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Our verdict on The Dog Stars: A mixed response to this grim future

Peter Heller's post-apocalyptic novel The Dog Stars was the New 精东传媒 Book Club's read for August. Alison Flood rounds up how members felt about this novel, which is soon to be released as a film from Ridley Scott

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Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children

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Waste surveillance at just 20 airports could spot the next pandemic

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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

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Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

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Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic is less than feared

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Permafrost in Alaska

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A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

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Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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Issyk-Kul Lake (second biggest mountain lake in the world) in Kyrgyzstan in an autumn sunny day. Touristic area of this Central Asia country which has mountains in 80% of its territory. Snow visible.; Shutterstock ID 1551303815; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves

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A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

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Covid-19 news: Moderna鈥檚 omicron booster has promising immune response

A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus聽news, plus insight, features and interviews from New 精东传媒 about the聽covid-19 pandemic

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Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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Plague never went away 鈥� now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

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How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

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Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here’s everything you need to know

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