UK: More straight people are catching HIV than gay men for first time in a decade
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of new HIV diagnoses among straight people is higher than in gay and bisexual men for the first time in…
Sputnik Light: What we know about the new Covid vaccine in India
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndia has approved a new single-dose vaccine, expanding its programme amid a dip in new Covid-19 cases. Read More
NHS England waiting times for cancer referral and treatment at record high
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe numbers of cancer patients facing delays in seeing a specialist for the first time and starting their treatment have hit record…
'Biggest breakthrough' on pancreatic cancer is on the horizon as scientists hail two-in-one treatment that could even CURE the disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists are on the cusp of the ‘biggest ever’ breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Read More
Scientists create spinal cord implants that could allow paralysed people to walk
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first….
ICUs are empty of Covid patients: As few as TWENTY a day are sent to intensive care as Omicron fails to cause serious illness
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of patients being admitted to intensive care units for Covid in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fell to as little as…
Father-of-five becomes first in UK to receive new cancer vaccine
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA father-of-five from Merseyside has become the first person in the UK to receive a ‘vaccine’ for head and neck cancer. Read…
Female genital mutilation death stirs calls for abolition of practice in Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFemale genital mutilation/circumcision is still an issue especially in Africa and Nigeria inclusive. Read More
A highly virulent, but treatable, HIV strain has been quietly circulating since the ’90s
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers from the University of Oxford have discovered a previously unknown, highly virulent variant of HIV circulating in the Netherlands since the…
Urinary tract infections: Causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteVarious types of urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect people around the world, but adult women suffer the most from its most common…