With early and effective treatment, people with HIV live no differently from others
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorld Aids Day takes place on Dec 1 each year. It is an international day for people worldwide to unite in the…
The lethal blade: How my children got HIV during the 'cut'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFatma Isnino (not her real name) is a woman at war with female genital mutilation and the people pushing its agenda in…
Elderly patients 'will be trapped in hospital at Christmas’ by NHS strikes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteElderly patients who are fit to be sent home are likely to be stuck in hospital over Christmas owing to strikes by…
Pregnancy: IVF clinics 'can't just tell women to lose weight'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman who has been trying to have a baby for more than two years said she was told to “lose weight…
‘We are all exposed to it’: the human face of India’s asbestos timebomb
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor 40 years, Mohammad Younus worked at a factory that manufactured asbestos sheets in the southern Indian city of Coimbatore. Read More
China Covid: Health expert predicts three winter waves
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA top Chinese health official says he believes China is experiencing the first of three expected waves of Covid infections this winter. …
Public urinators will see it splashed back in their face in new scheme
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People who urinate on walls in public could soon be in for a bit of a shock, after the unveiling of…
Military not ‘sufficiently trained’ to cover NHS strikes, unions say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnions have lashed out at plans for the armed forces to cover for striking public sector workers in the run-up to Christmas,…
Fake grass crackdown planned by Michael Gove in war on plastic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Communities Secretary is moving to ban artificial lawns in housing developments as he continues his war on plastic. Read More
Rise in hypothermia cases as pensioners can’t afford heating
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePensioners too scared to put the heating on are being hospitalised with hypothermia, health chiefs have said. Read More