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Corpse of howler monkey on grass. The animal had contracted yellow fever

Life

Yellow fever outbreak is killing off rare monkeys in Brazil

Up to 90 per cent of brown howler monkeys in one area may have died already and fear of them spreading yellow fever to humans has led to reprisal attacks

News

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Health

Should NHS limit spending on treatments for rare diseases?

Comment

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Health

The Alzheimer's problem: Why we are struggling to find a cure

Insight

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Health

A cure for ageing is near but you probably can't afford it

Insight

Baby

Health

UK’s first three-parent babies likely to be conceived in 2017

News

Alessandra Biffi

Health

Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer

Features

GM mosquito

Life

GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

News

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Technology

Are the US and China heading for a gene-editing ‘space race’?

Analysis

Blood vessels of healthy mouse brain

Health

Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s

News

A woman in a doctors surgery getting a vaccination

Humans

Gender equality is boosted by better infection control

The gender gap has been narrowing in the UK and US since the 1970s, and this might be thanks to the lower risk of catching disease in childhood

News

Life

UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades

News

Health

Man or mouse? Why drug research has taken the wrong turning

Leader

Technology

How to save ourselves from the invisible gas choking us to death

Insight

Health

Lab mice are sending us on a wild goose chase

Features