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            Mpox surging in Sierra Leone
As mpox cases rise in Sierra Leone we check-in on how the outbreak is progressing.
            Exercise and immunotherapy improving cancer outcomes
The impact exercise and a new immunotherapy drug regime is having for cancer patients.
            A new way to screen for cancer in dense breasts
Research finds screening methods to pick up cancer in dense breasts much earlier
            A promising new antimalarial
A new antimalarial targets disease-causing parasites and lasts a year on mosquito nets
            Listening to your body's signals
We explore what interoception is and how we can listen to internal signals in our body
            Shingles vaccine lowers risk of heart disease
A shingles vaccine unintentionally protects against heart disease for up to 8 years
            Mycetoma’s only research centre destroyed
What happens when the world’s only research centre for a neglected disease is destroyed?
            WHO agrees to a pandemic treaty
WHO members have agreed to a draft treaty intended to make the world safer from pandemics
            Have we found an animal reservoir of mpox?
Investigating the mystery of which animals form reservoirs of mpox in the wild.
            The Kidney Waiting Game
What it's like to give, receive, and wait for a kidney.