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Antibiotics are for bacterial infections – they shouldn’t be prescribed to treat viruses. Credit: PH888/Shutterstock

Antibiotics are being inappropriately prescribed for COVID, increasing the threat of antimicrobial resistance – research

16 Feb 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Children wait to be vaccinated during house-to-house visits for a national polio vaccination campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday 06 June 2022. Credit: ©WHO/ Ismail Taxta

“Someone has to do this. And it’s us, here, now”

15 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Polio Gender equality

A plastic surgery student being observed by a lecturer in Brazil. According to Mexican physicist Ana María Cetto, the Latin American region should rise up and support initiatives that make science and its results accessible to the general public. Copyright: ReSurge International, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Q&A: Science is a public good, not a business

14 Feb 2023

5 min read

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Book Review: The Stuff We’re Made Of

10 Feb 2023

6 min read

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Man with a face mask. Credit: LL_studio/Shutterstock

Genetics might explain why some people have never had COVID – but we shouldn’t be too focused on finding out

9 Feb 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19

An obstetrician performs a mock vaginal examination on a fetal skull model in the lab using the smart glove, worn under a surgical glove. Credit: Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS)

Saving babies with a US$1 smart glove

8 Feb 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Woman wearing a mask at a train station. Credit: Uriel Mont on Pexels

Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t

7 Feb 2023

9 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Research summary

Guinea worms are long, white parasites that emerge from the legs of infected people through painful blisters. Credit: CDC/Wikimedia Commons

Guinea worm: A nasty parasite is nearly eradicated, but the push for zero cases will require patience

6 Feb 2023

5 min read

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Researchers from low- and lower-middle-income countries will now be able to publish for free in Nature. Credit: nature.com

Nature article charges waived for global South authors

6 Feb 2023

4 min read

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A nurse gives gives medicine, Ivermectin, against onchocerciasis or river blindness. Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: what the country is doing about it

3 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

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

Moderna is testing an mRNA vaccine in combination with pembrolizumab to treat melanoma. Credit: Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Moderna’s experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn’t prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works

2 Feb 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Vaccine development

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