Quiet, please! The remarkable power of silence – for our bodies and our minds
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Walking just 4,000 steps can lower risk of early death, new study finds
‘It’s the best medicine we can recommend, just going out for a walk,’ cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine says
Suspected Russian spy transferred thousands from Irish bank account to pay US tuition fees, court papers claim
US legal complaint claims Russian national transferred thousands of euro from Irish bank to pay US tuition fees
Muireann Brennan obituary: Epidemiologist who led emergency responses in world’s most difficult places
Dublin-born doctor had a long career in public health in the developing world: ‘When there was a tough place to be and a difficult job to do, we’d send Muireann’
Omicron: States race to delay spread of Covid variant as more cases detected
WHO urges ‘balance’ in response as travel restrictions and quarantine measures imposed
The lesson to learn from Apple’s tool to flag child sex abuse
How to keep your photos and data private from new snooping software
A ripple effect of loss: US comes to terms with 500,000 Covid deaths
The coronavirus has reached every corner of America, devastating cities and rural counties alike
One mask is good. Would two be better?
Health experts double down on their advice for slowing the spread of the Covid-19 virus
Most global crises leave a lesson for the world, but not this pandemic
Politics: No governmental model has consistently outperformed its rivals against Covid-19
US coronavirus cases surge as many states set weekly records
Virus spreading to new parts of country with hospitals filling up in some rural areas
Coronavirus: Netherlands closes restaurants and bars in new partial lockdown
Government abandons talk of ‘intelligent lockdown’ in urgent effort to slow cases
1,000,000 coronavirus deaths: global toll passes ‘agonising milestone’
It took just three months for deaths to double from half a million
Latin America fears another ‘lost decade’ as pandemic ravages region
Volatile politics, uneven healthcare and inequality enable coronavirus to wreak havoc
Russian troll farm ploughs on even after activities exposed
Obscure left-wing site Peace Data claims it is victim of ‘provocative effort from Facebook and FBI’
Coronavirus: Global cases pass 25m as India sets single-day record for infections
World round-up: Not all classrooms in France can safely reopen on Tuesday, minister says
3.4m people in England may have had Covid-19, study shows
Testing programme for antibodies by Imperial College London involved 100,000 volunteers
WHO warns of ‘response fatigue’ as coronavirus cases surge worldwide
Many countries that believed they were past the worst ‘grappling with new outbreaks’
Coronavirus: How Uruguay held off outbreak sweeping Latin America
Officials cautious in country of 3.5m that appears to have pandemic under control
Coronavirus: Brazil overtakes UK with world’s second-highest death toll
Experts voice despair at president Jair Bolsonaro’s response as toll surpasses 42,000
Coronavirus: Brazil records more than 800,000 cases as India’s infections soar
World round-up: China reports first local transmission in weeks; Australia eliminates virus in many parts of country
Coronavirus: US deaths could reach 145,000 by August, researchers estimate
World round-up: More than 7m cases globally; Pakistan not likely to see peak before August
Martin Wolf: In the long shadow of the Great Recession
It may be hard to avoid crises but it is vital to make them both small and rare
North Korea says main nuclear complex ‘is operational’
Country says it is working to improve ‘quality and quantity’ of its nuclear weapons
US horror director Wes Craven dies aged 76
Filmmaker behind Nightmare on Elm St and Scream franchises dies following illness
North Korea boasts of firing ballistic missile from submarine
Leader Kim Jong Un oversees test from offshore location, authorities claim
North Korea says it test-fired submarine ballistic missile
North Korea under UN sanctions banning it from developing ballistic missile technology
China warns North Korea nuclear arsenal expanding
Chinese experts warn regime may already have 20 warheads and capacity for 80 more
Boko Haram’s pledge to Islamic State raises fresh questions about links
Practical outcome of oath is uncertain but IS influence has been obvious for a while
John Malone: The US billionaire buying up Ireland
The ‘Cable Cowboy’ is America’s biggest landowner. Now he’s snapping up property this side of the Atlantic
Ireland’s ‘cancer boom’: what’s gone wrong?
We’re getting better at treating cancer, with survival rates growing all the time. So why is the incidence of the disease expected to double by 2040?
Irish American billionaire escapes paying $200m in taxes
Property purchases in Ireland help Liberty Global chairman John Malone avoid tax
Hong Kong protests swell as national holiday approaches
More continue to join tens of thousands on streets as crowds are urged to stay the course
Viagra to become available in a less expensive generic form as early as 2017
Viagra has been one of the best-known pills sold by Pfizer
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