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We can treat age-related illness without calling ageing a disease

Declaring ageing a disease could hold back efforts to find genuine treatments that tackle age-related illnesses like osteoporosis and dementia

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MORCAMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Despite inclement weather pensioners raise a happy smile as they perform the famously British dance of comedians Morcambe and Wise next to a statue of Eric Morcambe, at Morcambe Bayon June 22, 2006, in Morcambe, England. Confidence & Happiness specialist, Ů��С��Ƶ Cliff Arnall from the University of Cardiff has identified June 23, 2006 as being the happiest day of the year. His calculations were based on outdoor activity, nature, social interaction, childhood summers, positive memories, temperature and holidays. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Ageing is inevitable, but we may soon treat it like any other disease

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World’s first RSV vaccine approved in the US for older adults

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Giovanni Grewembroch - XVIII century. Manuscript: Doctor in Venice at the time of the plague. Watercolor. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

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Bird flu may be making foxes and other animals behave in unusual ways

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DNA molecule. Polygenic tests can reveal your future risk of many diseases

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New DNA tests predict your disease risk – are we ready for them?

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Norovirus outbreak: Why is the number of cases in England so high?

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

More than 600 sea lions have been found dead or dying on Peruvian beaches this year in the first mass mortality event of wild mammals from bird flu in South America

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Genetic tracking scheme for viruses could warn of dangerous outbreaks

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

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When will a vaccine for RSV be available in the US?

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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

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