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Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Ghana has declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, that was confirmed in July, the president's office said on Monday.

Reuters

Rajasthan BJP MLA brings cow to Assembly to draw attention towards lumpy skin disease

Before the session started, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told reporters that the Central government should declare lumpy disease as a national calamity.

The Hindu

China says no touching foreigners skin-to-skin after monkeypox case

A top Chinese health official warned people against having skin-to-skin contact with foreigners to avoid contracting monkeypox, spurring a backlash among the country’s dwindling expatriate community.

Bangkok Post

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Treatment offers new hope for lupus – and maybe for other autoimmune diseases too

When real patients have unprecedented positive outcomes to a new treatment, it’s tempting to talk about it as “breakthrough” for medical science. This describes the excitement around a new report from researchers in Germany of a radical new treatment for lupus.

The Conversation

Even mild COVID raises the chance of heart attack and stroke. What to know about the risks ahead

A concerning report recently published in Nature Medicine suggests even a mild case of COVID can increase the long-term risks of serious cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack and heart failure. The study highlights our limited understanding of the full consequences of COVID infection and the long-term impact of…

The Conversation

New Covid warning over symptom that affects sleep

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

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

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DWP will give people with these 70 conditions up to £156 a week

People with a number of illnesses, infections and conditions can receive extra support

Liverpool Echo

The Hunter suburbs with the most mental health diagnoses

Mental health conditions are the most common form of long-term health issue, followed by arthritis, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Newcastle Herald

Lumpy skin disease virus different from 2019 version

Finding raises questions about efficacy of the new vaccine

The Hindu

Food as medicine: could prescribing fruit and vegetables become part of healthcare?

Decades of healthy eating advice have failed to stem the tide of lifestyle-related disease. Could prescribing healthy food help?

The Guardian - AU

Dame Valerie Beral obituary

Distinguished epidemiologist who showed the pill was safe and shed light on many other health issues

The Guardian - UK

This common mosquito-borne virus can be deadly — and researchers don’t know enough about it

La Crosse virus is carried and transmitted primarily by the eastern tree-hole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus, and the infection can be deadly in some cases.

Inverse

Health scare forces Alan Hughes to miss Ireland AM shows as he reveals hospital visit

He has said he worries about cancer after losing both his siblings to the disease.

Irish Mirror

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Parkinson's could be detected earlier through use of artificial intelligence

Researchers at Leicester University think they have successfully created the world's first artificial intelligence system capable of detecting Parkinson's in people

The Guardian - UK

Readers reply: if everyone isolated for a month, would all transmissible diseases disappear?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

Why gender is at the heart of the matter for cardiac illness

Studies show that women with heart disease are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men, and will have worse outcomes for surgery. What is behind this bias and how can how it be fixed?

The Hindu

‘Tomato fever’ makes news again as Kerala doctors reproach the Lancet report

The BMJ reported on September 13 that The Lancet has refused to publish a letter by doctors from Kerala, urging that the ‘unscientific article’ be retracted

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Pancreatic cancer under spotlight as cities light up in purple in November to raise deadly disease's profile

Judi Adams has spent decades raising awareness of breast cancer. But after her own shock diagnosis of pancreatic cancer she's literally shining a light on the disease she says is less talked about.

ABC News

Call for more research into childhood dementia, a disease that kills almost as many kids as cancer

About 90 children die in Australia every year from childhood dementia — a similar number of deaths as from childhood cancer, which receives 20 times more government funding for research.

Tribune News Service

Bluebird’s gene therapy for brain disease receives accelerated approval

Bluebird Bio Inc.’s gene therapy for a brain-wasting disease received accelerated approval from U.S. regulators, making it the first treatment of its kind for children living with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.

The Independent UK

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases

Benzinga

FDA Okays bluebird bio's $3M Gene Therapy For Rare Neurological Disorder In Boys: What Investors Should Know

Biotechnology company, bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUE) announced late Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease.

The New Daily

Step lively: Walking pace matters as much as the number of steps you take

Walking at a faster pace is linked to lower risk of dementia, heart disease, cancer and death, over and above a total of 10,000 daily steps.

Dynamite News

Researchers find macrophages may be scavenger cells of the immune system

Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in our lungs that exchange gases between the air we breathe and our blood. Read more on Dynamite News:

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