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Articles explaining the facts behind immunisation and vaccines.

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What Can Menstrual Blood Reveal about Health and Disease?

Jul 4

9 min read

Viruses alter victims’ scent to attract mosquitoes

Jul 1

3 min read

Research summary Explainer Educational

Genomic data sheds light on monkeypox origins

Jun 24

4 min read

Monkeypox Explainer

How bad is the fresh wave of COVID-19 infections being driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants likely to be?

Jun 23

4 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Pandemic preparedness

Q&A: How the Black Death’s origins were cracked

Jun 23

11 min read

Explainer Pandemic preparedness

Do optimists really live longer? Here’s what the research says

Jun 21

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Explainer

Deadly heatwaves: How high temperatures affect the body

Jun 17

5 min read

Climate change Explainer

Four ways you can design social media posts to combat health misinformation

Jun 16

5 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Explainer

We Can End Neglected Tropical Diseases

Jun 14

4 min read

Pandemic preparedness Explainer

COVID: six ways long-term smell loss can affect you

Jun 9

5 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Explainer

Why does COVID-19 cause back pain?

May 23

4 min read

Explainer COVID-19 Vaccine safety

Four strange COVID symptoms you might not have heard about

May 13

5 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Explainer

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