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Gamblers are betting millions of dollars on measles outbreaks

People are increasingly placing bets that predict measles outbreaks in the US, which could help researchers modelling the spread of the disease

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Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection

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Multipurpose anti-viral pill may treat colds, norovirus, flu and covid

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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years

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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall had intestinal parasites

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Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

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The collaborative Human Challenge study is the first in the world to perform detailed monitoring over the full course of COVID-19, from the moment a person first encounters SARS-CoV-2, throughout the infection to the point at which the virus is apparently eliminated. The Human Challenge Programme is a partnership between Imperial College London, the Vaccine Taskforce and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), hVIVO (part of Open Orphan plc.), and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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How deliberately giving people illnesses is supercharging medicine

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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing where they come from and how they changed history

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Florida's anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health

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DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon's army in 1812

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The world is losing major ground in the fight against measles

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

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