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There has been a significant increase in hepatitis cases among children aged under ten in the UK in recent months. Hepatitis, which is inflammation of the liver, can be caused by a variety of things – but in children the cause is most often a virus. What is unusual about these cases is that none of the usual hepatitis viruses have been detected in any of the young patients. Consequently, some have questioned whether COVID-19 might play a role.
As microbiologist Conor Meehan explains, the cause is more likely to be another virus, called an adenovirus. But we don’t know for sure yet. While the COVID pandemic continues, we must routinely consider coronavirus as a possible cause for unusual outbreaks of illness.
After Boris Johnson yesterday apologised to parliament for attending one of the Downing Street lockdown parties, we hear how new data suggests declining trust in the prime minister damages trust in Britain’s democracy as a whole. Plus, the war in Ukraine is opening a new era in war reporting.
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Phoebe Roth
Commissioning Editor
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Conor Meehan, Nottingham Trent University
While COVID-19 hasn’t been ruled out as a potential cause, the leading contender is actually adenovirus, a common infection in children that can lead to hepatitis on rare occasions.
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Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
A new survey shows a strong link between trusting the prime minister and trusting the government, Parliament and political parties.
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Dispatches from the war zone: the BBC’s Clive Myrie broadcasting from Kyiv.
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Tim Luckhurst, Durham University
Digital technology allows reporters and citizen journalists more freedom than ever to bring fast, accurate information from war zones. There are also a few lies.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
Russia’s use of hypersonic missiles in Ukraine has put the weapons in the news. Next-generation versions under development could dramatically alter national and global security.
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Politics + Society
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Catherine Ellis, Ryerson University
This year’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations will draw on traditions that have bolstered support for monarchs since the early 1800s — it could help this year’s celebrations succeed again.
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Matthew Benwell, Newcastle University
Four decades after it’s invasion was defeated by a UK ‘task force’, Argentina remains committed to ‘recovering’ the Falkland Islands.
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Business + Economy
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Colin Jones, Heriot-Watt University
Middle- and low-income households are being priced out of owning their homes as average house prices reach levels last seen in the 2000s.
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Arts + Culture
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Elizabeth Duffield-Fuller, Aberystwyth University
Marrying the husband of your deceased sister was legally considered incest, leaving women of all classes in ruinous circumstances.
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Education
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Jessica Runacres, Staffordshire University; Daniel Herron, Staffordshire University
Students often built their timetables around their caring responsibilities.
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Health
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Carol Maher, University of South Australia; Ben Singh, University of South Australia
Despite knowing the health benefits of exercise and the harms of inactivity, many of us still struggle to find the motivation to get moving.
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Science + Technology
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Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University
Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
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