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Health

Maternal mortality rate in the US rose drastically in 2021

The US saw a 40 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2020 to 2021, with the rate among Black people more than twice as high as white people

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A transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (pink) replicating from the plasma membrane of an infected immune cell

Health

Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

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Environment

US approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

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Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

Health

Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

Comment

A reconstruction of the Huc enzyme

Chemistry

Soil bacteria enzyme generates electricity from hydrogen in the air

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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith Garc?a-Gonz?lez, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Health

Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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Technology

Heating water with computer servers could save UK homes £150 a year

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Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

Society

Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

Features

HIV (green) infecting an immune cell

Health

Third person 'cured' of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment

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Health

Male birth control drug is 100 per cent effective in mice

A male contraceptive that immobilises sperm for 2 hours prevented pregnancy in mice and resulted in no adverse side effects

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Health

Preterm babies have a similar BMI at adolescence to peers born at term

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Life

Dolphins spotted swimming in New York City’s Bronx River

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Health

Vaginal swabs could be used to predict likelihood of preterm births

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Health

Pre-eclampsia and hypertension in pregnancy linked to 19 gene variants

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