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Dr Nnennaya Ajayi standing by hospital van. Credit: CEPI

How climate change increases pandemic risk

3 Apr 2024

11 min read

Genetics, hormones and age can all affect our hair growth. Credit: Kmpzzz/ Shutterstock

What your hair can tell you about your health

2 Apr 2024

5 min read

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The GeneXpert machines in Brazzaville, Congo analyses around 70 samples every day to detect TB. Many people with the disease, which is particularly prevalent in the Asia Pacific region and Africa, do not even get properly diagnosed. Copyright: WHO/OLUSIMI Vijay.

Missing TB cases ‘key to elimination’

28 Mar 2024

5 min read

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Vaccination saved 37 million lives between 2000 and 2019! Credit: Science Journal For Kids

How many lives do vaccines save?

27 Mar 2024

5 min read

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MedAccess delegates at the first Global Health Market Shaping conference in Barcelona, March 2024. From L-R: Michael Anderson, Kaodili Udeh, Tristana Perez, Guy Pickles. Credit: © MedAccess

Do you speak market shaping? Reflections from the first Global Health Market Shaping conference

26 Mar 2024

4 min read

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Domestic poultry may be infected with two types of bird flu viruses: highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A viruses or low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A viruses. Credit: Ralph from Pixabay

Bird flu: what is it, how does it spread and how can we protect ourselves from it?

25 Mar 2024

5 min read

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Racial and gender biases in the collection of genome data need fixing, writes a bioinformatician. Credit: Knowable Magazine

We urgently need data for equitable personalized medicine

22 Mar 2024

6 min read

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Breathing in PM2.5 for even a few hours, and up to a few days, results in more than one million premature deaths occurring worldwide every year. Credit: Kdwk Leung on Unsplash

Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution kills 1 million globally every year

21 Mar 2024

3 min read

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Leprosy can be caused by two different bacteria, one of which was only identified in 2008. Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Leprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?

20 Mar 2024

6 min read

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Filoviruses have a distinctive shape. They are enveloped viruses with a single-stranded RNA genome. The virus particles are long and ribbon- or thread-like. Credit: CEPI

The Viral Most Wanted: The Filoviruses

18 Mar 2024

9 min read

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Young children, pregnant people and the immunocompromised are among the most vulnerable to measles. Credit: CHBD/E+ via Getty Images

Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable

18 Mar 2024

5 min read

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Whether caused by a tickle in your throat or an infection in your lungs, coughing helps to protect the airways. It can also be a strategy used by pathogens to spread disease, scientists have discovered. Credit: Esther Aarts

New views of a cough: From TB and chronic cough to hope for Parkinson’s

14 Mar 2024

9 min read

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