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Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf

Exactly 80 years ago, a group of starving Jewish scientists and doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto were collecting data on their starving patients. They hoped their research would benefit future generations through better ways to treat malnutrition, and they wanted the world to know of Nazi atrocities to prevent something…

The Conversation

Huge health breakthrough: Blood test to diagnose any cancer years before symptoms getting close

Scientists discover protein released in early stages of disease - when tumours are most curable

Wales Online

Katherine White obituary

Other lives: Campaigner for people with Addison’s disease, a rare condition with which she was diagnosed in 1998

The Guardian - UK

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'Holy grail' blood test could diagnose any cancer years before symptoms

Scientists discovered a protein that is released in the early stages of the disease and it is made by a gene named KRAS - they hope the blood test they develop will help detect cancer early, giving people the highest chances of survival

Daily Mirror

Things to know about the dreaded Marburg virus disease

As cases are reported in Ghana, here’s a look at the disease, its symptoms and ways of preventing the illness.

Al Jazeera

Mum's battle with 'exhausting' tics from incurable disease - 'it's like holding in a sneeze'

Amelia Perrin speaks about her Tourette's tics ahead of Scarlett Moffatt’s debut documentary on Channel 4 - Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery

Daily Mirror

What is Marburg virus and how does it spread?

Certain strains of the virus can kill up to 88 per cent of infected people

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What is the Marburg virus and is it spreading as 2 patients die from Ebola-like disease

Two people in Ghana have died from the highly infectious Marburg virus. Here's what you need to know about the virus, including its symptoms and whether it has spread so far

Daily Mirror

The Daily Biotech Pulse: FDA Tentatively Approves Avadel's Narcolepsy Drug, European Approval Broadens AstraZeneca's Enhertu in Breast Cancer, Pharma Giants' Earnings

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

Tribune News Service

Rob Burrow says Government has 'blood on its hands' over £50 million MND research delay

Burrow, the Leeds Rhinos legend, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2019.

Leeds Live

Being single could increase your risk of stomach cancer, study claims

With 4,000 new cases of stomach cancer every year in the UK, recent research claims that a single relationship status could potentially increase your risk of the disease.

Daily Mirror

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

Successful Attendance Allowance claimants will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

Government has ‘blood on its hands’ over £50m MND research delay, Rob Burrow says

The former Leeds scrum-half was diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019

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Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

The Independent UK

Rob Burrow says government has ‘blood on its hands’ over £50m MND research delay

The former Leeds scrum-half was diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019.

AAP

SA child dies from meningococcal infection

South Australian health authorities say a two-year-old child has died from a meningococcal infection, the first death in SA from the disease this year.

The Independent UK

Covid warning over symptom of new strain that affects sufferers at night

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

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NSW calls for sheep and goat electronic ID

NSW is calling for the electronic tagging of sheep and goats around the country, amid fears that foot-and-mouth disease could infiltrate Australia.

The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

ABC News

COVID-19 is on track to become the leading cause of death in Australia, Queensland infectious disease expert Nigel McMillan says

Professor Nigel McMillan from Menzies Health Institute says people are not taking COVID-19 seriously enough and he's calling for a mask mandate at large public events. It comes as 18 deaths from COVID are reported today in Queensland.

Wales Online

Ghana confirms two cases of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus

The disease is spread to people by fruit bats

Bangkok Post

Jabs 'saved half a million people'

A research team from Mahidol University has estimated that the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign over the past two years prevented nearly 490,000 deaths.

Bangkok Post

Saliva a key defence from toxins and microorganisms

DEAR DOCTORS: Our nine-year-old loves science and has become obsessed with saliva. He recently learned in school that it helps prevent disease, and now he wants to know more. My wife and I are glad he's curious and hope you can help. What is saliva? Does it really help people…

Daily Mirror

Under-12s will be banned from heading footballs in bid to stop brain injuries

A number of former professional footballers have died from brain functioning diseases believed to be linked closely to heading footballs.

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