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How diseases like smallpox survived long ocean voyages
Modern mathematical tools reveal the conditions pathogens needed to remain active in a ship鈥檚 population for the duration of a historical journey
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Humans
The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago
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Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues
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Life
Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England
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Environment
Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods
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How measles can do long-lasting damage to children’s immune systems
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Pneumonia in China: Everything we know so far about mystery illness
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Bird flu has reached Antarctica and could have a devastating effect
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Humans
Humans caught more diseases after we domesticated animals
Analysis of DNA from human remains up to 37,000 years old shows that more infectious diseases jumped from animals to people after the dawn of farming
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Bird flu now sweeping the world evolved in Europe and Africa
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Superbugs will struggle to evolve resistance to unusual new antibiotic
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World鈥檚 first RSV vaccine approved in the US for older adults
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Bird flu may be making foxes and other animals behave in unusual ways
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