Amgen, Merck stocks dive as Trump picks anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to lead US healthcare
Pharmaceutical stocks are tripping over themselves to sell off on Friday after President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F.
Study finds artemisinin resistance in African children with severe malaria
Mutations in malarial parasites linked to artemisinin-resistance in Southeast Asia have now been found in African children hospitalised for complicated malaria, according to a new study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH).
Survey finds people prefer poems written by AI to Shakespeare
In the experiment some real works by major literary figures, who also included Chaucer and TS Eliot, were compared to imitations of their styles generated by ChatGPT
SHC orders strict penalties for leaking MDCAT paper
Court issues detailed judgement on petitions filed against paper leak.
Researchers discover how mutations disrupt protein splicing and cause disease
An international research team has uncovered a new mechanism crucial to the production of cellular proteins.
Pulses of light show promise in controlling seizures
In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons.
Update on DWP Cost of Living payments of up to £250 for Bristol residents
The council will support the poorest residents in other ways
Vivek Ramaswamy indicates massive government job cuts in U.S.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk plan to cut federal bureaucracy to save the country, with weekly updates via 'Dogecasts.'
World's polar bear capital
Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety and then quietly addresses the group's leader, unsure of the man's weapons.
Trevor Flood continues to decline after Auckland hospital's overdose error causes brain injury
Before an accidental overdose at Auckland City Hospital, Trevor Flood was an active builder. Now, his wife says, "he does nothing all day".
Dementia symptom you might spot due to subtle change in your sleep
Experts issued a warning over a 'silent alarm'
Study challenges assumptions about how tuberculosis bacteria grow
The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed to ...
Philippines warns of 'potentially catastrophic' Super Typhoon Man-yi
A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on Saturday was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" impact, the state weather forecaster warned, with millions of people at risk from ...
'It doesn't feel real' - first residents move onto new Arnold housing estate delayed after builder collapse
Families had been just weeks away from receiving the keys to their new homes when the firm building them fell into administration
Methylmercury: How microbes create the most toxic form of mercury
Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause severe and lasting neurological ...
Saturday Citations: Cold dark matter takes a hit; a new paradigm for biology; those fracking earthquakes
This week, researchers formulated a new method to calculate the probability of generating intelligent life in the universe. Investigations of a meteorite that originated on Mars revealed that it once ...
Extreme heat weakens land's power to absorb carbon, analysis finds
A new European Space Agency-backed study shows that the extreme heat waves of 2023, which fueled huge wildfires and severe droughts, also undermined the land's capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon. ...
The worrying rise in antibiotic resistant infections, and how to avoid them
The NHS has issued advice
Dad wrote will on phone and made video for daughter after being told 'we don't know how you're alive'
Neil Andrews was told to get his affairs in order before the lifesaving operation
Assisted dying bill could mean taking toxic 'sludge' in last moments
Terminally-ill adults seeking to end their lives under a proposed new law could spend their final moments forcing down a poisonous mixture of drugs, doctors have warned.
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