European Commission contacted Swedish authorities after it emerged they were planning to deport a 74-year-old British woman with severe Alzheimers
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UK girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS
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When Leo Babler was born with a deadly genetic disorder his parents built an adventure van, and made sure their son experienced the most beautiful wild places in the country during the time they had
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How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them
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H5N1 bird flu could cause an even deadlier pandemic
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Scientists use CRISPR to insert an alligator gene into a catfish. Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
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Nobody has my condition but me - Medical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient.
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US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees
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Infectious disease applicants plummet, and US hospitals are scrambling
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What you need to know about Group A Strep (scarlet fever)?
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Millions of Alzheimer’s patients have been given hope after a new drug has been shown to slow memory decline by 27% over eighteen months. It's the biggest breakthrough in a generation.
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Denmark's long Covid patients feel abandoned by pandemic response
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US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered
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New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind.
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In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
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Rising ebola cases in Uganda spark regional concern
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Constant cravings - My feeding tube means I can no longer enjoy the feeling of being sated after a meal. But there are other ways to nourish myself beyond my body.
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Denmark is using Patient Reported Outcome questionnaires to improve medical care – can the patient's perception of the disease become part of the treatment?
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New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
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America has a rabid-raccoon problem
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White House declares mpox a public health emergency
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Lars von Trier, the acclaimed and controversial Danish director, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
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Polio found in New York wastewater as state urges vaccinations
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Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be based on deliberate fraud
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World Health Organization declares mpox spread a global health emergency
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Doctors treating mpox complain of ‘daunting’ paperwork, obstacles
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US FDA officials took months to inspect a critical plant in Europe, leaving Americans without shots as mpox spreads
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Canada’s boar war - Wild pigs are invasive, destructive and dangerous, and their populations in Canada are exploding out of control. How can we fight back?
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Over twenty-five years ago Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland's inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness
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'Ebola is defeated,' says Congolese professor who discovered the virus
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Mpox 101, unanswered questions, and the bigger picture
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So, have you heard about mpox?
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How we track COVID-19 (and other weird stuff) in sewage
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New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors
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How one British laboratory protects the world's chocolate
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Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis
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America's forgotten vampire panic
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Good vibrations - utilizing a vibrotactile glove to treat Parkinson's disease
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‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease
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First malaria vaccine approved by World Health Organization
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The great measles immunity heist
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How to unlearn a disease
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The story of Lee Holloway: The decline of a brilliant young coder
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Vicious doctors and cruel diseases in 18th-Century Jamaica
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An extremely common microbe can stop the insects from spreading the virus that causes dengue fever
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A new, infectious coronavirus is detected in Malaysia – and it's coming from dogs
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COVID-19 is a vascular disease not a respiratory one, says study
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Scientists have taught bees to smell the coronavirus
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The last time a vaccine saved America
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Bird flu: Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans
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