We bring the latest in health news. This week's theme is 'The Bugs in Our Bodies' and Law Yao Hua expands on his recent report published in Nature about a rare human outbreak of monkey malaria in Malaysia. We hear also a speech from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in conjunction with World Malaria Day 2018.

<p>We bring the latest in health news. This week's theme is 'The Bugs in Our Bodies' and Law Yao Hua expands on his <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04121-4">recent report</a> published in <em>Nature</em> about a rare human outbreak of monkey malaria in Malaysia. We hear also a speech from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in conjunction with World Malaria Day 2018.</p>

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