48 m. ago Sir Elton John reveals heartbreaking toll 'distressing' sight loss has on family

Sir Elton John has shared an update on his eyesight after announcing last year that he had lost vision in one of his eyes after having an infection months prior

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2 h. ago Sir Elton John reveals he 'can't read, watch TV or see his boys play sports' as he opens up on 'distressing' battle with blindness

The legendary musician, 78, contracted a severe eye infection in July which left him blind in his right eye, with 'limited vision' in his left.

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5 h. ago ‘I can’t see TV, I can’t read’: Elton John shares extent of sight loss after eye infection

Sir Elton contracted an eye infection in the south of France last year, which has led to severe vision issues

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6 h. ago The sexually transmitted infection that's 'becoming untreatable', and is on the rise in Greater Manchester

There were 4,486 diagnoses of gonorrhoea in Greater Manchester in 2023 - a 153% increase compared to cases in 2012

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7 h. ago Netflix star Manuel Masalva falls into coma after contracting deadly bacterial infection

Netflix star Manuel Masalva is best known for his role in Narcos: Mexico. The 43-year-old actor has been sent into a medically induced coma after a deadly bacterial infection

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8 h. ago Netflix star Manuel Masalva, 43, in a coma after contracting 'aggressive' bacterial infection

Netflix star Manuel Masalva, 43, known for his role in Narcos: Mexico - fell ill and was left in a serious condition.

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10 h. ago Parents' horror as toddler dies 24 hours after being sent home from A&E

Hailey Thompson, 22 months, tragically died in December 2022 after being diagnosed with a viral infection and sent home from hospital in the early hours of the morning

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11 h. ago Myanmar earthquake victims treated in field hospitals as WHO warns of disease risk

Temporary tent hospitals have been set up across Myanmar to treat earthquake victims as many local medical facilities are damaged or overwhelmed with injured.

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15 h. ago Son desperate to bring critically ill father home from Thailand to help save him

Reginald Leo, 76, has complications from gangrene, Addison’s disease and severe malnutrition.

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17 h. ago Trump fires scientist team studying STD outbreaks as 10,000 workers laid off

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's labs have been dismantled by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as thousands of workers are laid off

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24 h. ago 'Crotch rot' could infect millions of Brits making one simple underwear mistake

Brits itching their bits might want to be on the look out for a nasty infection that can affect the genitals - horrible 'crotch rot' could affect many Brits once in their life

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25 h. ago Trump team reportedly lays off some staff working on bird flu response even as disease spreads

Democrats are calling for information about how Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will address the bird flu. outbreak

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28 h. ago New discovery at Biblical site where David battled Goliath reveals secrets of ancient civilization

Archaeologists have announced a discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.

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29 h. ago Stunning discovery at Biblical site where David battled Goliath reveals secrets of ancient civilization

Archaeologists have announced a discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.

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30 h. ago Victorian diseases on the rise due to damp housing and food inequality, doctors warn

Doctors raised concerns that damp housing and food insecurity is leading to more severe illness

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31 h. ago 'Weekend warrior' approach to exercise can 'reduce risk of dying from cancer and heart disease'

Even exercising for just one or two days a week can seriously improve your health, a new study suggests

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35 h. ago Doctor issues 'crotch rot' warning over nasty infection caused by common underwear mistake

The unpleasant infection is caused by the same fungus responsible for the notorious ringworm.

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36 h. ago How Afrofuturism can help us imagine futures worth living in | Lonny Avi Brooks and Reynaldo Anderson

Afrofuturism knows that futures are made – and that who gets to make them is a political questionThe digital age sings a seductive song of progress, yet a deliberate erasure echoes within its circuits. We stand at a crossroads, where technology, particularly the promise of artificial intelligence, threatens both to illuminate and to obliterate.Whose perspectives will shape, and whose will be erased from, the future we build? AI, in particular, has become the latest battleground in a culture war that oscillates between unchecked techno-optimism and dystopian fear. We are told, on one hand, that AI will save us – from disease, inefficiency, ignorance – on the other, that it will replace us, dominate us, erase us.Lonny Avi Brooks is Professor and Chair of Communication at Cal State East Bay, co-founder of the AfroRithm Futures Group, and co-creator of AfroRithms From The Future, a visionary storytelling game that imagines liberated futures through Black, Indigenous, and Queer perspecti...

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36 h. ago Rats never enter your garden again when you use natural item they 'can't stand'

Rats can cause a lot of damage and spread harmful diseases - but there's a natural way to keep them out of your garden that doesn't involve using traps or poison

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37 h. ago The Bible 'proven true' thanks to Jesus' ancestor in bombshell Armageddon evidence

A jaw-dropping new discovery at Tel Megiddo, the site of the apocalyptic clash of Armageddon, may support the Biblical account of the death of King Josiah, an ancestor of Jesus

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