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Netflix’s 'Sandman' portrays a very real sleeping illness — but does it get it right?

Here's what sleep experts and historians have to say about "encephalitis lethargica" or the "sleeping illness" in Netflix's The Sandman.

Inverse

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 warn 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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TV presenter Sarah Beeny says ‘there is no chance it won’t be okay’ after cancer diagnosis

Sarah Beeny has re-posted some of the good wishes sent to her from her famous friends, including Victoria Derbyshire and Kirsty Gallacher, after the news broke that she has breast cancer.The property expert was diagnosed with the disease in August and has already undergone her first bout of chemotherapy.Taking to…

Evening Standard

Actress Jane Fonda Says She Has Cancer

US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy in her battle against the disease. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party, vowed to fight the "very treatable" illness. "I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo…

Asharq Al-Awsat

State health department investigating Legionnaires’ disease cluster in Burbank; 4 cases linked to area church

The Illinois Department of Public Health is working with the Stickney Public Health District to investigate the cluster of cases reported in the southwest suburb of Burbank.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lumpy skin disease could reach Australia before foot and mouth disease, with fears the threat is going unnoticed

While Australia is on high alert over foot-and-mouth disease, experts are sounding the alarm about another livestock virus that's spread by mosquitoes

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Don't touch that vulture

New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu

Salon

Monkeypox Starts To Recede as Men at Risk Change Sexual Behavior

The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.

Reason

Wendy’s food illness outbreak is now up to 6 states, CDC says. Here’s what to know

Cases of food-borne illness linked to Wendy’s restaurants have spread, now sickening people across six states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

Court Allows Lifesaving Kidney Transplant For Disabled Teen

Health bosses at Manchester University NHS Foundation in England, in the U.K., refused to give the young boy a transplant.

Zenger

FDA still skeptical of ALS drug ahead of high-stakes meeting

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted another negative review of a closely watched drug for the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS

The Independent UK

Woman diagnosed with deadly disease after heavy period

Victoria Lang originally thought the heavy bleeding may have been due to the covid booster

Liverpool Echo

Does Paxlovid cause Covid rebound?

US president and first lady have both reported relapses after using drug to treat coronavirus

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Karnataka Health Dept. writes to PHANA and IMA to ensure notification of all communicable diseases

So far, private hospitals had been notifying some diseases such as TB and dengue

Edinburgh Live

Alzheimer’s symptoms: New method developed to spot disease before any signs show

A new method has been developed that could discover Alzheimer’s disease even if there aren't any symptoms - Researchers hope the latest discovery will help find new treatments.

Reuters

Thai transgender cabaret returns after pandemic closure

Transgender performers at one of Thailand's most famous cabaret shows have returned to the spotlight for the first time in about three years after being forced to find other ways to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic.

WEKU

There's no bad time to get a new COVID booster if you're eligible, CDC director says

People can get the Moderna booster if they're 18 or older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech version if they're 12 and up. In both cases, they must wait at least two months since their last COVID vaccine.

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Govt eyes revision of pandemic-related laws

The government on Friday discussed measures to combat a potential future pandemic and decided to revise relevant laws to make it mandatory for core hospitals to provide medical services and beds to patients when infectious diseases break out or spread.

The Independent UK

8 things science warn 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

Glasgow Live

Glasgow estate agent given fourth cancer diagnosis after losing mum to the disease

Michelle has been left devastated by her fourth cancer diagnosis in less than 10 years. The mum-of-one was previously given less than a year to live but continues to be 'full of life'.

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU States Urged to Roll Out COVID Booster Shots to Fend off Winter Infections

EU countries should start offering COVID boosters to their populations now to contain a fresh wave of infections expected this autumn and winter, the bloc's executive said in a document seen by Reuters on Friday ahead of its official release. The Brussels-based European Commission said more than 2,300 people still…

Reuters

Many more children may die in Pakistan after floods, UN says

The United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) said on Friday there was a risk of "many more" child deaths in Pakistan from disease after floods claimed the lives of around 400.

Daily Record

Alzheimer's risk could be spotted before symptoms start in new prediction method

Researchers believe that spotting the condition sooner could help in developing new treatments for the disease.

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