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The winning essay in the Max Perutz science writing award 2022, published below, was written by Emily Cornish, a research training fellow and PhD candidate at University College London

Exclusive: Government officials ‘losing the battle’ to control disease, say farmers as millions of birds wiped out

The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease’s emergence.

Zanyiwe Mavebenwane, from Cape Town in South Africa, hasn’t seen her eldest daughter in two months. It’s the fifth time she has had tuberculosis, and is receiving long-term care in hospital. The unemployed mother of five runs a soup kitchen a few times a week and is taking care of…

Two years ago, my mum passed away from motor neurone disease at the age of 59, now I tried to contact her with Yvette Fielding, writes Kirsten Jones

Most people believe the country's domestic tourism will improve by the end of this year now that the Covid-19 situation has eased and the government has lowered its status from a “dangerous communicable disease” to a “communicable disease under surveillance”, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University,…

An international traveller has been fined and refused entry to Australia after trying to bring meat into the country in what the government said on Sunday was a "significant breach" of biosecurity laws to protect Australia from foot and mouth disease.

Sugar or white sugar or refined sugar is actively used in Indian kitchens - whether it's in your daily cuppa chai or coffee; or in sweet recipes like halwas and kheer. However, sugar should be mindfully consumed as excessive added sugar intake can increase your risks of various health problems…

Symptoms of Gastroesophageal reflux disease can include heartburn, bad breath, bloating and pain when swallowing.

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers