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How a universal flu vaccine could prevent the next pandemic

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How a universal flu vaccine could prevent the next pandemic

Even now, the risk of a deadly flu pandemic is an ever-present danger. But progress on a universal vaccine could protect us and remove the need for annual jabs

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We should isolate when we have flu, not just covid-19

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We should isolate when we have flu, not just covid-19

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

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Ambulance crews treat a patient with possible COVID-19 symptoms

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A bad UK winter could cause 120,000 hospital deaths linked to covid-19

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A pig, the animal from which the swine flu (H1N1) originated

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Swine flu (H1N1)

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How long can viruses survive outside the body?

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Australia sees huge decrease in flu cases due to coronavirus measures

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Anosmia

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Anosmia

The coronavirus owes its name to the crown-like projections that encircle the capsid.

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This week’s new questions

When it rains, what is the material that is left on your windows to make them dirty? And how long does coronavirus survive outside the body?

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China has 50 per cent fewer pigs – but how many of them actually died?

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A pill that mimics natural antibodies could fight many kinds of flu

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Why air travel makes deadly disease pandemics less likely

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Contagion: How the world's biggest flu pandemic makes sense as dance

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