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Fighters in Sudan have seized a biolab containing contagious disease pathogens, raising fears of a deadly outbreak
The WHO described the development as extremely dangerous, saying there is a "huge biological risk" …
Tom Porter
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Future zoonotic disease pandemics set to turn deadlier, kill 12 times as many people by 2050 due to climate change
The team found that from 1963 to 2019, 3,150 outbreaks had claimed a staggering 17,232 lives in 24 …
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38% of Indians have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, says AIIMS study
The cause of 'fatty liver' or 'steatohepatitis' is the recent westernisation of our diets which inv…
PTI
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Climate change may soon be considered a public health emergency worldwide, if doctors get their way
As climate change exacerbates extreme weather, pollution and disease, humans — particularly those f…
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'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54
The '90s sitcom star Matthew Perry died after drowning at his LA home, multiple outlets reported.
Hannah Getahun
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Girl with rare deadly disease receives revolutionary million-dollar gene-therapy drug – but it is too late for her older sister
Young sisters Teddi and Nala Shaw from the UK both have late-infantile MLD, an inherited genetic di…
Isobel van Hagen
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Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States, dead at 96
Rosalynn Carter died Sunday at 96 at home in Plains, Georgia, where her husband, former president J…
Sebastian Cahill
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Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000
A Montana man was charged with selling the DNA and offspring of a cloned Marco Polo sheep, a breed …
Jenny McGrath
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Man, 70, who has eaten a record 34,000 McDonald's Big Macs, says, 'People thought I'd be dead by now'
Don Gorske, from Wisconsin, extends his Guinness World Records title for most McDonald's Big Macs e…
Alia Shoaib
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Legendary jazz crooner Tony Bennett dead at 96
The "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" singer died on Friday in New York City at age 96, according …
Olivia Singh,Angélica Acevedo…
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Ghana declares outbreak of Marburg virus, a deadly and contagious disease like Ebola, which officials are trying to contain
This is the second instance of the virus causing an outbreak in West Africa. Two people have died s…
Marianne Guenot
After the worst orange harvest in 75 years, Florida growers are trying to combat a deadly citrus disease
Florida oranges had their worst crop in 70 years. They're facing a deadly disease called citrus gre…
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How melioidosis, a potentially deadly disease caused by bacteria found in US soil and water for the first time, spreads and is treated
Melioidosis, the illness caused by the bacteria strain, has killed 10 to 50% of people infected in …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Bad weather, natural disasters, and disease are hobbling crops right now. Here's how the food commodity markets are responding.
Orange juice futures, cacao beans, and rice have hit all-time highs of late – while Chinese pork ha…
Joseph Wilkins
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Sandra Bullock's longtime partner, Bryan Randall, dead after ALS diagnosis
Bryan Randall's family announced the news of the model-turned-photographer's death in a statement o…
Natalie Musumeci,Hilary Brueck
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A doctor dismissed a 25-year-old man with allergies, when he actually had a deadly form of Lyme disease. A jury just awarded his family $6.5 million.
Peter Smith died of Lyme carditis, a heart infection caused by the tick-borne disease, after being …
Andrea Michelson
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Cardio workouts may protect men from deadly cancers of the lung, colon, and prostate
New research found that a higher VO2 max, a measure of cardio fitness, may protect men from the mos…
Gabby Landsverk
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Omicron more deadly than seasonal influenza, reveals research
Adults hospitalised with the Omicron variant have a higher death rate than those hospitalised with …
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Gene-edited pig kidneys were successfully transplanted in humans — and still work 1 month later. It could pave the way for a new kidney-disease treatment.
Researchers successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys into humans. This innovation could on…
Kate Hull
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The first test for predicting preeclampsia in pregnant people won FDA approval more than 100 years after researchers discovered the blood-pressure disease
The FDA has approved the first test to predict preeclampsia, a potentially deadly disease of high b…