Key Points
- It's been a year of health battles, restrictions, lockdowns and deaths.
- Scientists are hoping to find cures for various ailments.
- This year has also seen progress made in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
2022: A new virus challenge for health professionals - and hope for new treatments
Clinical research to develop a possible cure for Alzheimer's and dementia in the lab. Credit: TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra
Fears caused by COVID-19 were deepened by another infection earlier this year, monkeypox, now renamed by the World Health Organization as mpox or MPX, spread through more than 80 countries around the world.
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