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infectious diseases

How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Health

How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Jews imprisoned in a ghetto during the second world war stamped out a big typhus outbreak using public health measures like those currently being used to fight covid-19

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Alice Ball pioneered leprosy treatment and then had her work stolen

Humans

Alice Ball pioneered leprosy treatment and then had her work stolen

Culture

A handmade sign outside Ballachulish in Scotland’s Highlands

Health

Scotland could eliminate the coronavirus – if it weren't for England

Analysis

Wellington, New Zealand, in May as restrictions began to be eased

Health

Why New Zealand decided to go for full elimination of the coronavirus

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Is it safe for coronavirus 'shielders' in the UK to go outside now?

Health

Is it safe for coronavirus 'shielders' in the UK to go outside now?

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A pig, the animal from which the swine flu (H1N1) originated

Definition

Swine flu (H1N1)

Remdesivir

Definition

Remdesivir

HPV vaccine linked to fewer premature births in Australia

Health

HPV vaccine linked to fewer premature births in Australia

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R number

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R number

New Zealand is close to wiping out covid-19 - can it return to normal?

Health

New Zealand is close to wiping out covid-19 - can it return to normal?

New Zealand is on track to eliminate covid-19 altogether, but keeping the virus out for good will be a challenge, and the economic impacts are likely to hurt

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Health

Common herpes virus causes signs of Alzheimer's disease in brain cells

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Health

Why is coronavirus deadly for some, but harmless in others?

Features

Health

Australia sees huge decrease in flu cases due to coronavirus measures

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Health

Transatlantic slavery introduced infectious diseases to the Americas

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