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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.

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Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo to be declared over

The DRC’s Ebola epidemic will be declared over on 12 April but there’s little time to celebrate as the country pivots towards tackling the coronavirus

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Urine test can predict how much a baby will grow in six months’ time

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Fever can help the immune system, so what should we do if we have one?

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Deciding how to end lockdown will be hard, but we should do it soon

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Australia seems to be keeping a lid on covid-19 – how is it doing it?

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Covid-19: We can ward off some of the negative impacts on children

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Blood pressure drugs may do more harm than good for some older people

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Does the ACE2 protein explain covid-19 risk for underlying conditions?

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When will lockdown end? Nations look for coronavirus exit strategies

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How realistic is Contagion? The movie doesn’t skimp on science

Contagion was a film released in 2011 about a fictional pandemic of a virus called MEV-1 which kills between 25 and 30 per cent of those it infected. Here is our review of the film originally published in September 2011, now that it's on Netflix

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Experimental diabetes device works by killing gut cells with hot water

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Coronavirus will play out very differently in world’s poorest nations

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Why we still don’t know what the death rate is for covid-19

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Diet and exercise will keep your brain young – depending on your genes

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