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The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Eliminating a disease is a significant achievement that requires tireless dedication. I congratulate Niger […]

After a mere 90-year wait, a second woman will finally join Peggy Antonio up on the Melbourne Cricket Ground honours board – take a bow, Annabel Sutherland. The 23-year-old already had a Test double-hundred to her name, scored against South Africa last year: now, she will go down in history as the first woman to […]

While many studies have reported a link between a mother’s health condition during pregnancy and her child’s risk of autism, a new study shows that nearly all of these “associations” can otherwise be explained by factors such as genetics, exposure to pollution, and access to healthcare. Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the study […]

I like to think of myself as an organised person, but if you met my seed box, you may disagree. It’s a recycled shoe box that once housed wellies, with cardboard dividing it into compartments labelled by plant family. Each section is a chaos of packets, envelopes, little jars and paper folded around seeds that have […]

Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state’s psychiatric hospital since realizing that the efforts underway to restore the troubled facility’s good standing could take more time. The nearly 150-year-old Montana State Hospital has recently struggled to care for patients and retain staff. The problems […]

Chelsea have joined the race to sign the Brighton striker Evan Ferguson. Brighton are willing to sell or loan the Republic of Ireland international, who has been the subject of interest from Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Everton Tottenham and West Ham. Leverkusen were seen as frontrunners for Ferguson only for their plans to be complicated […]

A new clinical decision support system, “TBorNotTB,” helps streamline airborne infection isolation decisions, reducing workload while maintaining TB detection accuracy. Study: TB or not TB? Development and validation of a clinical decision support system to inform airborne isolation requirements in the evaluation of suspected tuberculosis. Image Credit: SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Infection Control […]

The Met police is facing growing questions over its handling of a pro-Palestine protest in central London at which more than 70 people were arrested. On Friday, trade union leaders became the latest group to write to the home secretary, Yvette Cooperdemanding an independent inquiry into “repressive and heavy-handed policing” at the 18 January demonstration. […]

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his administration’s reversal of transgender rights on Tuesday with an executive order that seeks to intervene in parents’ medical decisions by prohibiting government-funded insurance coverage of puberty blockers or surgery for people under 19. Trump’s order, titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” is certain to face legal challenges […]

My earliest reading memoryI am sitting at the kitchen table at home in Dublin. I am home from school. I am in short pants; my legs dangle. The book in front of me is called Step By Step. It has no author. On the amber paper cover, in my mother’s handwriting, is my name. It is […]