Two gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in US
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRegulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder…
Ukraine health warning: ‘Alarming' drug-resistant germs spread through war-torn cities
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is an “alarming increase” in drug-resistant germs in hospitals in Ukraine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday….
Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons, officials said on Friday….
Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew - UN
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by…
Death of Israeli minister's son 'turns arrows on a map into arrows in the heart'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIsraeli war cabinet minister Gadi Eizenkot learned of the death of his son in Gaza combat while conferring about operational plans at…
India unveils flatpack field hospital that can be airdropped to disaster zones
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndia has designed and built a “flatpack” field hospital that can be flown to a disaster area by helicopter and assembled faster…
Antiretroviral therapy within hours of birth beneficial for newborns with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNEW YORK: Giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) to newborns with HIV within 48 hours of life — rather than within weeks or months…
Mystery of Mexico's missing 43 students who 'disappeared' - and the families who demand answers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNine years ago, a group of 43 Mexican students headed out to a protest – only for a deadly confrontation with police to…
Deaths from tainted cantaloupe increase to 3 in U.S. and 5 in Canada
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials…
Ulez camera damaged by improvised explosive device hours after it was installed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn ultra low emission zone camera in south-east London was damaged by an explosive device just hours after it had been installed,…