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Naomi Ishisaka: How we talk about monkeypox could protect lives

As if we didn't have enough contagious viruses to worry about, monkeypox is now the latest unwelcome term to enter our daily lexicon.

Tribune News Service

Foot-and-mouth disease viral fragments found in beef at Adelaide Airport, following Melbourne pork discovery

Australia's chief vet says the fragments — which were found in potentially unlawful imports — were not live and posed no risk to human health.

ABC News

No evidence Vladimir Putin is ill despite months of cancer reports, says CIA chief

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, multiple reports have claimed that Russia's tyrannical leader is suffering from either terminal thyroid cancer or Parkinson's disease

Daily Mirror

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Newcastle teacher thought she was going through the menopause - but it was 'silent killer' ovarian cancer

Emma Durkin was diagnosed with the disease after medics removed an abscess from her ovary

Chronicle Live

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

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

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Foot-and-mouth disease and the efforts to stop it

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle is raising alarm in Indonesia and its neighbors

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Monkeypox: From beginnings in Africa to global spread

As monkeypox infections jump around the world, prompting a scramble for vaccines, AFP looks at how the disease has spread since first appearing in Africa in the 1970s.

Bangkok Post

Goal of eliminating eye disease trachoma by 2025 under threat as pandemic bites

Australia is the most developed country on Earth with trachoma, and the Melbourne Demons have resumed their efforts to beat it. But the new minister suggests the elimination of the eye disease is far from imminent.

ABC News

DWP provides up to £156 each week for 384,000 people with these 70 neurological conditions

Thousands of people across the UK are receiving between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks through PIP.

Daily Record

Fighting monkeypox, sexual health clinics are underfunded, ill-equipped

Sexual health clinics have been stretched so thin that many lack the staff to perform such basic duties as contacting and treating the partners of infected patients.

Chicago Sun-Times

New Zealand steps up border protections against foot and mouth disease

New Zealand said late on Wednesday it had increased measures to prevent foot and mouth disease (FMD) from getting into the country after the disease was recently found in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali.

Reuters

Recap of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End of The Day Summary

Benzinga

Nationals say Labor ‘asleep at the wheel’ as more FMD fragments found – as it happened

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Border won't close: Agriculture minister

The federal government will not close the border to Indonesia, despite opposition calls for more measures to prevent a foot and mouth outbreak in Australia.

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With COVID and influenza on the rise, how worried should pregnant women be?

COVID cases are on the rise and influenza is back with a vengeance, so how worried should pregnant women be about contracting "flurona"?

Los Angeles Times

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID

LOS ANGELES — From the start of the pandemic, patients and doctors alike have been frustrated by the sizable minority of coronavirus infections that turn into long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often disabling symptoms that persist weeks, months or years after the initial infection subsides.

Daily Mirror

Dementia risk increases if you also have certain liver disease, warns new study

Studies are warning of new and potential risk factors for developing dementia later in life. One new piece of research has found a link between fatty liver and an increased risk for dementia

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The Independent UK

How canine heart disease was tied to grain-free dog food

In 2018, the FDA began investigating whether the increasing popularity of grain-free dog foods had led to a sudden rise in a potentially fatal heart disease in dogs

Daily Record

Covid warning as people who had virus more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease

They are also at an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study.

Benzinga

The Daily Biotech Pulse: CDC AdComm Backs Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, European Approval For PTC Therapeutics' Gene Therapy, Merck's Keytruda Flunks In Head, Neck Cancer Study

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

Irish Mirror

Dr warns 'an awful lot of Covid infection' going undiagnosed in Ireland

Dr Eoghan de Barra, an infectious disease consultant at Beaumont Hospital, said despite Covid cases in hospitals dropping, there is still plenty of infection spreading

Tribune News Service

Fighting monkeypox, sexual health clinics are underfunded and ill-equipped

Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in infections such as syphilis and gonorrhea — now find themselves on the front lines in the nation’s fight to control the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak.

Daily Mirror

Desperate mum-of-two removes 13 of her own teeth after being unable to find NHS dentist

Danielle Watts, 42, turned to DIY dentistry last year after suffering from chronic gum disease and the closure of her NHS dentist about seven years ago and still needs another eight teeth taken out

Daily Mirror

Heart disease to cancer – how your mouth could hold key clues to your health

Certain body parts are renowned for being key players when it comes to early signs and serious health conditions. The mouth is one place that can hold the secret to your health

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