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How surveillance can detect shape-shifting bacteria to stop them evading vaccines

18 Aug 2022

4 min read

The long tail: Post-Polio Syndrome

15 Aug 2022

4 min read

Polio Explainer Educational

Five things you need to know about Langya virus

12 Aug 2022

3 min read

Langya Explainer Pandemic preparedness

The race to understand long-COVID in children

11 Aug 2022

6 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Outbreaks

Long COVID affects one in eight, says Lancet study

10 Aug 2022

3 min read

COVID-19 Research summary Explainer

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New COVID variants could emerge from animals or from people with chronic infections – but it’s not cause for panic

9 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Explainer COVID-19

Funny medicine: Hippocrates and the four humours

4 Aug 2022

8 min read

Explainer Malaria

Why smallpox vaccines weren’t produced in Britain’s African colonies

13 Jul 2022

6 min read

Research summary Pandemic preparedness Explainer

Could a variant-proof coronavirus vaccine be within reach?

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Research summary Explainer

What Can Menstrual Blood Reveal about Health and Disease?

4 Jul 2022

9 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Explainer Gender equality

Viruses alter victims’ scent to attract mosquitoes

1 Jul 2022

3 min read

Research summary Explainer Educational

Genomic data sheds light on monkeypox origins

24 Jun 2022

4 min read

Mpox Explainer

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