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Corona virus, illustration.

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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

The coronavirus is evolving to become more transmissible, and eventually it could even overtake measles, the most contagious virus we know of

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This is a medical illustration of drug-resistant, Shigella sp. bacteria, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 (AR Threats Report)

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Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019

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Blood clot, 3d illustration. Inset: Miniature helical robot

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Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood vessels to clear blockages

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FILE -- Henry Magendantz, a participant in the Aduhelm clinical trial, finishes receiving an infusion of the drug at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2021. Two months before the Food and Drug Administration's deadline to decide whether to approve Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab, a council of senior agency officials resoundingly agreed that there wasn't enough evidence it worked. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times) / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

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2022 preview: Expect a row over controversial Alzheimer's drug

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Human heart, 3D coloured computed tomography (CT) scan. This is an oblique side view. The heart is a hollow muscular organ that receives and pumps blood from and around the body through the veins and arteries that branch out from its four internal chambers. The external surface of the heart includes the coronary arteries and veins that supply blood to the heart muscle. This scan includes parts of the heart's major veins and arteries, with the aorta running down right.

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Rare mutation in Old Order Amish people linked to lower heart disease

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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005.

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mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins

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Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins

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Alzheimer's disease. Series of coloured computed tomography (CT) scans of an axial section through the head of a 74-year-old patient with Alzheimer's disease. The front of the brain (brown) is at the top. Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease and a common cause of dementia in the elderly. It causes brain atrophy (decrease in size), shown here by the enlarged ventricle cavities (white, at centre of brain) and the widened pale blue regions. The brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer's disease leads to memory loss, confusion, personality changes and ultimately death. The cause of Alzheimer's disease is not known and there is no cure.

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Treating Alzheimer's as having many causes may help us beat it

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Why Alzheimer’s is not a single disease – and why that matters

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Why Alzheimer’s is not a single disease – and why that matters

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Vaccine skin patch

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Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative

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Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 border closure

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Environment

This koala was first to be vaccinated against chlamydia in new trial

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Environment

Climate change linked to risk of viruses jumping species in the Arctic

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Guinea confirms West Africa’s first case of deadly Marburg virus

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