50 h. ago Teacher dies day after her baby in heartbreaking double tragedy as tributes pour in for 'kindest person'

Aoife Bird died on Wednesday from a sudden illness, just one day after the death of her newborn daughter, Ailbhe

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3 d. ago Woman dies one day after death of her newborn baby as tributes flood in for beloved mum

Aoife Bird (née Oates) and her newborn daughter Ailbhe died just a day apart following a sudden illness. Aoife was a respected teacher at Ashbourne Community School, where she taught Spanish, Business and SEN

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7 d. ago Antibiotic resistance: how a pioneering trial is using old drugs to save babies from sepsis

The infection is responsible for 800,000 newborn deaths each year, but clinics in eight countries are working together to find new treatmentsJust a few minutes from the turquoise waters of Kenya’s Kilifi Creek, a world away from the tourists enjoying their time on the estuary, a team of clinicians, technicians and microbiologists is helping to shape a new era of care for newborns.NeoSep1 is a pioneering clinical trial that aims to identify effective and safe antibiotic combinations to treat sepsis in newborns. One of the centres leading the second phase of this study is the Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hospital under investigation for poor maternity care chased 'natural birth' ideology that 'led to newborn deaths'

In the period that Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust had the lowest number of caesareans - between 2012 and 2023 - its rate of stillbirths and newborn baby deaths soared to the worst in Britain.

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2 w. ago Eli Katoa’s playing future uncertain as recovery from head impacts, seizures and brain surgery continues

Storm star faces weeks in hospital but condition stabilisedNRL investigating why Katoa played after warmup head injuryMelbourne Storm backrower and Tonga star Eli Katoa faces the prospect of further weeks in hospital and possibly time in a rehabilitation centre as he begins his slow recovery from brain surgery after he suffered three head knocks against New Zealand 12 days ago.The 25-year-old remains in hospital in Auckland, and alarming information provided by his club on Friday indicates there is no guarantee one of the game’s best forwards will play again. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Driver who crashed a stolen BMW into a care home during 100mph police chase is jailed for over five years

Sam Asgari-Tabar, 21, was behind the wheel of the BMW 3-Series when he smashed into Highcliffe Care Home in Witherwack, Sunderland, on the evening of July 10.

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3 w. ago Evil parents who beat newborn baby to death laughed after taking tiny corpse to hospital

Hilary Johnson II, 24, and Z'ibreyea S. Parker, 22, were both caged for a combination of 29 years on Friday.

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