New malaria vaccine comes a step closer as experts say it’s ‘the best yet’
Latest trials on the R21 delight its creators who hope it can be approved next year but comes with fears that UK is set to...
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Australia news live: Albanese seeking legal advice after reports Morrison swore himself in to ministerial roles
Bill Shorten said this morning he was unfamiliar with any precedent justifying the former PM’s ‘unorthodox’ approach Man charged with firearms offences after Canberra airport...
WHO stresses monkeypox surge not linked to monkeys amid attack reports
World Health Organization issues statement after reports of animals being poisoned in Brazil The World Health Organization has stressed that monkeypox outbreaks are not linked...
Australia politics live: Labor says climate wars ‘in retreat’ after Greens decide to back bill; Barilaro inquiry continues; 66 Covid deaths
Greens give crucial support to Labor’s climate bill for 43% emissions reduction by 2030 Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news...
Australia news live: NSW follows WA and ACT to reduce Covid reinfection window to four weeks; Albanese to open energy forum
Vaccines and antivirals not enough to combat Australian Omicron surge, experts warn Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast A...
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them Ministers in Sierra Leone have taken a major...
Canadian Arctic tuberculosis outbreak lays bare overcrowded living conditions
Officials in Nunavut say there are 31 cases of active tuberculosis in the hamlet of Pangnirtung, a community of 1,500 A tuberculosis outbreak in the...
Why are monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?
Data prior to current outbreaks suggested resurgence of the disease, with waning immunity from smallpox vaccination contributing to spread Follow our Australia news live blog...
UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak
Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days Public health officials are to announce...
US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women
If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warn The probable demise of abortion as...
