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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CJ GUNTHER/EPFive year old Brittany Siguenza watches as her mother receives a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccine clinic for teachers and school administrators at the Rumney March Academy, in Revere, Massachusetts, USA

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Why is it taking so long to get covid vaccines for children under 5?

Few countries currently have covid vaccines available for very young children. With US approvals likely in the next month, here is what you need to know about the vaccines – including why they are still important for kids already exposed to covid

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Monkeypox virus particles captured via a coloured transmission electron micrograph

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Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here’s everything you need to know

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A person receives a covid-19 vaccine in Glasgow, Scotland, in July 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection

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Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments

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All the tablets cancer patient Ann-Marie takes in a month. I have been collecting a month of empty packaging, and have taken photos from arrival to making into dossett boxes some 50 tablets a day, making 1500 a month

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Radiotherapy masks to hellebore root: see the ways we confront cancer

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The Pfizer medicine Paxlovid can protect against severe covid-19 in vulnerable people

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Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid

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Pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2019 alone

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ATHENS, GEORGIA - May 12, 2022 : Infant baby formula product shortage. Empty Similac baby food shelves at an American grocery store supermarket.; Shutterstock ID 2155491293; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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How did US baby formula get contaminated with dangerous bacteria?

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Smart contact lens for glaucoma could release drugs when needed

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Nearly a third of bites by malaria-carrying mosquitoes are in the day

Detailed analysis of mosquito bites in the Central African Republic found that, contrary to assumptions, many occur indoors during the daytime when people are not well protected by traditional anti-malaria defences

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Plan to feed phone data of NHS mental health patients to AI mothballed

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Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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How serious is monkeypox and what are the symptoms?

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Emphysema missed among Black men in US due to race-adjusted lung tests

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