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Vaccine roll outs cut deaths and infections by 60% says study

Dominic HughesGlobal Health CorrespondentGetty ImagesThe study examines the impact of emergency vaccine roll-outs for five major infectious diseases, including EbolaEmergency…

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Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues

Getty ImagesWeight loss drugs could help turn the tide on obesity - but there are side effectsA study into potential…

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Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study says

Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US…

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Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says

Branwen JeffreysEducation editorGetty ImagesThe poorest children are missing more school and falling further behind classmates, research shared with the BBC…

2 years ago

MDMA may have protected Nova attack survivors from trauma, study suggests

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondentOren Rosenfeld / BBCMichal is one of the festival-goers who believes MDMA helped her during the attackAs…

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Ancient Egyptian mummies smell “spicy” and “sweet”, study finds

APEven after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered.Researchers who…

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Algorithm study of DNA proves 90% accurate predicting bowel cancer

"Research like this will save lives," Craig Foster, from Waterlooville, Hants, whose wife, Fariba, died of bowel cancer in February…

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Glass of milk a day cuts bowel cancer risk – study

This was an observational study, not a trial, so it cannot prove categorically that calcium or any other food product…

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Girl’s life saved by pioneering study of rare diseases

Answers came when Jaydi was four years old.The detailed analysis of her DNA found she had lig-4 syndrome. It is…

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Myopia: One in three children are short-sighted – study

Paraguay and Uganda, at about 1%, had some of the lowest levels of myopia, with the UK, Ireland and the…

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