Battling infectious diseases in the 20th century: The impact of vaccines
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Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
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Study of 500,000 medical records links viruses with Alzheimer's again and again
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In Canada, Brantford-area child dies from rabies after contact with a bat, health official says
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Jordan becomes the first country to eliminate leprosy
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Making an atomic trampoline
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Scores of papers by Eliezer Masliah, prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official, fall under suspicion
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Drug-resistant typhoid is spreading in Pakistan
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Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare
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Mpox and the perils of vaccine nationalism: Rich countries and the World Health Organization must heed the lessons of COVID-19
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How Pakistan’s Peshawar has emerged as mpox 'epicentre'
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Las Vegas jail reports mpox case
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The banana apocalypse is coming. Can we stop it this time?
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World Health Organization declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
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Urban birds may be spreading drug-resistant ‘superbugs’, research shows. Wild birds are more likely to be carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria if they live close to humans, says study.
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Lethal outbreak of new mpox strain erupts in central Africa
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Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds
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Cease-fire. The only way to prevent a polio epidemic among Gazan and Israeli babies.
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Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast marks new milestone
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The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes (in mice).
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The effect of therapeutic doses of culinary spices in metabolic syndrome
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Pioneering studies show promise in sequencing a baby’s genome at birth
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How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry.
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Dengue fever spreading to new countries, including the US due to climate change, among other factors
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Menthol inhalation may boost cognitive ability in Alzheimer’s
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease
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America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
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The story of The Oregon Trail
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The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”
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California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
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Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline
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Good news against Dengue
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A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.
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American contracts bird flu after exposure to virus spreading in cows
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The influencer who “reverses” Lupus with smoothies. Psychiatrist Brooke Goldner makes extraordinary claims about incurable diseases. It’s brought her a mansion, a Ferrari, and a huge social following.
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Covid silver lining: Unprecedented look at human immune system
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Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread
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The rise of arboviral diseases is closely connected to environmental degradation and climate change
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Rickets, scurvy, measles and scabies are increasing in the UK alarming health experts
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The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
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Study reveals why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues
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Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
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Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout
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DNA from stone age chewing gum sheds light on diet and disease in Scandinavia's ancient hunter-gatherers
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Over-capacity ERs are dangerous choke points. But hospital challenges go far deeper.
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The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him
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My parents’ dementia felt like the end of joy. But when they got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations.
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