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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and a single mutation would allow it to bind to key human receptors

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Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

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Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic is less than feared

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Permafrost in Alaska

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A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

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Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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Issyk-Kul Lake (second biggest mountain lake in the world) in Kyrgyzstan in an autumn sunny day. Touristic area of this Central Asia country which has mountains in 80% of its territory. Snow visible.; Shutterstock ID 1551303815; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves

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A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

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Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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Commuters at St Pancras International train station in London, England, in May

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Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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Plague never went away – now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

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G15D0M Allegorical representation of the Demon of the Plague, from H. von Gersdorf's Feldtbuch der Wundarzney, printed by Johann Schott, Strasbourg, 1540. The Black Death (1340-1400) was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the de

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How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

The history books say the infamous plague pandemic of the 14th century killed at least half of the population of Europe. But recent scientific investigations have called that figure into question

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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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People queue for a PCR covid-19 test in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 30 November 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: April 2022

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A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December

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Covid-19 news archive: March 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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