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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

1 November 2022

A malaria outbreak in Ethiopia earlier this year has been linked to an invasive species of mosquito that can persist throughout the dry season, complicating the fight to prevent the insects’ spread
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Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

16 January 2018

A new blood test seems to be more than twice as good at detecting bowel cancer than the method currently used to screen for polyps and early bowel cancer

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