Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a seven-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted …
Proposition 35, the Medi-Cal funding measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, presents another example of special-interest ballot-box budgeting that limits the discretion of lawmakers and reduces flexibility to respond …
The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has had its own health-care practices since time immemorial, but soon, it will also have a citizen attending medical school. Jamie Thomas, 23, begins med …
A MAN whose lung cancer was discovered ‘by coincidence’ has become the first person in the UK to receive a ‘game-changing’ vaccine. Janusz Racz, 67, is taking part in a …
SPAIN is about to ramp up its border controls to stop cases of a mutant strain mpox getting into the country amid fears of an explosion of cases in Europe. …
A “GAME-CHANGING” drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s is set to be approved in the UK. Lecanemab, developed by pharmaceutical company Eisai, is a targeted antibody treatment that …
STUDENTS about to start or head back to university are being urged to get a jab to protect against a deadly brain-swelling virus. Freshers are at high risk of becoming …
Nearly 12 per cent of tested spice samples failed to meet quality and safety standards, according to data obtained by Reuters of tests by Indian authorities after several countries took steps over contamination …
A SCHOOLGIRL died just days after doctors sent her home from hospital with flu. Sharney Lee Mitchell was brought to Joondalup Health Campus by her parents on August 12 after …
THE UK is poised to see an outbreak of the new, more dangerous variant of mpox in just two weeks, an infectious disease expert has warned. Paul Hunter, a professor of …