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Prevention is better than cure — but is too costly for some countries where drug-resistant bacteria are rampant
Identifying conditions can prevent inappropriate drug use, but there are barriers to progress in poorer regions
Universal smallpox vaccination may not be necessary but complacency is not an option in viral outbreaks
Chief executive Albert Bourla launches plan to offer patented medicines at lower cost to poorer nations
Former Ethiopian minister faces difficult task of rebuilding trust in global health body
European health experts react to biggest surge of disease outside west and central Africa
People with a history of autoimmune disease or depression were also more likely to have the condition
Officials are reacting to the largest outbreak outside sub-Saharan Africa
Jabs for youngest children offer potential new market amid global glut of adult doses
Programmes would use smallpox vaccine and immunise close contacts of confirmed cases
Industry says it will reserve production capacity for low- income nations for a fee if border bans are ended
Aligning work and healthcare with the body’s circadian cycles could bring revolutionary health benefits
Five-year loan prime rate slashed by most since before pandemic as government steps up stimulus
Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country
JCVI’s provisional guidance limits top-up jabs to over-65s, frontline health workers and vulnerable younger people
Infections investigated in 7 countries as scientists explore possibility of community transmission
Scientists are trying to understand the cause of neurological effects and whether symptoms will be long-lasting
China’s strict policy puts citizens at mercy of unpredictable isolation orders as security camps outside
Isolated country has not vaccinated population, stoking worries about potential damage of outbreak
Lockdowns, adenoviruses, Covid and exposure to dogs have all been blamed for new cases around the world
New modelling underscores country’s vulnerability because of faltering vaccination drive
Health body says 15mn people died by the end of 2021, nearly three times official death toll
Pyongyang claims to have avoided a big outbreak but experts warn its luck will eventually run out
Vulnerable people feel they are forgotten because of government’s ‘living with Covid’ strategy
The supposedly magic fix of solar geoengineering may have a dangerously uneven impact across the world
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