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Technology

Disease mapper shows you what infections are hitting your area

Tracking local diseases, like flu or the common cold, could be as easy as checking the weather with a new app called Doctors Report

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CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Analysis

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Health

Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

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People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine

Health

People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine

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Life

Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

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A hospital full of people with flu

Health

Pandemics past: Seven times flu has become a mass killer

Features

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Health

Jab in the dark: Why we don’t have a universal flu vaccine

Features

flu virus

Health

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

Features

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Health

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

Features

flu jabs

Health

Stopping the spread: What you can do to prevent flu

We will all be exposed to flu this winter, but not all of us will get sick. The best way to minimise the risk is clear – although it’s a far from perfect solution

Features

Health

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

Culture

Health

Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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Health

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

Comment

Health

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

Comment

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