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A rare disease in the Top End affects muscles for speech. Here's how we're designing alternative ways to communicate in Yolŋu languages

Machado-Joseph-Disease (MJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects muscles in the body, including those required for speech. It is prevalent in some remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

The Conversation

Northern Ireland ducks and geese set to be better fed thanks to new initiative

Excess bread is harmful to ducks and can cause malnutrition, disease and bad behaviour

Belfast Live

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Ever since the pandemic began the U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel migrants seeking asylum

The Independent UK

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Why are there still rodent plague outbreaks? New research hints at the answer

Scientists think they’ve figured out how fleas transmit plague to wild rodents, which could help explain why periodic spikes in the disease still occur.

Inverse

Four cases of potentially life-threatening Strep A recorded in Oldham

Strep A can cause scarlet fever and the serious Invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Manchester Evening News

The WHO just released a stark new warning about Strep A cases afflicting children around the world and warns countries to 'be vigilant'

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also looking into a "possible increase" in such cases among children, according to the agency's website Thursday.

Fortune

Strep A: At least 19 children die in the UK from invasive illness as officials admit penicillin shortage

Three further deaths were recorded in Belfast and Wales

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Child deaths from Strep A in UK rises to 19 as outbreak spreads

More deaths are likely, say health officials as scarlet fever cases yet to peak

The Independent UK

Strep A: At least 19 children die in the UK from invasive illness

Group A strep bacteria can cause many different infections, ranging from minor illnesses to deadly diseases.

The Independent UK

Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – threatening human health and the economy

Wheat provides 19% of the calories and 21% of the protein consumed by humans globally. But a fungal disease called fusarium head blight (FHB), which can infect wheat crops and contaminate the grain with toxins, is on the rise.

The Conversation

Janey Godley restarts chemotherapy after devastating news cancer has returned

The Scots comedian gave fans a heartbreaking health update on Tuesday as she told them that recent tests had revealed signs of the disease in her abdomen.

Daily Record

German official dedicates legal win against Twitter to Fauci

A German official who won a defamation case against Twitter this week has dedicated his legal victory to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert recently targeted by Elon Musk

The Independent UK

Mum who wet herself in class due to secret illness sells knickers on OnlyFans

"They want to actually buy the things I was hiding away from the world."

Wales Online

Diabetes care: More aggressive approach to weight loss, cholesterol recommended

In addition to changes in standards for weight control, blood pressure and cholesterol management, the revisions are also intended to address racial disparities in care.

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Study Reveals Existing Medicines Prevent To Cause Kidney Disease

A severe illness that can cause the kidneys to cease working unexpectedly could be managed with existing medications, according to a new study.Read on for details:

Daily Record

Janey Godley tells fans her Ayrshire tour dates will go ahead despite cancer returning

The Scots comedian says her show at Kilmarnock's Grand Hall will go on after recent tests showed remaining signs of her disease.

Reuters

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.

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Moderna mRNA melanoma vaccine may be 'the penicillin moment' in cancer treatment, researchers say

A world-first melanoma vaccine which personalises treatments for patients may put an end to melanoma as a "death sentence", according to Australian experts.

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China's COVID Spike Not Due to Lifting of Restrictions, Says WHO Director

COVID-19 infections were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, a World Health Organization director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike in cases. The comments by the WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan came as he warned of…

The Independent UK

Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says

Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles

Daily Mirror

Gianluca Vialli leaves Italy role to focus on second battle with cancer

Italy team co-ordinator Gianluca Vialli has revealed he is stepping aside from his role to battle cancer for a second time after he was told the disease had returned last summer

The Conversation

As viral infections skyrocket, masks are still a tried-and-true way to help keep yourself and others safe

The cold and flu season of 2022 has begun with a vengeance. Viruses that have been unusually scarce over the past three years are reappearing at remarkably high levels, sparking a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. This November’s national hospitalization levels for influenza were…

The Conversation

Mpox, AIDS and COVID-19 show the challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

During infectious disease outbreaks, clinicians and public health officials are tasked with providing accurate guidance for the public on how to stay safe and protect themselves and their loved ones. However, sensationalized media coverage can distort how the public perceives new emerging infections, including where they come from and how…

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire family heartbroken as puppy dies from horrible disease within 24 hours

Devastated owner Nicola Stevenson received harrowing news of the tiny pet's serious condition after she took ill hours after they paid £750 to buy her from an online seller.

The Conversation

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong

Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. It ranks above HIV and AIDS and others. This is partly because of the impact of HIV co-infection among TB patients in places like Africa…

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