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Genetics may protect against disease linked to eating human brains

Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral rituals – but some individuals may have had genetic resistance to the condition

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Blood test could tell if a fever is due to infection or other diseases

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First RSV treatment for infants and children approved in US

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A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria

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What we know so far about the malaria cases in Florida and Texas

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Plague first came to Britain from Europe at least 4000 years ago

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

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Rear view of sick girl with stuffed toy sitting on bed. Female child patient is resting in ward at clinic. She is wearing hospital gown.

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Mystery outbreak of hepatitis in children investigated in the UK

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1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia

A survey of birds entering an Australian animal hospital shows a huge number of them carry chlamydia, including strains never seen before

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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

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This is a medical illustration of drug-resistant, Shigella sp. bacteria, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 (AR Threats Report)

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Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019

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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005.

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mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

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