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What happens when you don’t recover from Epstein-Barr virus?

20 Apr 2023

10 min read

The long tail Explainer

Labels in a mess. Credit: Pop & Zebra on Unsplash

Omicron Soup: Deciphering WHO’s new COVID-19 labelling system

3 Apr 2023

4 min read

COVID-19 Explainer

A girl elbow bumping with a paediatrician while greeting at the clinic during coronavirus pandemic.

8 things we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

9 Mar 2023

5 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Vaccine safety

Human hands holding teal ribbon to support cervical cancer awareness

Why southern and eastern Africa have the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer

7 Mar 2023

6 min read

HPV Explainer Vaccine development

The Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. Credit: The Al-Imdaad Foundation

“We lose so many women every day”: cervical cancer in low-resource settings

6 Mar 2023

8 min read

HPV HIV Explainer

Gabriela Montenegro Bethancourt is one of seven women scientists to win the 2023 Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World by UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and the Elsevier Foundation.

Q&A: Local context is key to nourishing children, says specialist

2 Mar 2023

7 min read

Cross-posts Explainer Research summary

Researcher at work at the microscope behind glass in a sterile clean room

Mpox: Why things just got more dangerous for people with undiagnosed and advanced HIV

28 Feb 2023

6 min read

Mpox HIV Explainer

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Here's why some countries are experiencing medicine shortages – and what can be done to ensure supply

21 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Explainer

Five things you need to know about Equatorial Guinea’s Marburg outbreak

21 Feb 2023

4 min read

Marburg Vaccine development Explainer

The black rat, or ship rat, was thought to have helped transmit the Black Death. Credit: Shutterstock / Carlos Aranguiz

The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all

3 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Explainer

Hadiza Ibrahim and Adama Mohammed. Credit: Bukola Afeni

Mothers in Nigeria’s Wassa IDP camp spread the word: breastfeeding can save infant lives

26 Jan 2023

6 min read

Conflict & humanitarian Explainer

Japanese encephalitis, 3D illustration showing brain infection and close-up view of viruses in the brain.

What happens when you don’t recover from Japanese Encephalitis?

13 Jan 2023

5 min read

The long tail Japanese encephalitis Explainer

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