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Lassa fever is spread through rodent urine and faeces. mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo

Lassa fever case in Paris: what you need to know

Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.
The recreated head of Shanidar Z, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix documentary ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’ based on 3D scans of the reconstructed skull. BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds

The reconstruction of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman’s face makes her look quite friendly – there’s a problem with that

Scientists can’t yet tell how soft tissue overlayed bones, so this reconstruction is inevitably based on artistic licence.

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