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#19: Seven things you didn't know about life expectancy
Life expectancy is being pushed higher. What does this mean, and what does it tell us about the future?
Jan 2
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Saloni Dattani
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#15: What does it mean when fewer people die?
This week: Different angles of the decline in mortality, clean water, easy ways to save lives, and more.
Jun 1, 2023
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Saloni Dattani
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#14: How many people die from snakebites?
This week: Missing data – the most underrated problem in global health.
Apr 11, 2023
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Saloni Dattani
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#13: The success of chickenpox vaccines
This week: Why not treat chickenpox and shingles as an avoidable problem? Plus, I have a PhD now.
Mar 20, 2023
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Saloni Dattani
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#9: The power of challenge trials
This week: How to set the scene for a Zika virus vaccine. Plus a lot of new links and podcasts.
Sep 24, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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#7: How we adapted to milk, and how we adapted it to us
This week: A dive into lactose intolerance.
Aug 6, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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#4: Uncovering the human genome
This week: An award from the Royal Statistical Society, and major advances since the Human Genome Project.
Jul 15, 2022
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Saloni Dattani
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