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Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal

Photographer Yuri Segalerba explores how dengue has spread to Nepal's Himalayan districts, and how locals are fighting back

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The collaborative Human Challenge study is the first in the world to perform detailed monitoring over the full course of COVID-19, from the moment a person first encounters SARS-CoV-2, throughout the infection to the point at which the virus is apparently eliminated. The Human Challenge Programme is a partnership between Imperial College London, the Vaccine Taskforce and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), hVIVO (part of Open Orphan plc.), and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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How deliberately giving people illnesses is supercharging medicine

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Two people's faces are shown, chin to chin, with their heads tilted back. A firefighter stands on the face of the person on the left, spraying a hose that is hooked up to the nose of the person on the right,

Health

Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

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Health

A new measure of health is revolutionising how we think about ageing

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Bill Gates in What?s Next: The Future with Bill Gates. Cr. Netflix ? 2024

Technology

Bill Gates’s Netflix series offers some dubious ideas about the future

Culture

Health

Mosquito-borne illnesses are spiking across the world

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

Life

Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Life

Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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Naegleria fowleri amoeba

Health

Man in Florida killed by rare, brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri

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Rheumatoid arthritis of the hands. Coloured bilateral X-ray of the hands and wrists of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. The arthritis is particularly severe in the hand at right, with several joint deformities. Rheumatoid arthritis is a degenerative autoimmune disease that mainly affects the capsule (synovium) around the synovial (flexible) joints, causing chronic inflammation. It can be a debilitating and painful condition and can lead to deformities and loss of functioning and mobility.

Health

A Silent Fire review: What you need to know about inflammation

With A Silent Fire, gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella offers a fascinating primer on the crucial role of inflammation in our bodies and the emerging links to diet and disease

Culture

Health

What we know about the mysterious pneumonia in Argentina

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Environment

Conservationists warn spread of bird flu is wiping out UK seabirds

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Health

Discovery of a genetic cause of lupus could lead to new treatments

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Health

MS reversed by transplanted immune cells that fight Epstein-Barr virus

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