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Lower back pain could affect up to a quarter of COVID-19 survivors

2 Sep 2022

3 min read

COVID-19 Explainer

Streptococcus pneumoniae, 3D illustration

How surveillance can detect shape-shifting bacteria to stop them evading vaccines

18 Aug 2022

4 min read

A physiotherapist helping patient with lifting dumbbells exercises.

The long tail: Post-Polio Syndrome

15 Aug 2022

4 min read

Polio Explainer Educational

Five things you need to know about Langya virus

12 Aug 2022

3 min read

Langya Explainer Pandemic preparedness

The race to understand long-COVID in children

11 Aug 2022

6 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Outbreaks

Long COVID affects one in eight, says Lancet study

10 Aug 2022

3 min read

COVID-19 Research summary Explainer

Corona Virus Mutation - medical 3D illustration. Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock

New COVID variants could emerge from animals or from people with chronic infections – but it’s not cause for panic

9 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Explainer COVID-19

Hippocrates lecturing to his students under the plane tree. Image credit: Wellcome Images

Funny medicine: Hippocrates and the four humours

4 Aug 2022

8 min read

Explainer Malaria

Wooden box containing tube of calf lymph, England, 1888. Credit: Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Why smallpox vaccines weren’t produced in Britain’s African colonies

13 Jul 2022

6 min read

Research summary Pandemic preparedness Explainer

Close up of general practitioner about to vaccinate a senior woman.

Could a variant-proof coronavirus vaccine be within reach?

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Research summary Explainer

Some scientists want to de-stigmatize the use of menstrual blood in research. Image: Decorative model uterus made from paper on pink background.

What Can Menstrual Blood Reveal about Health and Disease?

4 Jul 2022

9 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Explainer Gender equality

Viruses alter victims’ scent to attract mosquitoes

1 Jul 2022

3 min read

Research summary Explainer Educational

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