24 h. ago Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159 as officials order citywide scaffolding net removal

Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testingThe death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex fire has risen to 159 as officials ordered all scaffolding mesh in the city to be removed by Saturday.The blaze that last week engulfed Wang Fuk Court in the city’s northern Tai Po district has become the world’s deadliest residential building fire since 1980. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Vaccine for killer whooping cough could contain disease and stop it spreading

Government-funded clinical trial has found a nasal spray vaccine can stop it from living in the nose and throat - which is vital for stopping the spread of the killer disease

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1 week ago World's first lung cancer vaccine to enter clinical trials... but quitting smoking is still recommended as top way to avoid developing the disease

Patients at high risk of potentially deadly lung cancer will soon be able to receive the world's first ever vaccine designed to prevent the disease.

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1 week ago Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccine and autism

US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence basedRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism.Countering decades of science showing vaccines to be safe, the US public health agency’s website was changed to say: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccines and autism

US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence basedRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism.Countering decades of science showing vaccines to be safe, the US public health agency’s website was changed to say: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Italy beat Austria despite Jannik Sinner’s absence to move step closer to Davis Cup hat

Italy are without top-10 players Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti but could still call on one of the strongest teams in this year’s Finals

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2 w. ago Disease fears as Argentina child vaccination rates hit historic lows

Sharp drop since 2024 in country regarded as a Latin American leader in childhood and adolescent immunisationArgentina’s childhood and adolescent vaccination rates have collapsed to a historic lows according to a new analysis, prompting warnings that once-eliminated diseases may resurge.The study of health ministry data by the Argentinian Paediatric Society (SAP) found that fewer than half of children aged five and six received several of their essential doses in 2024. All vaccines analysed were below the 95% level needed to reach herd immunity. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Norway stars reveal how Erling Haaland inspired team to big World Cup qualifier win

Norway beat Estonia 4-1 on Thursday night to edge closer to World Cup qualification

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3 w. ago France commemorates victims of Paris attacks 10 years on – in pictures

France pays tribute to the 130 people killed during a rampage by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers targeting cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall in 2015. The attacks were the deadliest on French soil since the second world war, prompting emergency security measures, many of which are now embedded in law Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The new terror map of Africa: How continent is becoming a hotbed of terrorism as Islamist slaughter spreads

Once isolated insurgencies in remote deserts and jungles have turned into full-blown wars of terror, turning several regions into some of the deadliest battlegrounds in the world.

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3 w. ago ‘I thought my daughter had a migraine at new year – hours later, she collapsed and died’

There is a decline in infant and teenage vaccination rates which is leaving youngsters vulnerable to the disease, UKHSA warns

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3 w. ago Scientists edge closer to beating world's deadliest disease with first vaccine in over 100 years

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may be on the cusp of making a new vaccine to combat a rise in the world's deadliest disease, which takes 1million lives worldwide.

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