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A rabies outbreak has been detected in some northeastern provinces with 74 people reportedly contracting the disease so far, Dr Taweechai Wisanuyothin, chief of the Disease Prevention and Control Office 9, said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

‘AI finds twisting of eye vessels could cause high blood pressure’

The method could be used as part of routine eye checks to help identify people at high risk of developing the condition.

The Independent UK

Eggs are so expensive, Californians are trying to bring them across the border from Mexico

LOS ANGELES — With egg prices spiking in California, Border Patrol agents have noticed a rise in the number of people trying to bring eggs across the border from Mexico, which is illegal.

Los Angeles Times

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Shania Twain reflects on being told Lyme disease meant she might never sing again

The country music singer has recently released her first album since undergoing surgery on her voice

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams’ dad Pete Conway rushed to hospital after ‘breaking a bone in his spine’

The singer revealed that his dad had Parkinson’s disease in 2020

Evening Standard

Fatty liver disease: Loss of appetite could signal warning sign of silent killer

The British Liver Trust has warned that loss of appetite could be a sign of cirrhosis - the most severe stage of fatty liver disease

Daily Mirror

Last chance for under-50s to get Covid booster: Find out if you're eligible

Britons only have a few days to get their final top-up jab. After February 12, the booster will only be offered to those considered to be at risk of serious illness.

Daily Mirror

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Former Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County and Wales footballer Jason Bowen diagnosed with motor neurone disease

The devastating news has just been confirmed by his family

Wales Online

DWP encourages older people to check entitlement for health benefit worth up to £92 each week

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance could receive either £61.85 or £92.40 every week.

Daily Record

Shania Twain 'glad to have life back' after 'depressing' lyme disease battle

Shania told ITV's Lorraine that her UK tour will feature all her biggest hits and some new songs.

Daily Record

Faye Flam: Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

Tribune News Service

WHO warns 'we must prepare' for bird flu pandemic if mammal strain jumps to humans

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged world leaders to be vigilant and monitor bird flu cases in mammals after the disease was found to have spread to otters

Daily Mirror

Sudan's tropical disease spike reflects poor health system

A surge in mosquito-borne diseases in recent months has shown the fragility of Sudan's health system and bodes ill for coming challenges, especially after the African country's 2021 military coup

The Independent UK

Foot-and-mouth Variant Hits Iraq Buffaloes

Despite vaccinating his entire herd against foot-and-mouth disease, Iraqi farmer Saadoun Roumi has lost five of his 15 buffaloes to a variant never before seen in the country. The severe, highly contagious livestock disease has plagued Iraq for decades, but this year's outbreak has already had a devastating impact described…

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The Conversation

Seven ways to protect your health when cooking with gas

Cooking can pollute the air inside your house to such an extent that breathing in your kitchen may be as safe as breathing by a busy roadside. A poor supply of oxygen can prevent gas or solid fuels burning properly, which produces harmful pollutants such as fine particulate matter and…

Chicago Sun-Times

New research shows CDC exaggerated the evidence for masks to fight COVID

The analysis found that wearing masks in public “probably makes little or no difference.”

Reason

Will Litigation Over Title 42 "Public Health" Migrant Expulsions Soon Become Moot When Biden Ends the Covid Emergency?

If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.

Bangkok Post

Siemens unit bullish on outlook for CT scanners

Siemens Healthineers, a subsidiary of German multinational conglomerate Siemens, expects to add Thailand to a list of users of its latest computerised tomography (CT) scan technology, which promises better disease diagnosis at hospitals.

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Bangkok Post

Time to prepare for the next health emergency

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives while sustaining essential medical services such as maternal health care, routine childhood immunisation, and the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

The Conversation

BCG: how a century-old vaccine is being used against everything from cancer to autoimmune diseases

In March 2020, as the UK was preparing to go into lockdown, two new trials were posted on the clinicaltrials.gov database. The researchers were proposing that BCG, an old vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), should be tested for its protective effect against COVID.

The Independent UK

Brazil squeezes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory

Brazilian authorities have launched an operation to reclaim Yanomami Indigenous territory from thousands of illegal gold miners who have contaminated rivers and brought famine and disease to one of the most isolated populations of the world

Fortune

'No one really wants to talk about COVID anymore,' the WHO's pandemic lead laments. But the 'worst case' possibility of a new coronavirus exists

“Omicron can cause severe disease” and “is not nature’s vaccine,” experts warned, raising concerns that evolution could produce a more dangerous variant—or a new coronavirus altogether.

Daily Mirror

'I was so ashamed of diabetes that I injected myself under desk and became ill'

Daniel Newman, who has type 1 diabetes, was nicknamed 'sugar boy' at school and has suffered with kidney disease as a result of neglecting his diagnosis

The Conversation

Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention

Don’t let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you – within this tiny structure of life is a complex universe of molecular machinery that is continually being built, put into motion and eventually broken down.

Evening Standard

New blood test for prostate cancer 94% accurate at detecting disease

Chromosal test developed by scientists could eliminate the need for biopsies

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