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Coronavirus: How well prepared are countries for a covid-19 pandemic?

No country is fully prepared for a coronavirus pandemic, according to a public health expert. But some countries will be better placed to handle an outbreak than others

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It’s very bad news that common viruses are affected by climate change

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Monkeypox has reached the UK – here’s what you need to know

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A hospital full of people with flu

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Pandemics past: Seven times flu has become a mass killer

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The epidemic on the way: Why winter flu is so bad this year

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flu jabs

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Stopping the spread: What you can do to prevent flu

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Jab in the dark: Why we don’t have a universal flu vaccine

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Waiting for the big one: A new flu pandemic is a matter of time

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Yemeni women wait to fill jerrycans with drinking water

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A cholera pandemic has raged for 56 years. Time to stamp it out

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Why bird flu risk is like the Grenfell Tower tragedy

We know the dangers, we know how to mitigate them, and it won't even cost that much – but nobody in power seems to care

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A bird flu pandemic looms but the US is holding back the fight

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What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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Bird flu strain hitting China may be getting more dangerous

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Flu drugs work and are needed during pandemics

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