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  • Nature Outlook |

    Water is a precious resource for life, and its availability and quality have become increasingly important in the face of growing populations and climate change.

    Image: Sam Falconer
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    The trillions of microbes that live in and on our bodies could light paths to better health.

    Image: Vasava
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    Every parent fears the onset of the cold-like symptoms caused by the common respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

    Image: Chiara Zarmati
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    Working out what ails a person is a founding principle of modern medicine. And as treatments improve and become more tightly targeted, access to a precise and rapid diagnosis is more important than ever.

    Image: David Parkins
  • Nature Outlook |

    Malaria incidence and mortality rates have hardly changed since 2015.

    Image: Adam McCauley
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    Nearly two billion people are affected by at least one of the conditions known collectively as neglected tropical diseases.

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    Tobacco smoking places an enormous burden on global health — around 14% of all deaths in 2019 were attributed to this habit.

    Image: Daniel Stolle
  • Nature Outlook |

    Academic research constantly creates and disperses seeds of scientific insight.

    Image: Kotryna Zukauskaite
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    Every 30 minutes, our kidneys filter all the blood in the body.

    Image: Eva Vazquez
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    Most parents want to protect their children from the variety of illnesses and experiences that can occur in the early years of life.

    Image: Oli Winward
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    A sustainable future requires preservation of the world’s finite resources, which often means the waste from one process loops back and becomes the input for another.

    Image: Jan Kallwejt
  • Nature Outlook |

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary toll.

    Image: Sam Falconer