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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks at the World Health Assembly in May

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WHO boss wants 10 per cent of every country vaccinated by September

The director-general of the World Health Organization has called for a massive drive to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of every country in the world by September, and 30 per cent by the end of the year

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Partial sight restored for man who is blind thanks to optogenetics

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A women holds her newborn baby after a home birth

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Breastfeeding and covid-19 vaccines – will they affect your baby?

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Power to the Public review: How digital tech can ease global problems

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Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

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We must share vaccines globally in our fight against covid-19

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What’s the fairest way to share covid-19 vaccines around the world?

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Indian coronavirus variant is threatening UK plans to end lockdown

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How the way you move can change the way you think and feel

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A man's nose

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Early signs of Parkinson’s disease could be spotted in the nose

A nasal swab, similar to those used in coronavirus testing, may be able to detect the first signs of Parkinson’s disease by identifying misfolded proteins

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Pigs can breathe oxygen via their rectum, so humans probably can too

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Depression and inflammation appear to be linked – but it’s unclear why

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Cuba’s bid to vaccinate all citizens with home-grown covid-19 shots

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Premature ageing of the immune system may be one cause of long covid

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