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    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Moderna reports trial success for dual Covid and flu vaccine

      Combined jab as effective as separate shots in early stage tests

      The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is loaded into a syringe
    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      Vaccine-like drug to prevent HIV ‘could be ready early next decade’

      UK drugmaker steps up investment in long-acting medication to protect those exposed to the virus

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    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      News in-depthPfizer Inc
      Covid vaccine winners suffer reversal of fortune

      Companies have yet to provide investors with convincing post-pandemic strategies

      A montage of a nurse preparing a Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine, and the BioNTech and Moderna logos
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO approves second malaria jab for children

      Oxford university shot expected to deliver ‘sufficient’ supply for all at-risk infants

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    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Nobel prizes
      Scientists whose work led to Covid mRNA vaccines win Nobel Prize

      Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman praised for role in ‘unprecedented rate of development’ of coronavirus jabs

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      The infected blood scandal — and how it was allowed to happen

      Victims still await compensation from a case of shocking government indifference, professional malpractice and commercial greed

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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      ‘Inverse vaccines’ could turn autoimmune treatment upside down

      The latest findings build on experiments from over a century ago

      Ann Kiernan illustration of a woman getting ready to inject herself with a vaccine
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid antiviral drug linked to ‘transmissible’ mutations, research finds

      Big-selling molnupiravir treatment produces permanent mutations that can be passed from patient to patient

      An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Mental health
      Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

      Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

      First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants

      An artist’s illustration of how artificial intelligence can predict patterns in biology
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to solve Covid’s origins

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says health body is ready to send second mission as Omicron variants drive rise in cases

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT MagazineTim Harford
      The art of making good mistakes

      Neither organisations nor people can learn from their errors if they deny mistakes ever happened

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special Report
      FT Health: Communicable Diseases

      Climate change helps the spread of infectious diseases. Plus: rise in fungal infections highlights risks of antimicrobial resistance; Sydney shows how to almost eliminate HIV transmission; wait goes on for effective Long Covid treatments

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Wait goes on for effective long Covid treatments

      Unlike the vaccine race, there is limited funding to treat a condition that is often debilitating

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      The microbiome: a benign infection to help keep disease at bay

      Huge resources devoted to examining links with illness

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Lessons not learnt from Covid-19

      Policymakers are failing to address the likelihood of another pandemic

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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      We need transformational change to be ready for the next pandemic

      Leaders must treat these risks as existential — one of very few threats that can change the world in days

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      In charts: Threat from infectious diseases eases across the world

      Illnesses such as cancer and heart disease supplant likes of HIV

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      Rise in fungal infections illustrates risks of antimicrobial resistance

      Drug resistance is not just a problem with bacteria

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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Moderna
      Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine shows promising results

      Trial finds latest version elicited better immune response than existing jabs

      A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      The rush to outpace Covid variants

      At least three descendants of Omicron have scientists on alert and vaccination programmes speeding up

      Andy Carter illustration of a man running away from coronavirus proteins while pushing a shopping trolley with a vaccine syringe in it
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Maternal health
      Low-cost health measures could drive big fall in maternal mortality, says report

      Lives of 2mn mothers and babies could be saved by 2030 with small innovations in care, says Gates Foundation

      A doctor checks up a pregnant woman at a government hospital in Amritsar
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Covid-19 vaccines
      FDA approves new Covid-19 boosters from Pfizer and Moderna

      Drug regulator’s decision is the first step towards a new round of jabs as cases rise in the US

      A nurse fills a syringe with Covid-19 vaccine
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      UK scientists develop 10-minute blood test to diagnose diseases

      Finger-prick technology on mobile device can detect long Covid and Alzheimer’s

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    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Latest vaccines help tackle highly mutated new Covid variant

      Preliminary studies find exposure to prevalent XBB.1.5 strain elicits antibodies to BA.2.86

      A medical worker holds a syringe of the Moderna vaccine
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