Research summary

Articles summarising the latest health-related research and studies.

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Turn up the music and hide the needle: science-based strategies to make vaccination less stressful

21 Sep 2026

5 min read

Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500‑year‑old smallpox DNA reveals

15 Sep 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

A cheek swab can reveal inherited genetic variants that may influence how someone responds to certain medicines. Prostock-studio/Shutterstock

Pharmacogenomics: how your genes could help doctors choose the right medicine and dose

14 Sep 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1810.

The world has spent centuries forgetting the African history of immunisation

4 Sep 2026

10 min read

Made in Africa Research summary

Could your night-time cough help predict the next wave of flu or COVID-19?

4 Sep 2026

4 min read

Research summary

Drug resistance could be behind twice as many Asian hospital deaths as we thought

27 Aug 2026

5 min read

Research summary Antimicrobial resistance

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Could a blood test tell you how well a vaccine will work for you?

26 Aug 2026

4 min read

Research summary AI

Cancer breakthrough as personalised mRNA vaccine stops melanoma returning

20 Aug 2026

5 min read

Research summary

A woman wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Credit: rawpixel.com on Magnific

Could COVID-19 reawaken viruses hidden in the body?

14 Aug 2026

4 min read

COVID-19 Research summary

Wildfire smoke. Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplash

Fire-breathing dragon clouds: when the smoke in wildfires is more dangerous than flames

7 Aug 2026

6 min read

Climate change Research summary

Vaccine impact: rubella birth defects drop by almost 75% since 2012

28 Jul 2026

4 min read

Rubella Research summary

Grace Chyuwei pours water on Joe Chyuwei to help with the heat in Death Valley National Park, California, in 2025. Image by AP Photo/John Locher, File

More than two-thirds of humanity now faces at least 90 days of extreme heat every year

28 Jul 2026

3 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Research summary

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