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The epidemic on the way: Why winter flu is so bad this year

Flu is an underestimated killer, taking more than a million lives around the globe annually. This time, the mutated virus seems to be hitting even harder

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Health

Waiting for the big one: A new flu pandemic is a matter of time

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flu jabs

Health

Stopping the spread: What you can do to prevent flu

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Number 8

Health

Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

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Health

Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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Anti-vaccination protest

Health

Anti-vax views must not derail France's compulsory vaccine law

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finger-prick test for malaria

Health

Malaria is no longer in decline and that should worry us all

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Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: Why aren’t there more British Nobels?

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Life

Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood

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Health

Bloody exhibition is only for the brave and the bold

A room is coated in the red stuff in Blood: Life Uncut, a queasy, seductive exploration put together by the team behind the forthcoming Science Gallery London

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Health

WHO launches bold plan to slash cholera deaths by 90 per cent

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Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease risk

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Life

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

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Life

Killing thousands more badgers won't eradicate TB in cattle

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