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Your air purifier may be doing more harm than good

In recent years, there has been an ever-widening range of air-cleaning devices on the market, especially once it became clear that COVID was an airborne disease.

Inverse

China's COVID-19 surge might spawn a new coronavirus mutant

Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world

The Independent UK

Mum's joy as sick son battles through three blood transfusions to make it home for Christmas

Rico Thompson, from Lossiemouth, was diagnosed with Stage 4 chronic kidney disease shortly after he was born and spent his first few years in and out of hospital.

Daily Record

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China’s Zhejiang Has 1 Mln Daily COVID Cases, Expected to Double

China's Zhejiang, a big industrial province near Shanghai, is battling around a million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday. Despite a record surge of cases nationwide, China reported no COVID deaths on the mainland for the five…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Girl, 16, dies from meningitis after spending up to 16 hours on hospital trolley

Aoife Johnston, 16, died of meningitis after waiting 16 hours on a trolley at University Hospital Limerick with the Department of Public Health Mid-West launching an investigation

Daily Mirror

Dad with rare penis cancer could be having his last Christmas with his family

Doctors initially told Gavin Brooks he had thrush

Manchester Evening News

Taoiseach wants swift investigation to find if Clare teen's death from meningitis was preventable

Aoife Johnston died last week after being left on a trolley for 16 hours.

Irish Mirror

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Hunger, disease explode in Africa and are likely to get worse

Climate-driven weather disasters across a dozen African countries are threatening the physical and mental development of an entire generation, and their plight is expected to get even worse next year, the head of the WHO Foundation warned.

Tribune News Service

'Poetry helped me grieve my sister - now I use it to give £5000 to families at Christmas'

Adesayo Talabi, 25, has been donating thousands to families who suffer with sickle cell anaemia from her ‘own pocket’ after her two sisters died of the disease as children

Daily Mirror

George Cohen dies aged 83 – what became of England’s 1966 World Cup winners?

The class of 1966 still remain the only England men’s side to lift a trophy at a major tournament.

The Independent UK

Breakthrough discovery could see liver cancer detected by urine test

Disease currently requires surgery, an ultrasound or blood tests for diagnosis

The Independent UK

Glasgow scientists take steps towards world-first urine test for cancer

GLASGOW based scientists have discovered a metabolite never found in mammals before which could pave the way for a urine test to detect a type of…

The National (Scotland)

14 symptoms of pancreatic cancer you’re most likely to ignore

A pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse outlines easy-to-ignore signs of the disease

The Independent UK

Universal Credit claimants with any of these health conditions could be due up to £156 extra every week

If you need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition you may qualify for extra financial support from DWP.

Daily Record

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Victorians warned as streptococcal on rise

Victoria's chief health officer has issued a health warning on invasive group A streptococcal disease following an increase in cases

Reuters

China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections

China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country's health system even as they downplay the disease's severity and continue to report no new deaths.

Reuters

In China, people are learning to live with COVID

Only a few weeks ago COVID-19 positive Chinese teacher Yang Zengdong and her husband would probably have ended up in a makeshift quarantine centre with patchy heating, sparse bedding and overwhelmed toilets, but today they are isolating at home.

The Independent UK

Scientists take first steps towards urine test for cancer

The disease currently requires surgery, an ultrasound or blood tests for diagnosis.

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Wales Online

Scientists take first steps towards urine tests for cancer

Liver cancers currently have to be detected by surgery, ultrasound scans or blood tests

The Conversation

Repeated head injury may cause degenerative brain disease for people who play sport – juniors and amateurs included

Where there are players and a game to be won, you can expect some “rough and tumble” on the sporting field. But when do the bumps become a problem for players? And what can we do to protect them from traumatic brain injury?

Liverpool Echo

Mum dies after Crohn's disease masked stage four bowel cancer

Emma's battle has inspired Sarah and Nicola to challenge themselves in her memory

Salon

2022: The year the pandemic dragged on

Vaccines and boosters weren't enough to protect us from what mutated into the most infectious virus ever known

Daily Record

Renfrewshire man with rare disease tries to live each day as if it is Christmas

Michael Conway is seeking to raise awareness of Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) this festive period.

The Conversation

Chronic pain: An invisible disease whose sufferers are unfairly stigmatized

Imagine living with pain every day for months, or even years — pain that is so intrusive, it disrupts every day of your life.

Fortune

A small Chilean rat could be the next step forward for Alzheimer’s research

The Octodon degus, a small Chilean rodent, may have a lot to teach us about Alzheimer’s in humans.

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