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When to take your child to A&E with Strep A - crucial advice for parents from a Greater Manchester GP

When to see your GP, when to call 999, and the age group that is most vulnerable to get the illnesses which come from Strep A - the Manchester Evening News asked a local GP all about the disease

Manchester Evening News

A liver disease drug could be repurposed to protect against COVID – new research

Almost three years into the pandemic, we’re still regularly seeing hundreds of thousands of new COVID cases recorded each day worldwide. In a new study, involving a combination of miniature organ models, donor organs, animals and humans, we’ve shown that a drug used to treat liver disease could be repurposed…

The Conversation

14 symptoms of pancreatic cancer you’re most likely to ignore

A pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse outlines easy-to-ignore signs of the disease

The Independent UK

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Strep A symptoms warning from Irish doctor as deadly infection spreads

The bacterial disease has been linked to the deaths of seven children in the UK

Dublin Live

How much salt is too much? Heart health study has a new answer

A study looked at the link between how frequently people added salt to their meals and the incidence of heart disease.

Inverse

Hopeful glimmers in long war on Alzheimer’s disease

After decades of failure in Alzheimer’s disease research, scientists are buoyed by new findings that could mark a turning point in the field, offering hope that treatment may someday slow the grim deterioration of the brain.

Tribune News Service

Mystery illness forces heartbroken mum to miss her own daughter's first Christmas

Jade Porter, 32, from Breaston in Derbyshire, had experienced sickness and abdominal pain for years before doctors diagnosed her condition

Daily Mirror

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‘Unbelievable good price’: This pharmacy dispenses bargain medicine — and hope

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — As disease raced through her body, Ruby suffered unrelenting pain for years.

Tribune News Service

Consumer Health: Who is at risk for inflammatory bowel disease?

Researchers estimate that more than half a million people in the U.S. have Crohn's disease, and 600,000 to 900,000 people in the U.S. have ulcerative colitis, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Tribune News Service

Covid is weakening, China state media claims, as major cities lift lockdowns

Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category C

The Guardian - AU

Parents asked to look out for Strep A signs and symptoms

The bacteria can cause a life-threatening illness called invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Liverpool Echo

China set to ease COVID curbs further as markets cheer change of tack

China is set to announce a further easing of some of the world's toughest COVID curbs as early as Wednesday, sources said, as investors cheered the prospect of a policy shift that follows widespread protests and mounting economic damage.

Reuters

China heading towards downgrade of COVID-19 status

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 are improving as the coronavirus weakens, state media outlet Yicai reports.

The New Daily

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 maturing - state media

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 as a serious contagious disease improving as the coronavirus weakens, state media outlet Yicai reported, among the first to float the idea.

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Bangkok Post

Fresh concerns over Covid

As businesses pin their hopes on a strong recovery in the final month of the year based on lively shopping activity, entertainment events and vibrant tourism, a fresh Omicron outbreak has emerged including a rising death toll, rekindling concerns about the impact on economic sentiment.

Bangkok Post

Let's make a New Year Covid-19 resolution

Thailand embraces the last month of 2022 not with a winter breeze but with a surge in Covid-19 cases -- a result of a dip in temperatures and increased crowd gatherings, not to mention loosened preventive measures against the infectious disease.

The New Daily

Grattan Institute calls for overhaul of ‘failed’ Medicare system

Medicare has failed and needs a complete overhaul as it no longer provides for Australians' health needs, says a damning new report. Forty years after the

Newcastle Herald

Trial offers new hope for Alzheimer's Disease treatment

Hunter residents at high risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease will be given access to a clinical trial involving a breakthrough drug that appears to slow the development of the disease.

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ABC News

Medicare no longer works for patients or doctors, Grattan Institute says

A high demand for general practitioners is leading to longer wait times and putting pressure on doctors. A new report says it's time we overhauled the way GPs work and how they're paid.

Dynamite News

Researchers Develop Device That Uses Sound Waves To Separate Blood-Based Nanoparticles

Small extracellular vesicles (SEVs) are tiny biological nanoparticles generated by all types of cells in the body and are thought to play an important role in cell-to-cell communication and disease transmission. Read on for details:

The Conversation

A dangerous pesticide isn't being monitored in key bird of prey populations - we're shedding light on that gap

It was once regarded as a miracle chemical to protect against disease and improve global food production. The man who discovered its properties even won a Nobel Prize for medicine. But today, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is best known for its devastating effects on the environment, as well as on animal and…

The Guardian - UK

Radical new therapy for Parkinson’s will use stem cell transplants

Lab-grown nerve cells will replace those destroyed by disease – scientists hope treatment may be available in five years

Reuters

Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit seen some way off

More Chinese cities including Urumqi in the far west announced an easing of coronavirus curbs on Sunday as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after unprecedented protests against restrictions last weekend.

Los Angeles Times

‘Off the charts’: California hit with very high flu activity, among worst in US

LOS ANGELES — California is now reporting very high flu levels, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the respiratory illness continues to surge nationwide.

ABC News

A new children's book is helping families talk about rare, fatal Batten disease

A new book about Batten disease, the rare fatal and incurable childhood neurological condition, is helping families navigate difficult conversations and providing support for siblings.

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