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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and a single mutation would allow it to bind to key human receptors

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'Killer' cells explain differences in immunity between the sexes

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Five years after the first covid-19 cases, there are lessons to learn

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Five years after the first covid-19 cases, there are lessons to learn

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The science of exercise: How a workout benefits your brain

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Graham Lawton tests out Flowbio's S1 sweat wearable device

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What Flowbio's sweat tracking wearable revealed about my health

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How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health

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Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

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Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

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When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?

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Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates

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A little bit of fear can bring down levels of inflammation in the body

Feeling scared seems to reduce elevated levels of inflammation, which may help explain why some people enjoy a haunted attraction

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Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

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How safe is the US food supply?

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Forest schools don't actually boost most children's mental health

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

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