43 h. ago World's deadliest hurricanes from Katrina to Caribbean storm that killed 27,000

It’s 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the US, killing 1800 people. Now we look back at the disaster – plus some of the other most lethal hurricanes in history

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3 d. ago Six deadliest volcanoes in the world – and what would happen if they erupted

With new worries that Japan's Mount Fuji might be about to erupt, we looked at six of the deadliest volcanoes in the world that might be ready to burst, including Vesuvius, Rainier, Popocatépetl, Merapi and Yellowstone

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5 d. ago Painkillers taken by millions every day may be silently supercharging one of the world's deadliest health crises

Researchers in Australia warned that the painkillers, costing about 20 cents a pill, could raise someone's risk of suffering from a potentially deadly emergency.

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6 d. ago Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez refuses to step down, defying White House

Susan Monarez says only Trump can remove her as four other senior CDC leaders quit over political interferenceUS politics live – latest updatesA standoff over the firing of the Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.Monarez, an infectious disease specialist who was confirmed as CDC chief just a month ago, was fired on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services, which gave no reason for the departure. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago New hope in fight against world's deadliest sexually transmitted infection... from a monthly pill

Results from a landmark trial show the drug was as effective as the daily cocktail of pills patients currently take.

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9 d. ago Devastating symptoms of long Covid compared to degenerative disease by new study

Patients struggling with daily activities for months or years after coronavirus infection

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9 d. ago Photos show Nigeria’s maternal crisis as militants return and US aid dries up

In Nigeria, more women die giving birth than anywhere else in the world. In the country’s northeast, the risks are rising as Boko Haram resurges and U.S. foreign aid dries up. Chronic underfunding leaves Africa’s most populous nation with one of the world’s deadliest maternal mortality rates.

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9 d. ago Breakthrough in fight against nerve disease that's rising in under 50s, hope for new treatment

Scientists are still not exactly sure of what causes the disease that affects around 150,000 people in the UK and more than 900,000 Americans.

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9 d. ago Long Covid causes effects similar to Parkinson’s or stroke, scientists find

Patients struggling with daily activities for months or years after coronavirus infection

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer will join European leaders to meet Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer expected to join European leaders meeting Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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2 w. ago Fears mount in Europe as Donald Trump 'backs Vladimir Putin’s land grab in Ukraine to end war'

The US president urged Volodymyr Zelensky to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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3 w. ago Vet issues warning to pet owners taking dogs to 'farms and reservoirs'

The vet issued the warning after a two-month-old puppy suffered an infection

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4 w. ago Wife of Welsh rock legend in fight for life says 'there is hope now'

Dave Edmunds, 81, had a Christmas number one in 1970 with "I Hear You Knockin" and was later in the band Rockpile with Nick Lowe

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4 w. ago Girl, 6, who had 'sexual contact with family member' diagnosed with gonorrhoea

A six-year-old girl had contracted the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea as a result of sexual abuse, likely by her mother or uncle, Liverpool Civil and Family Court heard

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