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First RSV treatment for infants and children approved in US

A treatment to prevent RSV in children up to two years old has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration

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A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria

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What we know so far about the malaria cases in Florida and Texas

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Plague first came to Britain from Europe at least 4000 years ago

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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South American Sea Lions

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Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

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Rear view of sick girl with stuffed toy sitting on bed. Female child patient is resting in ward at clinic. She is wearing hospital gown.

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Mystery outbreak of hepatitis in children investigated in the UK

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Three kookaburras sitting on steel post with rainbow in the background

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1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia

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Corona virus, illustration.

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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

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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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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

An mRNA vaccine that causes a red, itchy skin rash in response to bites by ticks may allow them to be removed before they transmit Lyme disease-causing bacteria

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

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

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

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

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