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Charlie Bird opens up on emotional 'final wish' as he continues to battle Motor Neurone Disease

Charlie took to Twitter to share an emotional message as Ireland marks 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

Irish Mirror

Cancer and heart disease vaccines could be ready 'by the end of the decade'

The speed of which the Covid jab was developed has "unspooled" medical advancements

Wales Online

Why don’t whales get cancer? Cracking one of medicine’s greatest mysteries

Understanding why some animals are more susceptible to the disease could lead to improved screening for humans

The Guardian - UK

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Vaccines for cancer could be ready by 2030, according to Moderna chief

The pharmaceutical firm said it is confident the jabs for cancer could be ready by the end of the decade

Manchester Evening News

The Wildest Apocalypse Movie on Netflix Gets One Thing Right About Disease

"World War Z" zombies can sense when someone is ill and won't attack them. But in real life, some diseases do have a smell that dogs and humans can detect.

Inverse

Indian mushroom farmer becomes the first-ever victim of rare fungal disease; samples sent to WHO

An Indian farmer became the first victim of the rare fungal ailment known as Silver Leaf disease, which is known to be fatal for plants, generating a major panic.The 61-year-old Indian farmer who apparently produced mushrooms asked for help after three months of exhibiting flu-like symptoms and swallowing difficulties, according…

The Times of India

China CDC urges WHO to take 'scientific, fair' position on COVID origins

The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to return to a "scientific, fair" position in tracing the origin of COVID-19.

Reuters

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Mother issues warning as toddler gets Lyme disease after tick bite at playground

Doctors say two-year-old Harrison was bitten by a deer tick

The Independent UK

DWP's new PIP guidance on benefit payments including who is eligible

PIP is a payment that aims to support people living with particular illnesses, disabilities or mental health conditions.

Nottingham Post

‘Groundbreaking’ cancer and heart disease vaccine ‘could save millions of lives’

Experts hope new vaccines will be ready by end of decade

The Independent UK

Healthy dad stunned after being told he could only have three years to live - before miracle treatment

Blood tests revealed the dad was nine times over the normal limit of one indicator of a potentially fatal illness

Manchester Evening News

Florida health officials removed key data from COVID vaccine report

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in October that young men should not get the COVID-19 vaccine, guidance that runs counter to medical advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’

Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives

The Guardian - UK

Michael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s battle in trailer for ‘Still’ documentary

Michael J. Fox opens up about his decadeslong battle with Parkinson’s disease in a new trailer for the eagerly anticipated documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

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The Guardian - UK

Obesity is a symptom of a society that doesn’t care

Letters: John Atkinson says obesity is almost exclusively a disease of poverty, particularly in children, while Kate Halliwell defends the food and drink industries. Plus letters from Fiona Morgan, Julie Box and Alix Dearing

Miami Herald

Can probiotics cure Florida’s ailing coral reefs? Tests show it works on devastating disease

MIAMI — On a coral reef, white is the color of death.

Los Angeles Times

Family disputes Lance Reddick’s cause of death: ‘wholly inconsistent with his lifestyle’

LOS ANGELES — The family and longtime attorney for “John Wick” and “The Wire” star Lance Reddick are disputing an uncorroborated death certificate that says the actor died of heart disease.

Daily Mirror

'I have 'Jolie gene' and petrified my cancer will return - new NHS drug gives me future'

Claire Spragg was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and discovered she carried the faulty BRCA2 gene. She was able to take a year's supply of olaparib, which is now available on the NHS

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Daily Record

New online PIP guides from DWP could help you claim up to £691 each month

PIP is worth between £26.90 and £172.75 each week for people with a disability or health condition.

The Guardian - UK

Birds of a feather cast asunder by Brexit: fears for Britain’s rare canaries

Rare species now required to be tested for five diseases before they can travel between UK and EU

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fentanyl Caused ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio’s Death

“Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Thursday. The county agency also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a…

Glasgow Live

Inspirational Dad takes on series of crazy challenges after mum's death from heart disease

A dad from East Renfrewshire is preparing to run, cycle, climb and walk in a series of crazy challenges over the next four months, to raise money for research into heart and circulatory diseases, in memory of his "wonderful" mum.

The Guardian - UK

‘Spreading faster than ever’: Bangladesh’s tea pickers have world’s highest rate of leprosy

Despite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the disease

Los Angeles Times

Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn't stop COVID spread, study finds

In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and medical offices have been the last bastions of mandatory masking. But new research finds that in communities where pandemic precautions have been largely abandoned, mask mandates in healthcare settings do little to prevent coronavirus infections among patients.

Wales Online

My baby boy is my little miracle after I lost my ovaries to cancer

Stacey, 38, speaks of her joy at becoming a mum after she thought all hope was lost - and being given the all-clear from the disease

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