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infections

Cervical cancer rates are in decline thanks to the HPV vaccine

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Just one dose of the HPV vaccine may be enough to lower cancer rates

A single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine seems to be almost as good as two or three injections for preventing cervical precancerous lesions

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A woman gets her temperature measured at an Ebola screening station

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WHO declares international emergency over DRC Ebola outbreak

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Preventable harm sometimes occurs during surgery

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Half of all harm caused by medical care is preventable

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Joseph Lister

People in Science

Joseph Lister

Everything you need to know about the hospital food listeria outbreak

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Everything you need to know about the hospital food listeria outbreak

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medical workers

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More than half of all Ebola outbreaks are going undetected

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Many dogs in the US are screened annually for Lyme disease

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Lyme disease is spreading across the US but your dog can help track it

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Two doses of vaccine are required for it to be fully effective

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21 million children miss first dose of measles vaccine every year

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phages

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A virus we thought was harmless to humans may worsen cystic fibrosis

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A child playing in the mud

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Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

Media misinterpretations of the hygiene hypothesis are encouraging us to stop washing our hands - and it's undermining our public health, says Sally Bloomfield

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MS symptoms improved by treatment that attacks glandular fever virus

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Why air travel makes deadly disease pandemics less likely

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Monkeypox has reached the UK - here's what you need to know

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Modified mosquitoes wipe out whole city’s dengue for the first time

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