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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization

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Covid-19 threat expected to become on par with flu this year, says WHO

The World Health Organization is considering downgrading covid-19 from a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert, as the coronavirus is now less likely to cause serious illness or overload healthcare services

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Gut bacteria that break down oestrogen linked to depression in women

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Maternal mortality rate in the US rose drastically in 2021

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A transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (pink) replicating from the plasma membrane of an infected immune cell

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Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

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microscope images showing ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli (credit: University of Oxford)

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Become a citizen scientist in the fight against antibiotic resistance

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Genome technology is transforming healthcare but what should we allow?

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Caffeine linked to lower BMI and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes

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DNA molecule. Polygenic tests can reveal your future risk of many diseases

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New DNA tests predict your disease risk – are we ready for them?

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A micrograph of oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer tissue, showing slowly dividing cancer cells (red) that resist treatment, the cells' nuclei in blue and rapidly dividing cancer cells in green

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Leukaemia drug shows promise at treating breast cancer once it spreads

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Emotions like disgust and fear linked to more acidic stomach pH

People who reported feeling the most disgusted or frightened after watching a series of videos had a more acidic stomach pH compared with other study participants. It is unclear if these emotions cause the acidity or if an acidic pH makes people feel emotions more intensely

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Rapid genome sequencing helps save hundreds of critically ill babies

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A common and treatable cause of heart attacks is being overlooked

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Mice have been born from eggs derived from male cells

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Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

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