Tuberculosis rates are increasing in the US, according to official data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that 2.5 over every 100,000 Americans contracted the bacterial infection in 2022. This is up from 2.4 per 100,000 in 2021, but still below the pre-pandemic rate of 2.7. Experts […]
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John Whaite won the third series of the Great British Bake Off in 2012 with his impressive baking skills, including how to make the perfect chocolate sponge cake. While eggs, flour, sugar and butter are the staple ingredients required for a traditional recipe, tomato soup is another baking staple used […]
NEW YORK — For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That’s up […]
What REALLY happens when you die: Man, 55, who was ‘brought back from the dead’ reveals what it is like on the other side – and how he knew it wasn’t his time By Chloe Louise Updated: 17:02 GMT, 23 March 2023 It’s the question everyone is desperate to know […]
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — On the surface, everything looks normal. There’s the East Palestine High School baseball team learning the finer points of baserunning at one edge of Reid Memorial Stadium. At the other, a handful of sprinters dart through the mild March air, the blue parachutes attached to their […]
Poll Was UK’s medical regulator RIGHT to suspend a top Great Ormond Street children’s doctor for using his wife’s free TfL travel pass? The suspension of a top NHS paediatrician for using his wife’s free TfL travel pass sparked a row online today. Dr James Ip, who lives in a […]
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment ByCARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized […]
Mental health services are letting down women by failing to account for the impact of the menopause, patient safety investigators have found. Women are frequently prescribed antidepressants when hormone replacement therapy (HRT) would more appropriate, they said. A new report into the suicide of 56-year-old NHS manager Frances Wellburn found […]
Sarah Ferguson is spending a lot of time in the United States of America at the moment, promoting her new book, A Most Intriguing Lady. The Duchess of York spoke to Access Hollywood where she was asked about her “favourite guilty junk food pleasure”, but it wasn’t the usual “ice […]
Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters. Nearly 8% of these patients sometimes spike their urine by adding their treatment medicine, buprenorphine, to the samples. Such spiking may go […]
‘Feels like you’ve been to the dentist’: The water flosser thousands swear by for deep cleaning their teeth in MINUTES is under £30 right now By Emily Knott For Mailonline Updated: 07:58 GMT, 23 March 2023 SHOPPING – Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Mail Best article are selected […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina neared final legislative approval Wednesday as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital beds or operating expensive equipment. Republican lawmakers had been skeptical for nearly a decade […]
Carol Vorderman today tore into two Government ministers during a furious rant in front of MPs, claiming she was ‘absolutely disgusted’ by the pair of them. Within minutes of taking stand to discuss menopause in the workplace, the TV star criticised Kemi Badenoch for comparing ‘women going through terrible, terrible […]
Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended a nationwide right to an abortion, the landscape is far from settled, with lawmakers considering broader bans or stronger protections and legal challenges popping up nationwide. It’s been a hectic week for abortion policy with Republican-dominated states seeking to tighten restrictions, Democratic […]
Junior doctor pay talks collapse in just an hour as militant medics refuse to negotiate Representatives from the British Medical Association told Health Secretary Steve Barclay they would be unwilling to accept less than a 35 per cent pay rise Demands also include free parking, pay rise linked to inflation […]
Authorities say a suspect has been arrested on charges that she set fire to a building that was slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic ByMEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A woman was arrested on charges of setting fire to a building in Wyoming that was being […]
How deadly is Marburg? Marburg is one of the deadliest pathogens known to man. The WHO says it has a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of up to 90 percent. But experts estimate that it probably sits closer to the 50 percent mark, similar to its cousin Ebola — another member of […]
The Fry Awards revealed this year’s best fish and chip takeaways and restaurants in the country. Mystery diners travelled across the UK to taste hundreds of fish and chips taking into account not only the flavour but also the cleanliness of each establishment and the staff knowledge and professionalism as […]
Coffee lovers — and their doctors — have long wondered whether a jolt of java can affect the heart. New research published Wednesday finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart hiccup that can feel like a skipped beat. But it did signal a slight […]
Pregnant women in Philadelphia will be paid $1,000 a month as part of a trial program hoping to lower infant mortality rates in the city. Starting next year, 250 expectant mothers will receive the no-strings-attached payments from their third month of pregnancy through their baby’s first birthday. The pilot program, […]