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A study reveals that coronavirus had spread around the world by late 2019
A genetic study suggests that COVID-19 spread around the world any time between October and December 2019.
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WHO warns: 'Countries must ease lockdowns slowly'
The World Health Organization has warned countries they must ease COVID-19 lockdowns slowly and be fully prepared to restore restrictions if cases spike.
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Special Report: As virus advances, doctors rethink using ventilators
Medical professionals in China and the U.S. agreed that ventilators are vitally important but highlighted the fear of using them early or too frequently.
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Coronavirus and the risks of 'speed science'
COVID-19 has resulted in a mass of academic papers being published on the novel coronavirus. The speed at which the information has been published has meant much of it hasn't been peer-re...
Nature and Biodiversity
Climate change exposes young generations to life-long health harm
Children's bodies and immune systems are still developing, leaving them more susceptible to disease and environmental pollutants.
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Smartphone tech could prevent the deaths of six million women and children by 2030
Co-lead by the Rockefeller Foundation, the $100 million project uses data analytics and plans to target communities and families in India and Uganda who are most at risk.
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These three doctors won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize. This is why
Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work looking at cells' response to oxygen levels. Medicine is the first of the Nobel Prizes given each year and notable ...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Brain-controlled exoskeleton helps paralyzed man walk again
Combining robotics and the human brain, together we can beat paralysis as these scientists from France are demonstrating with an exoskeleton suit that uses brain signals to control a four...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Global development is being harmed by gender-based violence and discriminatory laws
Despite gains in girls' educational attainment, women's life chances are limited by social norms, discriminatory laws and policies and gender-based violence, according to a report from th...
Health and Healthcare Systems
Scientists in DR Congo have had a major breakthrough in the fight against Ebola
The year-long Congo outbreak has killed at least 1,800 people, but two experimental drugs have shown survival rates of up to 90%.
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Scientists edit chicken genes to make them resistant to bird flu
A human flu pandemic caused by a bird flu strain is one of the greatest concerns of global health and infectious disease specialists.
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Obesity is rising faster in the countryside than in cities, study finds
The rate of obesity is growing faster in rural areas than cities, partly due to the fact that people in cities have greater access to healthier foods and places to exercise.
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More than 20 million children a year miss out on the measles vaccine around the world
More than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is now causing disease outbreaks gl...
Industries in Depth
One in five deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet
Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global stu...
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London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor.