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Plague first came to Britain from Europe at least 4000 years ago

DNA from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that caused the Black Death, has been found in the teeth of three people who lived in Britain during the Bronze Age

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

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Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

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Rear view of sick girl with stuffed toy sitting on bed. Female child patient is resting in ward at clinic. She is wearing hospital gown.

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Mystery outbreak of hepatitis in children investigated in the UK

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1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia

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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

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This is a medical illustration of drug-resistant, Shigella sp. bacteria, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 (AR Threats Report)

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Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019

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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005.

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mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

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Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 border closure

Many countries have seen sharp falls in the number of measles cases as a result of covid-19 controls, but the pandemic has also interrupted immunisation programmes

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This koala was first to be vaccinated against chlamydia in new trial

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Guinea confirms West Africa’s first case of deadly Marburg virus

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Global plan aims to make vaccines for future pandemics within 100 days

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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