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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.

Monkeypox virus

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First monkeypox genome from latest outbreak shows links to 2018 strain

The draft sequence of the virus responsible for the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak shows it is most closely related to strains detected in the UK, Singapore and Israel in 2018 and 2019

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Climate change means people are losing 44 hours of sleep per year

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CJ GUNTHER/EPFive year old Brittany Siguenza watches as her mother receives a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccine clinic for teachers and school administrators at the Rumney March Academy, in Revere, Massachusetts, USA

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Why is it taking so long to get covid vaccines for children under 5?

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Monkeypox virus particles captured via a coloured transmission electron micrograph

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Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here’s everything you need to know

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A person receives a covid-19 vaccine in Glasgow, Scotland, in July 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection

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Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments

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All the tablets cancer patient Ann-Marie takes in a month. I have been collecting a month of empty packaging, and have taken photos from arrival to making into dossett boxes some 50 tablets a day, making 1500 a month

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Radiotherapy masks to hellebore root: see the ways we confront cancer

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The Pfizer medicine Paxlovid can protect against severe covid-19 in vulnerable people

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Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid

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Pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2019 alone

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ATHENS, GEORGIA - May 12, 2022 : Infant baby formula product shortage. Empty Similac baby food shelves at an American grocery store supermarket.; Shutterstock ID 2155491293; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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How did US baby formula get contaminated with dangerous bacteria?

Cronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what parents struggling to find formula can do

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Smart contact lens for glaucoma could release drugs when needed

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Nearly a third of bites by malaria-carrying mosquitoes are in the day

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Plan to feed phone data of NHS mental health patients to AI mothballed

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Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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