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People queue up to receive the Medigen and Moderna vaccines for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Taipei's main train station on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why we probably won't get new covid-19 vaccines in 2023

Any new covid-19 vaccine must be better than the ones we already have, setting a high bar for approval that is not expected to be met in 2023

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'Insomnia'

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The truth behind melatonin and why it may not help you sleep

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against monkeypox in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in August 2022

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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Read New Scientist’s 5 best long reads of 2022 for free

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DNA

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Gene-replacement therapies are transforming children’s lives

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against mpox in LA, California, in August 2022

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Targeted vaccine campaigns helped the West get on top of monkeypox

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MRI scan of a brain

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Sneaking drugs into the brain could treat conditions like Alzheimer's

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People waiting outside a clinic in Beijing

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How is China ending its zero-covid policy affecting cases and deaths?

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Artemis-deficient SCID

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Gene therapy restored immune system in children with rare disorder

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Aedes aegypti mosquito

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

More than three-quarters of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sampled in Vietnam and Cambodia were from strains that are extremely resistant to pyrethroid insecticides

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Stimulating the brainstem may make cochlear implants more effective

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Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 people a year

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Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not sure why

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Why are children catching so many illnesses this winter?

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