Supporting Ukrainian children

One year on from the start of the war, what support are Ukrainian children getting?

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Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected

We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target

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How to cope with earthquake trauma

We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?

How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity

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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy

Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.

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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?

Researchers test whether sniffing other people’s body odour might have a therapeutic use.

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Women aren’t being promoted in healthcare

Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.

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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth

Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.

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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa

Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children

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Why we need more black doctors

Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people

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Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict

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Giving small babies a better start

Simple changes to antenatal care which doctors say could save small babies’ lives

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Home testing kits for disease screening

A USA study shows home test kits lead to more women getting screened for cervical cancer

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What can we do about back pain?

600 million people around the world have lower back pain so what can we do to help?

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Uganda's anti-gay law and healthcare

Doctors fear Ugandan anti-gay legislation will slow progress on preventing spread of HIV

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China's Covid-19 lockdown: What happened next?

Covid-19 cases could rise to 65 million in China, but lockdowns look unlikely

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A step closer to a Chikungunya vaccine

Advanced vaccine trials for a mosquito-borne disease that’s becoming more prevalent

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Healthcare under threat in Myanmar

Healthcare in Myanmar declines as workers say they’ve been targeted by Military Government

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The future of HIV research in Africa

HIV research by African academics has increased but doesn’t yet reflect the virus’ impact

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Drumming for a healthy life

Drumming to Martian technology; Health research at the Royal Society summer exhibition

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Sickle cell disease: Fighting for the future

Better care for people with Sickle Cell Disease after figures reveal its global impact

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A new era for Alzheimer’s drugs?

Global trial confirms Alzheimer’s drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early stages

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Playing catch up on childhood immunisations

How to get children immunised to pre-Pandemic numbers after Covid backslide

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Henrietta Lacks’ family settle lawsuit

Family of a black woman whose cells were taken settle case with biotech company

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A closer look at leprosy

Leprosy could now be endemic in Florida. We look at the disease’s past, present & future.

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Contaminated cough syrup found in Iraq

Cough medicine batch contained unacceptable levels of toxic chemicals says WHO.

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Disgraced surgeon appeals prison sentence

Paolo Macchiarini appeals conviction for transplant surgeries in patients who later died.

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What happened to babies with Zika virus

How families in Brazil have been coping with the fallout from the Zika epidemic.

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Opioid overdose antidote made available in US

Naloxone made accessible in American pharmacies without prescription for the first time.

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Do men have a friendship problem?

A discussion on the issues men face with friendship from the Cheltenham Science Festival.

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