Science + Comment
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OpinionChildren in Gaza are now at risk of polio as well as bombs – we need a ceasefire nowTedros Adhanom GhebreyesusWe are sending 1m polio vaccines to Gaza but many people will die from preventable health threats unless we can quickly scale up aid delivery, says the WHO director general
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The networkerClosing the Stanford Internet Observatory will edge the US towards the end of democracyJohn NaughtonThe organisation responsible for monitoring digital falsehoods is reportedly being wound down after pressure from Republicans and conspiracy theorists
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Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world
Jonathan KennedyRevolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases, says academic Jonathan Kennedy -
Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way
Catriona CrombieAn NHS trust’s attempts to bring a crucial drug to market itself is hopeful news for patients, says Dr Catriona Crombie of the medical charity LifeArc