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Malaria vaccine to be rolled out for African children after WHO issues historic approval

The only approved vaccine against malaria has been recommended for use among children across much of Africa - a historic and hopeful moment in the fight against an infectious disease that has plagued humanity for hundreds of years.

Scientists discover new species fossilised in 16-million-year-old amber

A new species of tardigrade has been discovered in what scientists are calling a ‘once-in-a-generation’ find

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to scientists for ‘ingenious’ tool for building molecules

German-born Benjamin List and Briton David MacMillan created a greener and cheaper way for driving the creation of molecules

New species identified is oldest-known meat-eating dinosaur from UK

These dinosaurs are likely to have had a body size similar to that of a modern-day chicken

Worm mothers ‘sacrifice themselves’ by providing milk for their young, scientists find

Discovery of ‘unique self-destructive process’ could have implications for efforts to slow human ageing

‘We don’t have very much headroom’: UK more vulnerable to winter Covid surge than European neighbours

Amid high infection rates and flagging vaccination coverage, expert warns: ‘This is not a good way to start the winter’

Nobel Prize won by scientists who unlocked mystery of how humans feel warmth and touch

Two scientists have been awarded a Nobel Prize for discoveries about the most fundamental ways we relate to the world.

Molnupiravir: New Covid drug cuts risk of death by 50 per cent, early trial results show

‘It exceeded what I thought the drug might be able to do in this clinical trial,’ company official says

New Covid drug cuts risk of death by 50 per cent, early trial results show

‘It exceeded what I thought the drug might be able to do in this clinical trial,’ company official says

Safe to receive Covid and flu jabs at the same time, study shows

Research also finds that co-administration has no negative impact on immune response generated by both vaccines

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