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A community health worker prepares the malaria vaccine in a syringe for a child at a health centre in southern Côte d'Ivoire, July 2024. Credit: Gavi/2024/Miléquêm Diarassouba

How effective are malaria vaccines?

29 Jul 2024

6 min read

Malaria Explainer

The world’s first-ever trial for a cancer vaccine has been launched. Image: Unsplash/National Cancer Institute

A historic leap in cancer vaccines – here’s what you need to know

29 Jul 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts

Watching sports is good for you – thanks to its social bonding effects

15 Jul 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Mothers with babies waiting for an HIV education session at a clinic in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Male infants infected with HIV during pregnancy are more likely than girls to achieve sustained HIV remission after receiving treatment, researchers say. Copyright: Courtesy of kommanderkat (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Boys born with higher natural resistance to HIV, study finds

8 Jul 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts HIV

3D renderings of the human papillomavirus (HPV) capsid (gold). Credit: NIH NIAID/2024 (CC BY 2.0)

Vaccines that can treat HPV could help save hundreds of thousands of lives lost to cervical cancer

4 Jul 2024

4 min read

HPV

Aedes Mosquito Bite by an Aedes mosquito. This species can transmit multiple diseases. Credit: NIAID

Dengue infection associated with increased risk of depression

4 Jul 2024

3 min read

Dengue

A person walks with a stroller in a park in front of the New York City skyline in June 2023 as it’s covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires. Visual: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Interview: The Lasting Impact of Environmental Factors on Health

25 Jun 2024

8 min read

Climate change Cross-posts

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash

Heat exposure during pregnancy can lead to a lifetime of health problems

24 Jun 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Maternal and child health

By adulthood around 95% of people are infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock

Epstein-Barr virus: how does a common infection trick the immune system into attacking the brain in people with MS?

21 Jun 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Credit: Timofeyev Alexander/Shutterstock

Will we really die from minor scratches in the future? – Q&A with antibiotic resistance expert

17 Jun 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, DRC, in the middle. Credit: Gavi/2019/Frédérique Tissandier

Are presidents good role models for vaccination uptake? DRC study shows only if they’re trusted, and people get to know about it

13 Jun 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Vaccine safety Research summary

Cholera bacteria. Credit: Wikimedia commons

Cholera can kill you within hours if left untreated: how to recognise the symptoms and protect yourself

11 Jun 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Cholera

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