Biodiversity and Conservation What kinds of landscapes keep bees healthy? Scientists wanted to know if various landscape conditions make bumble bees more vulnerable to diseases.
Health and Medicine How many lives do vaccines save? Scientists wanted to measure the benefits of expanded vaccination programs in 98 countries.
Health and Medicine Routine vaccinations during a pandemic – benefit or risk? Scientists used a mathematical model to work out the risks and benefits if health systems sustain their routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biology How does a plant make an antimalarial medicine? Scientists wanted to understand how sweet wormwood produces artemisinin – a chemical that kills malaria-causing parasites.
Health and Medicine What is the impact of COVID-19 on other diseases? Scientists created mathematical models to estimate how the measures against COVID-19 are impacting people with HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
Health and Medicine Can we detect HIV quickly and accurately from a drop of blood? Scientists wanted to create a cheap, portable, and reliable method to detect HIV in the early stages of infection.
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