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Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days.

Speaking at the probe in London on Thursday, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said shielding was both beneficial and harmful. When questioned over the effectiveness of shielding, Prof Whitty said ...

Prof Whitty told the inquiry that the government 'tried' to do their best and 'tweeted, we talked over the podium and so on'. During a discussion on long Covid, he said he still worries about ...

Can someone just take X, formerly known as Twitter, out of Ryanair’s hands already? Let’s face it, we go to social media to keep up with friends, look at cute pictures of cats and while away ...

Females (XX) carry twice as many X-linked genes on their sex chromosomes as males (XY). How do cells control gene expression to manage this potentially lethal dosage problem? A prime example of X ...

The X chromosome carries at least 150 genes linked to intelligence. Since the mother has two X chromosomes to pass along while the father only has one, the mother’s contribution to the child’s ...

Prof Sir Chris Whitty has said he worries the Government overstated the danger of Covid to the public at the start of the pandemic. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England told the Covid ...

Prof Whitty, the UK's chief medical officer, said he still worries about whether the government and its advisers found the right balance between public protections and personal freedoms. He said: “I ...