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In Africa, an estimated 136 million people are currently living with hearing loss. Credit: Angela Roma on Pexels

Nearly 136 million people in Africa live with hearing difficulties: tackling the crisis with a smartphone and an app

23 Apr 2024

4 min read

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he first person – as far as we know – to catch B virus was bitten by a macaque monkey while researching poliovirus. Credit: Oleksandr P: on Pexels

Man who caught virus from a monkey in a critical condition – B virus explained

22 Apr 2024

4 min read

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Health workers do house to house polio vaccinations in Tunkia, Kenema District of Sierra Leone. Credit: Gavi/2016/Kate Holt

How to get vaccines to remote areas? In Sierra Leone they’re delivered by foot, boat or motorbike

18 Apr 2024

4 min read

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Many nonantibiotic drugs such as certain antidepressants and antiparasitics have antibacterial effects. Credit: Tanja Ivanova/Moment via Getty Images

Drugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how

17 Apr 2024

5 min read

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Human and animal healthcare must work together to stem antibiotic resistance. Image: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash

Why stemming the rise of antibiotic resistance will be an historic achievement

16 Apr 2024

4 min read

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Angela Tang, whose son came down with a baffling illness several years ago, looks at baby pictures of her three children at their home in the Los Angeles suburbs. Visual: Monica Almeida

When infection sparks obsession: PANDAS and PANS

15 Apr 2024

23 min read

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Having worked in communities responding to the impacts of droughts and climate shocks, Dr Sakib Burza says improved planetary health is crucial for better human health. carelbron0 from Pixabay

‘Healthy humans without a healthy planet is a logical fallacy’: Interview with Dr. Sakib Burza

12 Apr 2024

15 min read

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Interview: Puncturing Misconceptions About Vaccine Hesitancy

11 Apr 2024

7 min read

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A medical artist’s drawing of a boy with noma. Credit: Robert Froriep/Wikimedia Commons

Noma is a truly devastating tropical disease – more people need to know about it

10 Apr 2024

4 min read

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When the local nurse comes to vaccinate children in the village, his parents take Chandan, 9 months old, to get immunised. Credit: Gavi/2023/Benedikt V. Loebell

Celebrating a polio-free India, dreaming of a polio-free world

9 Apr 2024

5 min read

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The Viral Most Wanted: The Poxviruses

8 Apr 2024

11 min read

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Failure to define Long COVID will impede research progress

8 Apr 2024

6 min read

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