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HMPV is one of several viruses often lumped under a broad definition of the 'common cold'
The Explainer HMPV outbreak in China unlike Covid-19 and no cause for alarm, say health officials
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'Personal contentment, as well as national prosperity, lay in what one does for others'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Marty Makary: the medical contrarian who will lead the FDA
In the Spotlight What Johns Hopkins surgeon and commentator Marty Makary will bring to the FDA
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The Week Unwrapped: Why is Iran texting Swedes?
Podcast Plus can Japan crack its demographic crisis, and what does national debt actually mean?
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Israel, UN agree to Gaza pauses for polio vaccinations
Speed Read Gaza's first case of polio in 25 years was confirmed last week in a 10-month-old boy who is now partially paralyzed
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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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Have we defeated malaria?
The Explainer Roll-out of low-cost vaccine means a world free from disease that claims 600,000 lives a year 'finally within sight'
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Roll-out of affordable malaria vaccine begins
Speed Read R21 is approved for babies and may save hundreds of thousands of lives
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What does Covid look like in 2024?
Today's Big Question Disease experts are calling for closer monitoring as new variant fuels rise in infections
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How prepared are we for human bird flu?
Today's Big Question Government stocks up on vaccines as risk of new pandemic is 'plausible and imminent'
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Why can't Ofsted stop rise in 'illegal schools'?
Today's Big Question Worrying rise in alternative education providers where teachers require neither qualifications nor criminal record checks
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How the MMR vaccine works
The Explainer UK health officials fear decline in jab coverage could see measles spread rapidly across the country
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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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Malaria is spreading, but we can stop it
The Explainer Climate change is hastening the disease but medicine is catching up
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