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Peter Hotez, founding dean and chief of the Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, speaks during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing from health officials. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The Deadly Rise of Anti-science review: The personal cost of research

Why does the anti-vaccine movement hate vaccine researcher Peter J. Hotez? His troubling personal account shows a deep disconnect in society over science, and one that needs addressing with the very best persuasion

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What you need to know about the 2023 covid-19 boosters

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Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective at lower doses

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Covid-19 linked to elevated risk of type 1 diabetes in young children

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Lockdowns and face masks really did help to control covid-19

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Covid-19 antibodies may give us partial immunity to SARS and MERS

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Everything we know about the EG.5 covid-19 variant and its symptoms

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Diabetes drug metformin may cut the risk of long covid by 41 per cent

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Does covid-19 affect pregnancies and do the vaccines reduce any risks?

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Covid-19 booster vaccines should leave out original spike protein

The first covid-19 vaccines were based on the spike protein from the original virus, but including this in boosters may be hindering immunity to newer variants

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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

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How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters

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The covid-19 virus affects our gut – but we still don't know how

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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