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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into ...

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Another five cases have been added to the burgeoning outbreak of a severe kind of pneumonia, Legionnaires’ disease, on the ...

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A pandemic is a disease outbreak of global proportions, with potentially catastrophic consequences. Here is a look at some of ...

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