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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

A person walks past a mural of medical workers in Mérida, Mexico, in February

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Should I worry about ‘deltacron’ and other covid-19 recombinants?

Recombination, essentially the viral version of sex, occurs when a single cell is simultaneously infected with two related viruses, whose genetic material could mix as they replicate

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Woman putting a well dried log into a glowing wood burning stove.

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Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

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How do we decide what counts as trauma – and have we got it all wrong?

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Empty Streets during Coronavirus Outbreak United Kingdom

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A child receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Paris in December 2021

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Myocarditis and covid-19 vaccines: How rare is it and who is at risk?

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US biofirm plans to make hypoallergenic cats using CRISPR gene editing

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Light micrograph section through the skin of a patient with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) showing cleavage of part of the epidermis. EB is a rare genetic disease of the connective tissues in the skin and mucosal membranes. In this condition, no collagen forms between the skin layers (the dermis and epidermis). This allows them to move across each other at the slightest pressure, resulting in blisters and painful sores. Hematoxylin and eosin stain. Magnification: x550 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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First ever gene therapy gel corrects rare genetic skin condition

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NASA plans to use sound waves to help astronauts pass kidney stones

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Burst of ultrasound waves can break up kidney stones in 10 minutes

Delivering low-amplitude, high-frequency ultrasound waves could fragment a kidney stone more quickly than existing high-amplitude, low-frequency treatments

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Drugs seem to help regenerate mouse lungs damaged by cigarette smoke

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Pancreatic cancer treated in mice by loading tumour cells with tetanus

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The covid-19 pandemic isn’t over – and it won’t end any time soon

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We can all benefit from taking care of our pelvic floor – here’s how

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