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flu virus

Health

The epidemic on the way: Why winter flu is so bad this year

Flu is an underestimated killer, taking more than a million lives around the globe annually. This time, the mutated virus seems to be hitting even harder

Features

racks of eggs

Health

Jab in the dark: Why we don’t have a universal flu vaccine

Features

Number 8

Health

Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

Culture

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Health

Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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Anti-vaccination protest

Health

Anti-vax views must not derail France's compulsory vaccine law

Comment

finger-prick test for malaria

Health

Malaria is no longer in decline and that should worry us all

Comment

Nobel

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: Why aren’t there more British Nobels?

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mosquito

Life

Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood

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Setting up blood artwork

Health

Bloody exhibition is only for the brave and the bold

Culture

Girl collecting water in refugee camp

Health

WHO launches bold plan to slash cholera deaths by 90 per cent

The global health agency pledged to reduce the death toll – now running at 95,000 a year – by improving sanitation and strategically deploying an oral vaccine

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Health

Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease risk

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Life

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

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Life

Killing thousands more badgers won't eradicate TB in cattle

Comment

Health

Stainless steel faucets may up risk of legionnaires' disease

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