First birds, now mammals: how H5N1 is killing thousands of sea lions in Peru
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt first, it appears to be dead. Its head lies in the sand, and a small tide pool has formed around it….
Dentists: 'Some children in Norfolk have never seen a toothbrush'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA dentist who visits schools to check children’s dental health has said some six-year-olds “have never seen a toothbrush”. Read More
Warnings against 'reckless' weight loss surgery abroad
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeven British patients who travelled to Turkey for weight loss surgery died after operations there, a BBC investigation into the trend has…
World's happiest countries revealed: Finland tops global league table for SIXTH year in a row, while Britain falls two places and the US jumps up one
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinland was today named the world’s happiest country — once again. Read More
'Worrisome' deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading rapidly through US health facilities, according to a government study. Read More
Somalia drought: 43,000 died last year and ‘crisis is far from over’ says study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn estimated 43,000 Somalis died during the country’s longest ever drought last year, half of them likely to have been children under…
French, US hostages released after years of captivity in West Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA US aid worker and French journalist who had been kidnapped by militants in West Africa have been released. Read More
Bus driver ‘pressed accelerator instead of brake’ and killed pedestrian in Victoria Station crash
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA London bus driver killed a pedestrian when he pressed the accelerator instead of the brake and crashed into another bus outside Victoria Station, the Old Bailey heard. Read More
Cut back on smoked and processed meat to lower blood pressure, says health body
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHigh blood pressure is a condition that means your heart has to work extra hard to pump blood around the body. Read More
One in four ambulances queueing outside London hospitals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than one in four ambulances are waiting outside London hospitals as they arrive with ill patients, Read More