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Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine

A malaria vaccine that is 77 per cent effective in clinical trials has been approved for use in children 3 to 5 years old, the group most vulnerable to dying from the disease

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Swapping table salt for a potassium alternative cuts blood pressure

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Legal marijuana in the US may be less potent than packaging claims

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We must treat therapy with scientific rigour to see if it works

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Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

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Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

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A scanning electron micrograph of neurons in the corpus striatum part of a foetal brain

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Roots of five medical conditions shown in map of the developing brain

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A child in Seattle, Washington, receives a chickenpox vaccine in 2019. The US, among other countries, offers a routine chickenpox vaccine to children, unlike countries such as the UK and Denmark

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Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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Australia’s detention of child asylum seekers has harmed their health

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Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

Longer-lasting pregnancies lead to larger babies but also riskier births, but some genes may have let women and fetuses find a middle ground

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Later bedtimes on weekends are linked to weight gain in children

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Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

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Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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The brain may flush out its waste products after a mental workout

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