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COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: progress mustn’t stop now

In March 2020, weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a speech in which he emphasised the importance of testing:

The Conversation

Dietician Helen Bond says eating 30 different plant-based foods a week is key to long life

Helen Bond also urged people to increase fibre intake, slash salt, monitor saturated fat and stay within recommended alcohol limits

Wales Online

Corrie Paul Foreman actor's girlfriend, famous cousin and surprising jobs amid soap exit

Peter Ash has partaken in many big storylines since joining the soap bit he’s set to leave the soap this year after his character Paul Foreman receives a devastating Motor Neuron Disease (MND) diagnosis

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ITV Coronation Street's Peter Ash admits to 'mixed feelings' about Paul's diagnosis as he discovers co-star heartbreak

Paul Foreman's life-limiting diagnosis will be confirmed in scenes to air the ITV soap next month

Manchester Evening News

Tobacco consumption is the leading cause of TB in India: Key signs to note

According to a study, India has the highest burden of TB globally, and the disease is responsible for killing about 480,000 people every year and more than 1400 every day in the country. WHO states that a total of 1.6 million people died from TB in 2021 (including 187 000…

The Times of India

ITV Coronation Street's Daniel Brocklebank details tragic link to new storyline as he feared it triggering own loss

It has been revealed by the ITV soap that Billy Mayhew's partner Paul will be diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND)

Manchester Evening News

ITV Coronation Street confirms devastating diagnosis for Paul Foreman as he hides secret from Billy

Viewers of the ITV soap have been worried for the builder ever since he was accidentally knocked over by Carla Connor

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A deadly fungus is spreading at an alarming rate in the US. Here’s what you need to know

A potentially fatal fungus is spreading in the United States, but those with minimal health risks are likely in the clear, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Corrie's Billy actor shares personal connection to MND storyline amid Paul's diagnosis

Daniel Brocklebank, who plays Billy on Coronation Street, has opened up about his own personal connection to Motor Neurone Disease amid Paul Foreman's diagnosis

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Corrie's Paul actor says he has 'mixed feelings' over Motor Neurone Disease exit

Coronation Street actor Peter Ash has admitted he has 'mixed feelings' over his exit as his character is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

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Six South Australians have accessed voluntary assisted dying, with the daughter of one saying it was a 'beautiful process'

Amanda Hancock's mother Denise Wyatt, who had Huntington's disease, is one of six South Australians who have died through accessing voluntary assisted dying since new laws took effect.

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Corrie star pledges not to 'cheapen' agony of MND as he embarks on devastating storyline

Producers and actors say they have worked closely with medical experts to make sure they get their portrayal right

Wales Online

The little frog facing big challenges

There's a small glimmer of hope for the critically endangered southern corroboree frog.

The Canberra Times

Cardiologists and First Nations leaders on mission to stop rheumatic heart disease in Central Australia

Gavin Wheaton still remembers seeing his first case of rheumatic heart disease in the Central Australian town of Yuendumu 40 years ago. Now, he's one of a group of cardiologists travelling remote areas screening for the disease.

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Coronation Street's Paul Foreman to be diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

Coronation Street's Paul Foreman is to be diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in a hard hitting storyline beginning next month, as actor Peter Ash opens up about the physical challenges of his new storyline

Daily Mirror

The grisly deaths of the great composers show how some met an unfortunate end

From murders to parasitic disease and sexually transmitted infections, here’s how some of the most celebrated classical composers in history met their makers

LiveScience

Gene therapy: Everything you need to know about the DNA-tweaking treatments

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

Bristol Post

Bristolians urged to get tested as gonorrhoea cases continue to rise

The STI, usually treated with antibiotics, can cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease in patients

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Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is

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TB checks continue as calls grow for new vaccine

Health authorities continue to battle an outbreak of tuberculosis on South Australia's Indigenous lands amid fresh calls for more funding to fight the disease.

The Independent UK

European farmers borrowed genes from hunter-gatherers to survive disease – study

The findings suggest that mixing between the two groups resulted in mosaics of genetic variation that were acted upon by natural selection.

Daily Mirror

'Last Of Us' black fungus with 60% death rate spread rapidly during Covid pandemic

Nearly half of patients who contract C. auris die within 90 days as it predominately targets elderly people with weakened immune systems, according to the The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

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We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

Daily Mirror

Man who 'died' shares what afterlife is like - with no light at the end of the tunnel

Kevin Hill has a serious and uncommon disease that leaves him in excruciating pain and on one occasion it got so bad that he died before he was brought back to life

The Conversation

TB kills 75,000 children in Africa every year: how this can stop

Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among children. Globally, TB is the leading cause of death by any single…

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