be More Deadly
The British government’s chief scientific adviser says there is some evidence that a new variant of the coronavirus first identified in southeast England carries a higher risk of death than the original strain
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1st Case of UK Coronavirus Variant Confirmed in Mass., Health Officials Say
The first case of a COVID-19 variant initially found in the United Kingdom has been confirmed in Massachusetts, health officials said Sunday. The individual, a Boston woman in her 20s, came back to Boston on Jan. 3, where she remained at Logan International Airport for a two-hour layover before flying on to another state, according to the Boston Public Health…
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UK Aims to Give 1st COVID-19 Shot to All Adults by September
The U.K. government says it plans to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to every adult by September as the nation’s health service battles the worst crisis in its 72-year-history.
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Prince William Worried About Strain on UK Emergency Workers
Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death as coronavirus cases soar
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What We Know About the Spread of Covid Among Children — and Whether Shutting Schools Reduces the Risk
School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.
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France's Vaccine-Skepticism Is Making Its Covid Immunization Drive Much Harder
France is known to be one of the most vaccine-skeptic nations in the world, and that makes its Covid-19 immunization drive much harder.