Research summary

Articles summarising the latest health-related research and studies.

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Wooden box containing tube of calf lymph, England, 1888. Credit: Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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

13 Jul 2022

6 min read

Close up of general practitioner about to vaccinate a senior woman.

Could a variant-proof coronavirus vaccine be within reach?

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Research summary Explainer

COVID vaccines: our current shots could soon be updated to target new variants – an immunology expert explains

6 Jul 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary COVID-19

Some scientists want to de-stigmatize the use of menstrual blood in research. Image: Decorative model uterus made from paper on pink background.

What Can Menstrual Blood Reveal about Health and Disease?

4 Jul 2022

9 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Explainer Gender equality

Electron microscope image of Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Drug-resistant typhoid is now spreading worldwide from South Asia. Copyright: Alain Grillet/Sanofi Pasteur, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

‘Global response’ needed as typhoid evades antibiotics

4 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance Research summary Typhoid

Viruses alter victims’ scent to attract mosquitoes

1 Jul 2022

3 min read

Research summary Explainer Educational

Portrait of thoughtful retired mature woman in casual clothes standing by a window drinking tea.

Long COVID: female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk – new research

29 Jun 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Research summary

Street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image by blese via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

World’s worst air pollution slashes 7 years off life expectancy in Bangladesh

24 Jun 2022

7 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Research summary

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

21 Jun 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Explainer

A health worker prepares to vaccinate a student in Adukrom in the Eastern Region, Ghana in 2022. Ghana pushes towards community vaccination to increase its vaccinated population. Gavi/2022/Nipah Dennis

The need for culturally sensitive COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa

14 Jun 2022

2 min read

Research summary COVID-19 Vaccine campaigns

A midwife examines a pregnant woman at a health clinic. Gavi/2016/Kate Holt

COVID-19 greatly increases risks to pregnant women: largest sub-Saharan study

9 Jun 2022

4 min read

Research summary Vaccine safety COVID-19

An electron micrograph of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (colourised blue). Experts say RSV cases are likely to be on the rise as masks and lockdowns have led to a reduction in natural immunity. Copyright: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Respiratory virus ‘kills 100,000 children under five’

7 Jun 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts RSV Research summary

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