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A ring-tailed lemur, endemic to Madagascar

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Endemic

Like the words pandemic and epidemic, endemic often come to public attention in relation to infectious diseases, but it can have another meaning
First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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Tampons on pink background

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Colour-changing tampons could detect urinary tract infections

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A man's nose

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Early signs of Parkinson’s disease could be spotted in the nose

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Science with Sam sleep

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Science with Sam: Why can’t we stay awake indefinitely?

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Parasites may make dogs smell good to disease-spreading sandflies

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Parasites may make dogs smell good to disease-spreading sandflies

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What is the placebo effect?

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The placebo effect

How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

A new antifungal compound that is effective against multidrug-resistant fungi has been isolated from bacteria living in filter-feeding marine animals called sea squirts

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Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work

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Are pets at risk of getting covid-19 and can they spread it to people?

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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

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Lyme disease vaccine found to be safe and effective in clinical trial

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