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Global plan aims to make vaccines for future pandemics within 100 days

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Global plan aims to make vaccines for future pandemics within 100 days

Governments and life science industry leaders have pledged to work towards a plan that could see vaccines ready in just 100 days in the event of a new pandemic.

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

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Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work

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Social distancing in a park

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Are pets at risk of getting covid-19 and can they spread it to people?

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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

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Lyme disease vaccine found to be safe and effective in clinical trial

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A volunteer in Seattle takes part in a trial for a vaccine developed by Moderna

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Coronavirus vaccine hope rises after a flurry of positive results

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Jews imprisoned in a ghetto during the second world war stamped out a big typhus outbreak using public health measures like those currently being used to fight covid-19

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Scotland could eliminate the coronavirus – if it weren't for England

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Why New Zealand decided to go for full elimination of the coronavirus

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Is it safe for coronavirus 'shielders' in the UK to go outside now?

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Swine flu (H1N1)

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