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The government's commitment to eradicating malaria by 2024 is facing a tough challenge. The infection rate this year is 2.5 times higher than last year, with 8,229 cases and counting.

Bangkok Post

Unlocking the mystery of placental disorders and recurrent stillbirths

The winning essay in the Max Perutz science writing award 2022, published below, was written by Emily Cornish, a research training fellow and PhD candidate at University College London

The Guardian - UK

Britons face Christmas turkey shortage amid ‘worst-ever’ bird flu outbreak

Exclusive: Government officials ‘losing the battle’ to control disease, say farmers as millions of birds wiped out

The Independent UK

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Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa

The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease’s emergence.

The Conversation

Tuberculosis, a forgotten disease still endemic in South Africa's Cape Town

Zanyiwe Mavebenwane, from Cape Town in South Africa, hasn’t seen her eldest daughter in two months. It’s the fifth time she has had tuberculosis, and is receiving long-term care in hospital. The unemployed mother of five runs a soup kitchen a few times a week and is taking care of…

Radio France Internationale

'Yvette Fielding helped me contact my dead mum and we talked about lasagne and comedians'

Two years ago, my mum passed away from motor neurone disease at the age of 59, now I tried to contact her with Yvette Fielding, writes Kirsten Jones

Irish Mirror

Most people foresee rise in Thai tourism by year-end: poll

Most people believe the country's domestic tourism will improve by the end of this year now that the Covid-19 situation has eased and the government has lowered its status from a “dangerous communicable disease” to a “communicable disease under surveillance”, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University,…

Bangkok Post

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Traveller fined, refused entry to Australia for 'significant' biosecurity breach

An international traveller has been fined and refused entry to Australia after trying to bring meat into the country in what the government said on Sunday was a "significant breach" of biosecurity laws to protect Australia from foot and mouth disease.

Reuters

Should you replace sugar with jaggery in everything you eat? Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar explains

Sugar or white sugar or refined sugar is actively used in Indian kitchens - whether it's in your daily cuppa chai or coffee; or in sweet recipes like halwas and kheer. However, sugar should be mindfully consumed as excessive added sugar intake can increase your risks of various health problems…

The Times of India

GERD explained as extreme acid reflux makes patients burp, sweat and increases cancer risk

Symptoms of Gastroesophageal reflux disease can include heartburn, bad breath, bloating and pain when swallowing.

Daily Record

Editorial: Just one case of polio is a global threat

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

Tribune News Service

Suella Braverman’s decisions ‘led to scabies and diphtheria at overcrowded asylum centre’

Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers

The Independent UK

This simple habit could significantly boost your heart health

Sleep was just added to the American Heart Association’s checklist for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health.

Inverse

Research: Ultrasound Scan Can Detect Prostate Cancer

Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have found that a new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy in a clinical trial involving 370 men. Read on for details:

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PFAS left dangerous blood compounds in nearly all US study participants

The toxic ‘forever chemicals’ can stay in human blood for years, and are linked to cancers, kidney damage and heart disease

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Announces 3 New Cholera Cases, One Death

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that it has registered three new cholera cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 371. It confirmed a new death from the infection, raising the toll to 16. It released an infographic showing where the most infections have been…

Chronicle Live

County Durham man's heartache as vulnerable sister dies just four months after devastating cancer diagnosis

Geoff Fisher is urging loved ones of those with special needs to be extra vigilant about their health after sister Kate passed away aged just 34

Daily Record

Determined Lanarkshire dad overcomes muscle-wasting disease to find his feet as an Ironman

Thomas Henderson completed the gruelling endurance event, despite a neurological condition that affects the muscles in his legs

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Bangkok Post

Yellow-band disease outbreak detected in Sattahip coral reef

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has found a yellow-band disease outbreak at a coral reef in Sattahip in Chon Buri province.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Obscenely rich dialysis firms are spending millions to defeat California's tighter regulations

A good rule of thumb for assessing the value of a business is to look at how much its owners will spend to defend it from regulations. By that measure, the dialysis business is very valuable indeed.

The Independent UK

Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars to retire due to ‘crippling degenerative disease’

Founding member will no longer tour with the band in 2023

Daily Mirror

'Black women can get breast cancer too' - meet the survivors dispelling myths and saving lives

Black Women Rising by The Leanne Pero Foundation is empowering black women to share their stories of breast cancer to break down stigmas attached to the deadly disease

Reuters

Ethiopia's Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO

Ethiopia's Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases.

Wales Online

'Anxious' Navy Officer's death during 'feared' physical test 'could have been avoided' rules coroner

APO Fleming had a 'significantly enlarged' heart and was suffering from 'severe' ischemic heart disease when he died. A paperwork issue led to 'insufficient' scrutiny of his medical circumstances.

Daily Mirror

NHS worker bowel cancer patient ‘desperate’ for help to fund £1000 a month trial drug

Londoner Tim was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer three years ago at the age of 27, after months of back and forth with a GP about his symptoms and being told he was “too young” to have the disease.

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