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"Iodine is a disinfectant," says William Schaffner, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "Its use has [slowed down] because even on scratches and cuts, its effectiveness has been debated. There's no data that this would be effective for Covi...

A little Slavic melancholy, and some fireworks too. Tchaikovsky's Dumka Op 59, played here by a young Slovenian pianist, Primož Urbanč.

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It’s now exactly five years since I started this blog and, as it enters its sixth year, with a pleasing symmetry, it will today have its six millionth visit. I must admit that I didn’t really anticipate when I started that I'd still be writing it now, over 300 posts and about a million words later,...

In a large, randomized clinical trial conducted with thousands of patients over the past six months, researchers at McMaster University tested eight different Covid-19 treatments against a control group to figure out what works. One drug stood out: fluvoxamine, an antidepressant that the Food and D...

There seems to be a lot of skepticism about the recall of Parliament this week. But just you wait and see how intimidated the Taliban are by the threat of Iain Duncan Smith flicking a bogey at them."

(Keith Burge - Twitter.)

Jon, it used to be .co.uk, but It needed to be changed. Envesko offered .uk and I accepted.

Covid “truthers” might be averse to to getting vaccinated and wearing masks, but they are willing treat their Covid infections by drinking horse-strength tubes of medication meant to deworm horses. Indeed, as reported by The Daily Beast, anti-vaxxers are now pursuing ivermectin for equine, also kno...

Max Hastings on Gibraltar, migration and Northern Ireland. But the tensions involving Gibraltar, migration and Northern Ireland highlight the perils facing Johnson’s nation as a consequence of having made the historic choice to go it alone. The standard-bearers for Brexit made grandiose claims that ...

The Navy is accused of assisting members of the Kriegsmarine, who were attempting to enter Britain illegally at the time, in gaining access to the British mainland and introducing their ideas to several political parties and the comments section of the Daily Mail. Keyboard warriors have expressed o...

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Snorting and Gargling Iodine to Fight Covid-19 Is a Really Bad Idea.

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Chris Grey's "Brexit Blog" is five years old.

How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment.

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On IDS.

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Horse medicine best restricted to horses???

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Brexit's Feared Diplomatic Crises Have Begun.

British Navy accused of acting as a ‘Taxi Service for Nazis’.

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Elephants enjoying a little piano music.

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