An illustration of CAR T-cell therapy treating melanoma, a form of skin cancer Nemes Laszlo/Shutterstock A therapy that has revolutionised how we treat blood and skin cancers could become even more effective. Making cancer cells stiffer bolstered the effects of immunotherapy, when the immune system is manipulated to kill off tumours, in mice with the…
Instead of a customary biscuit or a chocolate bar to combat the 4pm slump, people are reaching for a more natural sweet alternative: dates. The sweet fruit has been thrust into the snacking spotlight by a combination of viral recipes on social media, growing awareness about fibre intake and increasing demand for alternatives to ultra-processed…
There are no known cases of hantavirus in the United States as of Friday morning, garnering a sense of hope stateside amid a global outbreak that has killed three people, sickened 11 and forced dozens into quarantine. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Centers for…
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Two schools attended by pupils receiving treatment for meningitis have been named amid an outbreak of the infection in Berkshire which has caused the death of a student. The patients attend Reading Blue Coat school and Highdown secondary school and Sixth Form Centre, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Their close contacts have been…
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Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province. A total of 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have already been recorded in the new outbreak, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. Here’s what to know about the health crisis: The…
Now the wage she receives from the state is set to drop by more than 25%, down to $23.69 an hour. “I can’t absorb that,” Gonce said. “How am I supposed to keep paying my bills?” Advocates say paying relatives as caregivers doesn’t just help families — it can save the government money. Michele Gregory…
A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health shows that today’s teenagers are sleeping less than ever before. The findings, which appeared in Pediatrics, showed a consistent decline in sleep across every age category. The latest figures revealed record-low sleep levels for all groups, with only 22% of older adolescents saying…
2. “People licking their fingers before touching stuff that other people are going to touch next. (E.g., magazine pages, papers, cash, cards, etc.).” —Bastard_of_Brunswick “Finger licking out in the wild is just generally pretty gross. So are a lot of people’s phones, too, probably, along with computer keyboards and mice. How often do people clean…
