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Group A streptococcus bacteria

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What we know so far about strep A child deaths in the UK

Nobody knows for sure why more children than usual have died due to the group A streptococcus bacterium this year, but increased mixing and viral infections may be factors

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The omicron coronavirus variant binding to a cell's ACE2 receptor

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Drug that targets ACE2 receptors may work against new covid variants

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First faecal transplant treatment approved for use in the US

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An electron micrograph of an HIV virus particle (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an infected T cell (blue), which make up part of the immune system

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Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by JEROME FAVRE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13641875g) Mainland Chinese students hold sheets of blank paper during a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy and the victims of the Urumqi fire at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China, 29 November 2022. Protests against China's strict COVID-19 restrictions have erupted in various cities including Beijing and Shanghai, triggered by a tower fire that killed 10 people in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi. University students hold a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy, Hong Kong - 29 Nov 2022

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China’s failure to vaccinate makes giving up on zero covid a huge risk

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A recreation of a Neanderthal man

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

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Human sperm

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Sperm-blocking vaginal gel could be a reliable contraceptive method

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Alzheimer's may be caused by the accumulation of protein plaques and tangles in the brain

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Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline but concerns linger

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Illustration of Yersinia pestis bacteria

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An mRNA vaccine protects mice against deadly plague bacteria

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A species of the Trypanosoma brucei parasite, which can cause sleeping sickness, in blood

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Drug clears sleeping sickness parasite from the body in clinical trial

In a small trial, an experimental medicine was 100 per cent effective at ridding the parasite that causes sleeping sickness from the bodies of people with an early to intermediate infection

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How postbiotics could boost your health and even help reverse ageing

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Boarding school rules on phones and bedtimes help teens get more sleep

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Do we have ‘immunity debt’ and how could it affect our infection risk?

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Brain mapping in mice may explain why pain makes us lose our appetite

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