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What is hand, foot and mouth disease?
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As a new parent, I’ve become acutely aware of every person in the vicinity of my daughter who has the slightest sniffle or...
Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.
The committee of independent advisers who...
Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO. 3 things we need to know next about how it’s mutating and spreading
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This may change in the future.
However, WHO Director-General Tedros...
How monkeypox epidemic is likely to play out – in four graphs
Smallpox vaccines are effective against monkeypox. James Gathany/CDC
The first case of monkeypox in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what...
Can ‘viral shedding’ after the COVID vaccine infect others? That’s a big ‘no’
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Fears of “viral shedding” and other concerns after the COVID vaccine has led some businesses to ban vaccinated customers from the premises,...