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Baby food is not as healthy as it should be
Under the Radar Labels are leaving things out. And brands are highlighting only what they want to.
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Mpox: how dangerous is new health emergency?
Today's Big Question Spread of potentially deadly sub-variant more like early days of HIV than Covid, say scientists
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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency
Speed Read An outbreak of the viral disease formerly known as monkeypox continues to spread in Africa
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Pharmaceutical companies are warning of a rise in knockoff drugs
Under the Radar The World Health Organization is also urging consumers to be cautious
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Covid-19: where we are now
The Explainer Infections and hospitalisations continue to rise as a highly contagious new Covid subvariant spreads rapidly across the UK
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2023: the year of the loneliness epidemic
the explainer Loneliness isn't a new problem. But fighting it became a global health priority in 2023.
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Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital battle: a 'diplomatic failure' for Israel
Talking Point Window to defeat Hamas is 'closing', warns former Israeli PM, as hospital scenes swing public opinion
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10,000 steps and the other health rules that aren’t what they seem
feature We may need to take fewer steps than we think to keep our hearts healthy, according to a new study
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How the global drugs trade is changing
feature ‘Increasingly agile trafficking networks’ are behind 23% rise in global drug users, UN report finds
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The resurgence of ‘ticking timebomb’ tuberculosis
feature After two decades in decline rates are rising as a result of Covid and global conflicts
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Wine wars: are health warnings needed on alcohol?
Talking Point Ireland will become the first country in the world to introduce new advisory labels on alcohol
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How serious a threat is new Omicron Covid variant XBB.1.5?
feature The so-called Kraken strain can bind more tightly to ‘the doors the virus uses to enter our cells’
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Will new Covid testing rules for China prevent the spread of new variants?
Today's Big Question Curbs on travellers from China are being introduced worldwide in a bid to stop the emergence of new coronavirus strains
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Is monkeypox here to stay?
Talking Point A total of 2,759 infections have been detected in the UK, the majority of them in London
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