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Monkeypox case numbers are falling, but that doesn’t mean it’s going away anytime soon

The global outbreak of monkeypox has been going on for nearly five months now. In that time, over 60,000 people have been infected in over 100 countries. Most of the cases have been in young men and the disease has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men.

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CSIR-IICT to be part of nationwide wastewater surveillance project to assess disease prevalence

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The Hindu

Health: Study finds Alzheimer's disease risk connected to newly discovered protein

According to a new USC study, a mutation in a newly discovered small protein is connected to a significant increase in the risk for Alzheimer's disease, expanding the known gene targets for the disease and presenting a new potential avenue for treatment. Read more on Dynamite News:

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COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage – 3 ways long COVID patients' respiration can suffer

“I just can’t do what I used to anymore.”

The Conversation

Jal Neti can help curb COVID-19 risk; Here's how to do it at home

The alarming risk of Covid-19 is here to stay. While we’ve acclimatised to the new ways of living in the pandemic world, the Covid-19 infection bar keeps going up and down. This has made us follow all necessary precautions and take up new methods of disease prevention. One such acclaimed…

The Times of India

Tofersen: ‘Truly remarkable’ drug slows down motor neurone disease, researchers find

Researchers say improvements reported with tofersen was ‘moment of hope’ for disease

Evening Standard

Motherwell dad dies from rare flesh-eating disease days after cutting leg during house move

David Hemmings passed away just days after a cut he received while undertaking his long-awaited house move, from a top floor flat to a house with a garden, became infected.

Glasgow Live

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With overdoses rising, a push for syringe service programs

WASHINGTON — Experts say the spike in overdoses and diseases related to sharing needles means it’s time to revoke a longtime ban restricting federal funds for syringe exchanges. But lawmakers in both parties remain resistant to allowing taxpayer dollars to go to clean needles and syringes for drug use.

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Four brothers with rare disease who had bone marrow transplants lead call for more research

There is 'promising new gene therapy treatment on the horizon' that could see 'safer and more effective ways to treat patients with XLP'

Wales Online

Can science prevent a pandemic?

Researchers worldwide are racing to understand how pandemics unfold — and some are taking divergent and even risky paths to tackle the problem.

Inverse

What is motor neurone disease? New drug ‘remarkably’ slows its progression

Astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking had the condition for many decades

Evening Standard

Sickle cell: NHS to investigate racial inequalities for first time

Exclusive: Health chiefs hope findings will help to eradicate ‘often unacceptable, substandard’ care

The Independent UK

8 things science warns will accelerate ageing

As a new study confirms drinking too much really does make you look older, Lisa Salmon looks into other lifestyle factors that may contribute too

The Independent UK

Mayo Clinic Minute: Better-tolerated treatments for migraine pain

Migraine is a genetic neurologic disease that often goes undertreated. It's more than a typical headache. Sometimes migraine headaches come with pain so intense they can interrupt day-to-day activities.

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What you should know about thyroid cancer in adolescents, young adults

Cancer is often thought of as a disease that affects older people, and with the median age of a cancer diagnosis at 66 years, it does. But cancer can be diagnosed at any age.

Daily Record

The 13 Victorian diseases that are making a comeback - including gout, scurvy and rickets

Diseases which many may assume are in the past are making a comeback, which is why it is important to be able to spot potential warning signs.

Wales Online

Dad died of flesh-eating disease three days after cutting leg while moving house

David, 54, scratched his leg on a box while moving to a new home where he was looking forward to gardening

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Every 2 seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO report

Diseases relating to the heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases claim the lives of every one person every two seconds under the age of 70, a World Health Organisation report has said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

‘Truly remarkable’ new drug slows motor neuron disease

Extended use of tofersen may help stabilise muscle strength and control, researchers say

Daily Mirror

Dad-of-two dies from rare flesh-eating disease after cutting leg while moving house

David Hemmings and his wife Margaret were moving from their top-floor flat to a house with a garden but it soon ended in tragedy as he was rushed to hospital with an infected leg

Bangkok Post

No strict Covid controls from Oct 1

Visitors will not be required to show their Covid-19 vaccination or test certificates and infected people with mild or no symptoms will not need to enter isolation from Oct 1.

Liverpool Echo

Four warning signs as cases of Victorian disease surge across UK

Cases of gout have risen by 20% in the last three years

The Independent UK

New Covid warning over symptom that affects sleep

‘Isn’t that strange?’ scientist says as he shares different disease caused by BA.5

Daily Record

Older people with any of these health issues could be due up to £369 each month

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

Scots dad dies from rare flesh-eating disease after cutting leg while moving house

David Hemmings was in extreme pain when he was admitted to Wishaw General Hospital on Friday, September 16, as doctors discovered a cut on his leg had become infected.

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