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Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda struggles to contain Ebola variant with no approved vaccine

More than 50 cases have been identified so far in an outbreak linked to the Sudan variant of Ebola virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine

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Genetic test for cancer is less accurate for Black and Asian people

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Consistent exposure to air pollution may raise an otherwise healthy person's risk of a first-time stroke

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Air pollution raises our risk of a stroke and its later complications

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Image of Aspergillus, a black mould that can cause pulmonary infection

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Dangerous fungal lung infections could be treated with CAR T-cells

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2GJM5J2 Alzheimers and dementia research

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Alzheimer’s drug results are promising – but not a major breakthrough

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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There is no approved vaccine against Zika, but a vaccine candidate has shown promise in mice

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Experimental Zika vaccine stops the virus from replicating in mice

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Being vaccinated against the coronavirus may reduce the risk of long covid with a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Coronavirus vaccines could cut the risk of long covid by two-fifths

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A pharmacist administers a flu vaccine ahead of the UK's 2022/23 flu season

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NHS invites 12 million people to have booster to ward off 'twindemic'

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Rylea-Ann was unable to walk before receiving the gene therapy

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Gene therapy infused into the brain eases rare condition in children

A gene-replacement therapy has eased the debilitating symptoms in a group of 30 children with AADC deficiency

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Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to almost 200 genetic variants

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Scientists who discovered cause of narcolepsy win Breakthrough Prize

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Married women who work during middle age are happier later in life

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Mosquitoes are being genetically modified so they can't spread malaria

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