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Small wonders: The antibodies from camels and sharks that could change medicine

27 Mar 2023

11 min read

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Researchers are working to advance a vaccine against Shigella. Here, one of the candidates is being prepped for use in a clinical study. Photo: PATH.

What would success look like for a Shigella vaccine?

1 Mar 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Vaccine development

Researchers at Yale University have identified a new tsetse fly pheromone, methyl palmitoleate (MPO), which attracts male tsetse flies and causes them to freeze in place. Image: Unsplash

Here's why tsetse fly pheromone could cut disease spread

28 Feb 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts 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

Person sitting on the couch with a sore throat

Why does it feel like everyone is sick at the moment?

27 Feb 2023

8 min read

COVID-19 RSV Influenza

Person holding syringe and vaccine bottle. Credit: Photo by cottonbro studio

New roadmap charts a course towards improved coronavirus vaccines that could head off future threats

23 Feb 2023

4 min read

COVID-19 Vaccine development Pandemic preparedness

AI can be like having a high-level personal assistant. Credit: Shutterstock

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

22 Feb 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Pills in packaging. Credit: Roberto Sorin on Unsplash

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

21 Feb 2023

6 min read

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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

Why bird flu vaccines need urgent R&D

15 Feb 2023

5 min read

Bird flu Vaccine development

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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