51 h. ago Sporty student who thought she had flu wakes up to find all four of her limbs amputated

Medical student Lily McGarry, 23, was studying at Cardiff University when she was taken to hospital after feeling unwell with flu-like symptoms - but the truth was far more serious

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52 h. ago Sporty medical student, 23, is left quadruple amputee after suspected bout of 'flu' turned out to be life

Lily McGarry, 23, from Jersey, was studying medicine at Cardiff University when she was rushed to A&E in January with flu-like symptoms.

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3 w. ago At a glance: Who has been detained or deported in a US crackdown on pro

Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants

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3 w. ago Fit and healthy student, 22, who died from sepsis may have survived if medics had listened to the desperate pleas of his mother

William Hewes, 22, died with sepsis at Homerton hospital in east London in January 2023 within hours of his arrival. That is despite concerns from his doctor mother that he needed urgent care.

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3 w. ago Fit and healthy student, 22, who died from sepsis may have survived if medics had followed his doctor mother's desperate pleas

William Hewes, 22, died with sepsis at Homerton hospital in east London in January 2023 within hours of his arrival. That is despite concerns from his doctor mother that he needed urgent care.

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3 w. ago Student dies in 'tragic' gym accident as 65kg bar smashes into his head

Medical student Mohammed Farraj, 21, was performing calf raises at the Sportspark gym when a heavy bar dropped and forced his neck to the ground - he died at the scene

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3 w. ago Student died after slipping while using gym’s weight machine, inquest told

Medical student Mohammed Farraj had been exercising at the gym at the University of East Anglia.

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3 w. ago Hero medical student drowned saving three girls from riptide on UK beach

Jack Edward Lees sent his mum photos of the beach sunset in the hours before his death. She told an inquest "When I said goodbye to him I had no reason to think that he would never come back"

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3 w. ago US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro

Trump administration is accused of inciting ‘climate of repression’ and stifling free speech on campuses, including Columbia UniversityUS academic groups have sued the Trump administration in an effort to block the deportation of foreign students and scholars who have been targeted for voicing pro-Palestinian views and criticism of Israel.The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) filed a lawsuit at a US federal court in Boston on Tuesday accusing the administration of fomenting “a climate of repression” on campuses and stifling constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her

Emory University put Umaymah Mohammad through ‘one of the most dehumanizing’ experiences of her life as a new front opens in the silencing of pro-Palestinian voicesUmaymah Mohammad has wanted to be a doctor for as long as she remembers. She traces her ambition to the story of her mother, one of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel to Jordan in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and who contracted polio as a toddler. Despite living with the debilitating disease, Mohammad’s mother went on to raise five children and obtain a graduate degree in the US.It’s the story of a woman who “overcame unbearable medical circumstances”, Mohammad said. It also taught the Palestinian American about “the sociological determinants of health”, she said, as Mohammad believes displacement contributed to her mother catching the disease, due to the poor sanitary conditions entire communities of Palestinian refugees faced at the time. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Who is Ronen Bar, the sacked chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service?

Former special forces soldier made enemies after disagreements with far-right factions in Netanyahu governmentIsrael supreme court freezes firing of Shin Bet chiefMiddle East crisis – live updatesRonen Bar, the head of Israel’s powerful internal security service, the Shin Bet, may seem an unlikely rebel.A former special forces soldier who holds degrees from Tel Aviv and Harvard universities, Bar has devoted three decades of his working life to the service of the state. His frame is lean, greying hair close shaved, features gaunt, manner reserved and speech moderate. Continue reading...

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