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Three kookaburras sitting on steel post with rainbow in the background

Life

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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Corona virus, illustration.

Health

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)

Health

Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019

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Blood clot, 3d illustration. Inset: Miniature helical robot

Technology

Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood vessels to clear blockages

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FILE -- Henry Magendantz, a participant in the Aduhelm clinical trial, finishes receiving an infusion of the drug at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2021. Two months before the Food and Drug Administration's deadline to decide whether to approve Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab, a council of senior agency officials resoundingly agreed that there wasn't enough evidence it worked. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times) / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

Health

2022 preview: Expect a row over controversial Alzheimer's drug

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Human heart, 3D coloured computed tomography (CT) scan. This is an oblique side view. The heart is a hollow muscular organ that receives and pumps blood from and around the body through the veins and arteries that branch out from its four internal chambers. The external surface of the heart includes the coronary arteries and veins that supply blood to the heart muscle. This scan includes parts of the heart's major veins and arteries, with the aorta running down right.

Health

Rare mutation in Old Order Amish people linked to lower heart disease

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

Health

mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins

Health

Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins

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Why Alzheimer’s is not a single disease – and why that matters

Health

Why Alzheimer’s is not a single disease – and why that matters

Features

Alzheimer's disease. Series of coloured computed tomography (CT) scans of an axial section through the head of a 74-year-old patient with Alzheimer's disease. The front of the brain (brown) is at the top. Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease and a common cause of dementia in the elderly. It causes brain atrophy (decrease in size), shown here by the enlarged ventricle cavities (white, at centre of brain) and the widened pale blue regions. The brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer's disease leads to memory loss, confusion, personality changes and ultimately death. The cause of Alzheimer's disease is not known and there is no cure.

Mind

Treating Alzheimer's as having many causes may help us beat it

We have focused on the same suspected cause of Alzheimer's for too long. Thinking of it as resulting from multiple overlapping risk factors gives us an opportunity to fight back

Leader

Health

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

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Health

Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 border closure

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Environment

This koala was first to be vaccinated against chlamydia in new trial

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Environment

Climate change linked to risk of viruses jumping species in the Arctic

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