Red Sea attacks on ships spark safety concerns for sailors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCommercial ships face increasing dangers at sea after armed groups have attacked and seized vessels in waters around the Red Sea and…
African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available. …
‘They’re in the air, drinking water, dust, food …’ How to reduce your exposure to microplastics
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInvisible specks of eroded plastic from long-forgotten toothbrushes, sweet wrappers and stocking-filler toys are everywhere. Read More
After China, mysterious respiratory illness affecting mainly children, raises alarms in US
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteReports of a mysterious respiratory illness wreaking havoc in Chinese hospitals have prompted concerns within the medical community, with implications extending to…
‘Over 400 consultant anaesthetists left Nigeria in two years’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo fewer than 400 consultant anaesthetists left the shores of Nigeria for greener pastures in the last two years, says the Nigerian…
Four migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain's southern coast
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFour migrants have died meters (yards) from shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in, officials…
UK: Households and children in temporary accommodation at record numbers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe numbers of households and children in temporary accommodation in England have hit new record highs in figures that have been branded “shameful”,…
Fresh blow for family of Kfir Bibas as Hamas offer to exchange three hostages' bodies a day after claiming the baby, his brother and mother were killed in Israeli bombardment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe family of Kfir Bibas, a baby who was snatched and taken into Gaza by Hamas, faced yet more anguish today after the terrorists offered…
Number of nurses and midwives working in NHS hits all-time high of 800,000 amid huge spike in overseas-trained medics from 'red list' nation
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of nurses registered to work in the UK has hit a record high, the nursing regulator has said, at…
Woman, 70, 'gives birth to twins after IVF treatment': Ugandan becomes the oldest person to give birth in Africa, hospital says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 70-year-old Ugandan woman has given birth to twins after becoming pregnant through IVF treatment, the hospital where she received treatment said. Read…