Australian stores to be banned from selling vapes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking…
Child dies of Marburg virus disease in NW Tanzania, bringing total deaths to 6
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTanzanian health authorities said on Saturday that an 18-month-old child has died of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the northwestern region of…
Plastic is already in blood, breast milk, and placentas. Now it may be in our brains
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers at the University of Vienna have discovered particles of plastic in mice’s brains just two hours after the mice ingested drinking water…
Pneumonia vaccine delays kill thousands needlessly in Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDelays in rolling out a vaccine against childhood pneumonia in four of the world’s poorest countries have been blamed for thousands of…
At least 11 die after gas leak ‘spreads through manholes’ in Indian city
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least 11 people died and four others were hospitalised in serious condition after a gas leak in a city of the northern Indian…
Sudan crisis: ‘I watched people die from lack of medicine while waiting to cross the border to Egypt’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA British Sudanese medical student who fled to Egypt to escape the violence in Khartoum has said he watched people die while they were…
Have scientists finally created a jab to keep ALL flu strains at bay?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA universal vaccine that protects against all strains of the flu virus may be a step closer. Read More
Sudan conflict: Inside a Khartoum hospital as fighters ‘kidnap doctors’ and healthcare collapses
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSudanese fighters are attacking hospitals in Khartoum, kidnapping doctors to treat their wounded amid the fighting, according to a physician who is battling Read…
Britain facing plague of 300 million super-rats who can chew through concrete
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK is facing a plague of 300 million monstrous super-rats capable of gnawing on steel and chewing through concrete. Read More
Toddlers are increasingly being treated for diabetes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteToddlers and young children are being treated for high blood pressure, diabetes and knee-joint problems as a damning result of the nation’s…