Aspergillus fumigatus growing on a petri dish. Photo: Jan-Peter Kasper, University of Jena. (FILE) Tue 21 March 2023: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is monitoring the fungus, has warned that a mysterious and deadly infection known as Candida auris is rapidly spreading across the USA. The development comes on the […]
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Fri 17 March 2023: Hundreds of new proteins discovered by a team led by Turkish scientist, Mine Koprulu, in the UK have become a beacon of hope in the development of new treatment methods and drugs for many metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis (MS), Anadolu News Agency reports. Gates Cambridge, which offers scholarships to […]
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Fri 17 March 2023: The Israeli Health Ministry reported a new coronavirus variant on Friday. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this new variant has taken the world by surprise. According to local media reports, two people returning from abroad were infected with the new Covid variant. Upon their return to Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport, the […]
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A small round melanoma cell at the top and a large, flat melanoma cell underneath it. Credit: Professor Chris Bakal, the ICR. Wed 15 March 2023: The total cost of cancer to the global economy will reach 25.2 trillion international dollars between 2020 and 2050, according to a recent report published in JAMA Oncology. The study […]
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Tue 14 March 2023: The Department of Health warned on Monday that any employee who fails to comply with the court order interdicting the current strike action will be committing an act of misconduct which is subject to disciplinary action, including possible dismissal. This comes after the Labour Appeal Court issued a judgement that interdicts […]
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[Nataliia Shulga/Al Jazeera] Sun 12 March 2023: Scientists lean towards a natural spillover from animals, but China’s opacity means a lab leak can’t be ruled out. Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity […]
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Wed 08 March 2023: Multiple Personality Disorder, also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), has been explored in several movies and television series over the years, but in psychiatry, it remains a controversial diagnosis. DID is a condition where an individual’s identity can split into two or more personalities. People with DID are controlled by […]
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Sun 05 March 2023: Heart disease is often considered an old man’s disease, but a recent uptick in the number of young people dying of heart attacks has busted this myth. From a 22-year-old groom who died in the middle of his wedding ceremony to the 16-year-old who died while playing cricket, the headlines these […]
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Sun 05 March 2023: Former British Health Secretary Matt Hancock is continuing to face criticism because of the leak of WhatsApp messages sent between him and other ministers and officials at the height of the Covid pandemic. The messages, which were leaked by the Daily Telegraph, now show that Hancock wanted to announce a new virus variant […]
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Sat 04 March 2023: Following claims by the United States that the virus was probably leaked from a Chinese laboratory and which have prompted furious denials from Beijing, the World Health Organization has urged all nations to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19. This week, US Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher […]
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