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Palestinians say that dozens of people have been killed from an Israeli strike
At least five people were killed in an airstrike by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The strike took place in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This comes after the Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on southern Gaza that killed 19…
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Farmers worry about long-term care costs
Farmers across the US are worried about the costs of long-term care, which is expected to rise as people get older, a media report said. According to US Department of Health and Human Services, a third of Americans 65 years and older will need a year of nursing home care in their lifetime. This means…
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There is a mobile clinic near the DNC
Planned Parenthood in the US said that it is providing abortion for rape survivors in Illinois and in the US during the Democratic Convention. “It’s a great opportunity for us to show how when you have a state like Illinois that prioritises healthcare access, you can be creative and innovative in how you meet people’s…
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Your nose has its own army of immune cells
A study found that the formation of germinal centres in the upper airway acts as training camps for the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several participants contracted COVID-19 during the study, and researchers found that these participants’ noses hosted B cells that specialise in targeting SARS-CoV-2. They also inadvertently found evidence of these germinal centres’…
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What is CrowdStrike?
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said it was the victim of a “sophisticated” ransomware attack that targeted multiple hospitals in the US on Wednesday. All computers running the updated version of its Falcon antivirus software crashed after it contained a bug. One of America’s biggest healthcare systems, Massachusetts General Brigham, cancelled all non-urgent surgeries, procedures, and…
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The woolly mammoth has been extinct for a long time, and a 3D reconstruction of the genome might revive it
Researchers said they have found DNA from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, one of the oldest known living mammals, which they believe is the earliest evidence of human DNA. The DNA was preserved in skin samples taken from Siberian permafrost. “To be able to do all these specific things in… woolly mammoth is exciting,” said Erez…
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Scientists change genes of gut bacteria in mice
Researchers have developed a tool which could edit genes in the guts of live mice. The tool was able to edit over 70% of an E coli strain colonising mice guts. The next step for the researchers is to develop mouse models with microbiome-driven diseases to measure whether specific gene edits have a beneficial impact…
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Frailty explains what is happening to President Biden
Former US President George HW Bush, who died of cancer in 1992, said, “I believe that Joe Biden is eminently qualified to be president of the US.” This comes after Biden was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August last year. It took Biden several years to recover from the tumour.
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A new rule could protect millions of workers from heat-related illnesses
The US Department of Occupational Health and Safety ( OSHA) has proposed new regulations to protect workers from heat stroke and exposure to just doing their jobs. The department said the rules would provide protection for millions of workers who are more likely to work in roles that could expose them to extreme heat. Heat…
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of federal regulators
The US Supreme Court has stayed a lower court’s decision stopping the Environmental Protection Agency’s Good Neighbor Plan. The Good Neighbor Plan requires 23 upwind states to curb smog-forming pollutants before it drifts to them. It applies to nitrogen oxides, a key ingredient for smog, and replaces state plans that the EPA found to fall…
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Children are allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since May
Palestinian medical supplies have been banned in the new Gaza crossing with Israel, a Gazan medical worker said. The 19-person volunteer mission sponsored by the Palestinian American Medical Association brought in 300 suitcases, filled with medical supplies, but all of them were carefully screened by Israel, Townson Cocke, the medical advocacy leader for the Alliance,…
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Half of the U.S. military bases are located in health care deserts
As many as 50% of US military base locations face health care access issues, according to a US government analysis. The areas designated as “maternity care deserts” or areas with “low access to care” came from Health Resources and Services Administration’s shortages designations. This comes as the US prepares to deploy more than 6 lakh…
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The race to save a woman’s life consists of hope, despair, and CRISPR
A 20-year-old woman with a rare form of brain disease, Uditi Ghosh, received a gene therapy that she described as a “go-getter”. Uditi, who was diagnosed with a genetic condition called’FENIB’, received CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy through a vaccine developed by National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). The therapy was given to her by a team…
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The results of the search are Copied my original work
A report by US-based search engine Bright Edge revealed that Google’s AI answers appeared on the majority of health care keyword searches, including ‘foot infection’, ‘bleeding bowel’, and ‘telehealth urgent care’. The report also said that in comparison, queries about ecommerce return AI overviews at around 23%, while restaurants or travel very rarely trigger AI…
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The FDA reviewed MDMA for treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A US advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the available evidence doesn’t show that MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is effective. It also said that its benefits outweigh its risks. There are two FDA-approved PTSD treatments for the condition, one of which is MDMA.
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Despite the missed deadline, hope for the global treaty rises
As the World Health Assembly (WHO) concluded the final day of its meeting on June 1, a researcher with Third World Network said that one year is “a good, reasonable time” to conclude the negotiations for a pandemic treaty. “Although the negotiations…are ongoing, governments should already be considering how they’ll implement one,” KM Gopakumar, a…
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Legal experts say that Trump’s conviction won’t lead to a prison sentence
A US jury has found former US President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges against him in the “hearth money” trial. Trump was found guilty on charges of lying to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about a $130,000 (over 94 lakh) payment he made to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels ahead of…
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New hope can be offered by innovative cancer therapies
Researchers have suggested that NK cells could boost anti-cancer immunity. They’re testing a therapy called memory-like NK cells for patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. People that experienced the best outcomes received cells grown from cord blood that were frozen within 24 hours of collection and lacked nucleated red blood cells, an indicator of physical stress.…
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After a camp for displaced Gazans was hit by an Israeli strike, Israel pushed deeper into Rafah
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that it has taken a “large” number of victims to Tal as Sultan clinic and field hospitals in Rafah, where few functioning hospitals remain, after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed and over 250 were injured in an Israeli air strike on a makeshift…
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Global condemnation toward Israel mounts as the U.S. faces a firefighter shortage
A former director of the American Board of Obesity Medicine has said that people using obesity medications as “short-term solution” to their diet problems can confuse them. Rekha Kumar, who served as the board’s director, said, “People are posting on social media about using obesity medication as short-term solution to their diet problems…So there are…
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Aid trucks are entering Gaza under an agreement with Egypt
The Gaza Health Ministry said the bodies of 81 people killed by Israeli airstrikes have been brought to local hospitals over the past 24 hours. The Israeli military denied its soldiers had been kidnapped and Hamas provided no evidence to back up its claim. This comes after Israel on Sunday opened land routes to deliver…
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The UN changed the number of women and children killed in Gaza
The United Nations on Thursday said that it has revised down its tally of women and children killed over the past seven months in the Gaza Strip as the Health Ministry in the territoryConfirms most, but not all, the identities of the casualties. The UN added that it cannot independently verify each death due to…
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There are side effects of inoculations
The New York Times reported that a nurse worker in New York said she was unable to get the government to help her after she heard a loud ringing sound in her ear for more than a year and a half. She said she was unable to work and drive for long periods of time.…
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The retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear because of safety concerns
US Senator Richard Blumenthal has called for an investigation into two leading infant sleepwear companies over allegations of deceptive marketing claims. He added that there have been two fatalities involving weighted sleep products, but he doesn’t mention a weighted product at all. The autopsy reports for both the deaths mentioned unsafe sleep practices and one…