19 minutes ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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19 minutes ago Interactive map reveals how many people in YOUR area have signed the General Election petition

The petition, set up by Pub landlord Michael Westwood, has so far passed two million signatures as many are unhappy with the new Labour government.

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74 minutes ago Top NATO chief urges leaders to get ready for 'wartime scenario' after Putin 'threatens WWIII' as Germany draws up list of bunkers that could be used as emergency shelters

Speaking in Brussels yesterday, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer warned that NATO members needed to adjust their production and distribution lines in order to be less vulnerable to blackmail.

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79 minutes ago Young people twice as likely to get specific cancer potentially due to common habit

Cases of gallbladder cancer are on the rise among young adults and experts fear the modern diet could be to blame

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1 hour ago Weight loss and diabetes drugs could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure, researchers suggest

The likes of Wegovy and Ozempic could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure by a fifth, a major study found.

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2 hours ago Labour is accused of putting off urgently needed reforms to cure sicknote Britain and get two million people into jobs

The Government white paper published today was solely focused on employment support, including a revamp of Jobcentres as well as extra NHS appointments in unemployment hotspots.

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2 hours ago Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career | Kieran Pender

After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandableConflicting national allegiances in sport are no simple thing. It is hardly unreasonable for someone with more than one national background to feel competing tugs when it comes to flying the flag on the international stage. Emotion and pragmatism collide to force hard decisions.Australia is a deeply multicultural nation – more than one in four Australians were born overseas, while millions more have parents born elsewhere. We are a nation of complex sporting allegiances. I have dual nationalities; if it wasn’t for the fact that I have all the sporting talent of a gnat, I might have to consider which country to represent. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Expert warns motorists of six surprising driving fines to avoid this Christmas

These six things to avoid while driving this Christmas season to ensure you don’t get fined.

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2 hours ago MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought.

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