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infectious diseases

Detail of the mummy

Humans

17th-century infant's life and health revealed by 'virtual autopsy'

A young child found in an unmarked coffin in an Austrian crypt was exceptionally well preserved, and his bones and organs show signs of rickets and pneumonia

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Image of Aspergillus, a black mould that can cause pulmonary infection

Health

Dangerous fungal lung infections could be treated with CAR T-cells

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Patient in a hospital bed

Health

Infections that need hospital treatment may increase Alzheimer’s risk

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A child with symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease

Health

A common childhood illness could be behind 'tomato flu' outbreak

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A river runs around a damaged bridge

Environment

Climate change impacts are making most infectious diseases worse

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Abyssinian cat

Life

Mysterious staggering disease in cats down to previously unknown virus

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Health

Online tool predicts impact on your life expectancy from 1800 diseases

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wild rat

Health

Plague never went away – now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

Features

G15D0M Allegorical representation of the Demon of the Plague, from H. von Gersdorf's Feldtbuch der Wundarzney, printed by Johann Schott, Strasbourg, 1540. The Black Death (1340-1400) was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the de

Health

How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

Features

Epstein-Barr virus causes glandular fever and is increasingly being linked to multiple sclerosis

Health

Vaccine may protect against the virus behind multiple sclerosis

The jab could ward off Epstein-Barr virus, which causes glandular fever and is increasingly being linked to multiple sclerosis, lymphoma and stomach cancer

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Health

Hepatitis: Adenovirus is prime suspect in mystery outbreak in children

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Health

Mystery outbreak of hepatitis in children investigated in the UK

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Life

Rabbits face a fresh onslaught akin to myxomatosis – can they survive?

Features

Health

Learning to live with covid-19 means covering up coughs and sneezes

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