Deja flu: Mystery, Covid-like disease kills 21 in Afghanistan
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty-one people have been killed by a ‘mysterious disease’ in Afghanistan, local media has claimed. Read More
Time to get scrubbing! Experts reveal the five DIRTIEST items in your kitchen - from spice racks to SPONGES - and share hacks for ensuring your cooking space remains germ-free
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Germs are lurking in the some of the most unexpected spaces, and a brand new study has revealed the spots in…
'Freezing cold, desperate and hungry': The men who wait at an East London roundabout for £2-an-hour work
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Reading Time: < 1 minute David’s* face was shivering as he spoke. The temperature was several degrees below freezing and he’d been waiting by the motorway since…
WHO urges 'immediate action' after cough syrup deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child…
Why record numbers of women aren't being screened for cervical cancer
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Bacteria are eating plastic dumped in the sea
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The mystery of where all the plastic goes after it is dumped in the ocean has long puzzled scientists. Read More
Top virologist fear new 'worrisome' bird flu pandemic - symptoms of infection in humans
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in October, a breakout of bird flu was detected in farmed minks in Galicia, northwest Spain. Read More
Diphtheria death toll hits 34 – NCDC
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the death toll from Diphtheria disease across the country was now…
Girl, 4, was left fighting for her life after Strep A turned into a deadly flesh-eating bug
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A girl of four almost died after her Strep A turned into a deadly flesh-eating bug. Read More
‘When I was three, my mouth started to smell bad. Then I lost part of my face’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tucked away in a remote part of north-west Nigeria lies a hospital with swings and a surgery. Read More