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Health

Delivering tuberculosis vaccine directly to veins may boost protection

Delivering the only vaccine known to treat tuberculosis via veins rather than the skin can dramatically increase its potency, tests in monkeys show

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A sign warns people of measles

Health

2019 saw the tragic and unnecessary return of measles in the US

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Porphyromonas gingivalis bacteria

Health

I'm testing an experimental drug to see if it halts Alzheimer's

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DNA origami

Health

Tiny machines made of DNA origami may make antibiotics work better

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A lady with a fever

Health

Mystery illness that causes fever every few weeks finally identified

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Adult mountain gorilla

Health

How a Ugandan vet saved hundreds of gorillas by treating human disease

Regulars

red flag outside home

Health

Samoan government takes drastic measures to fight measles outbreak

News

A baby

Health

Treating babies for HIV rapidly after birth reduces signs of the virus

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Pork being sold in a market in Beijing, China

Life

China has 50 per cent fewer pigs – but how many of them actually died?

News

veg and pulses

Health

Choline: The forgotten vital nutrient we’re not getting enough of

Standard nutritional advice to cut down on meat and dairy may be stopping us getting enough of an essential nutrient named choline. Should we be worried?

Insight

Health

Will the planet ever be free from the scourge of polio?

Regulars

Environment

How deadly disease outbreaks could worsen as the climate changes

Analysis

Environment

Real time badger tracking shows culling could increase spread of TB

News

Comment

Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

Comment