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According to a recent report published by the CDC, over 250 people across 32 states fell sick with a strain of Salmonella that’s resistant to multiple antibiotics between June 2018 and March 2019. At least two people died from the infection, and a further 60 cases were so severe that they required hospitalisation. The outbreak…
A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. The 74 year old patient was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease when she died in 2016, and prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify consent. It is the first case of its kind since the Netherlands…
An individual who used a vape and was later hospitalised with severe respiratory illness, has died. Making them the first person known to die from an illness causes by vaping. It comes after the CDC launched an investigation earlier this month following reports of a mysterious lung disease affecting almost 100 people this summer across…
A study shows that a daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third. The polypill contains blood-thinning aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure. The researchers said the pill had a huge impact but cost just pennies a day. They suggest giving…
A Mexican judge has granted two people the right to recreational cocaine use; the first ruling of its kind. The court said it would allow both claimants to “possess, transport and use cocaine” but not sell it, according to Mexico United Against Crime. MUCD called the ruling a “historic step”. Despite this, the decision still…
The Prime Minister is ordering urgent action to make sure children and young people in Britain are vaccinated against measles. The UK has lost its measles free status, three years after the virus was cleared from the country. The disease can be stopped through two doses of the MMR vaccine, but immunisation rates have been…
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