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The Pfizer medicine Paxlovid can protect against severe covid-19 in vulnerable people

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Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid

Pfizer’s Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine may not eradicate the virus in everyone

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A stock image of smoke and steam being emitted from an industrial plant

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Pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2019 alone

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How did US baby formula get contaminated with dangerous bacteria?

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Smart contact lens for glaucoma could release drugs when needed

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Nearly a third of bites by malaria-carrying mosquitoes are in the day

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Pregnant Woman Smoking E Cigarette

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Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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Plan to feed phone data of NHS mental health patients to AI mothballed

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A monkeypox virus particle captured via a coloured transmission electron micrograph

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How serious is monkeypox and what are the symptoms?

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Emphysema missed among Black men in US due to race-adjusted lung tests

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A microscopy image of a microgel with the protein Fas ligand on its surface

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Protein gel could help treat type 1 diabetes

The gel, which was implanted alongside a pancreatic cell transplant in monkeys with type 1 diabetes, releases a protein that kills overactive immune cells, preventing the pancreatic cells from being rejected

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Flu vaccine cuts risk of heart attack in following year by 34 per cent

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Some medicines prescribed to treat back pain may prolong the problem

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Overturning Roe v Wade would be a disaster for public health

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Roe v Wade overturned: What that means for safe abortion in the US

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