HIV infections in children worrying: Unicef
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Reading Time: < 1 minute THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) believes more efforts are needed to combat HIV infections in children in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
People shun single-use plastic bags to save MONEY and not because they care about the environment, study claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Shoppers shun single-use plastic bags to save pennies rather than the planet, a ‘big data’ study of more than 10,000 consumers…
Plan to fight obesity crisis is doomed to fail because there are too many junk food options available, ministers are warned
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Policies to tackle the obesity crisis are likely to fail because the public are bombarded with unhealthy food options, ministers have been…
Londoners complain of a mystery illness going around that's 'worst ever'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It can be easy to forget with Omicron swirling around London that there are also a variety of less severe seasonal flu…
Prostate cancer hope: Major scientific advances mean UK could start breast cancer-style national screening scheme in just THREE years, expert says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain could start screening middle-aged men for prostate cancer within three to five years, it was claimed today. Read More
Pfizer antiviral pills for Covid may be risky when taken with other medications, experts warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pfizer’s new antiviral pills against Covid-19 may not be safe for everyone, experts have cautioned, adding that the new drug could be life-threatening…
Antibiotic use on farms threatens pandemic ‘much bigger than Covid’, campaigners warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Overuse of antibiotics on farm animals could lead to a pandemic “much bigger than Covid,” campaigners have warned. Read More
Bird flu outbreak kills 5,000 wild cranes in Israel
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Around 5,000 wild cranes have been killed by a bird flu outbreak in northern Israel. Read More
Scientists developing once-a-month oral contraceptive pill
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A team of researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT is designing a new method to help improve adherence and…
Huge rise in first Covid jabs as vaccine refuseniks come forward
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of people getting their first jabs of the Covid vaccine soared in the run-up to Christmas, the latest government figures show. Read More