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Dengue: why is this sometimes fatal disease increasing around the world?
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with most infectious diseases, the number of cases tends to rise and fall over the years as epidemics come and go, but recently changes seemContinue Reading
Discovery of half-a-million-year-old wooden structure shows we’re wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives
Excavators found part of a structure formed by two overlapping logs. Barham et al. Nature (2023), Author provided To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today’s fast changing world, older technologies,Continue Reading
Starmer tells Sunak ‘bring it on’ as Labour conference gets under way
S ir Keir Starmer announced a £1.5 billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists but urged the party not to become “giddy” at the prospect of power, ahead of the general election. As activists gathered for what could be the final Labour conference before the election expected next year, SirContinue Reading
Martin Scorsese ‘disappointed’ striking actors could not attend London premiere
M artin Scorsese said he was “disappointed” that the stars of his latest film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, could not attend its London premiere amid the Sag-Aftra actors strike. The epic Western crime saga – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons – is based on theContinue Reading
Sunak says Israel has ‘right to defend itself’ as Netanyahu warns ‘we are at war’
R ishi Sunak has said Israel has “an absolute right to defend itself” and the country’s prime minister said it was “at war” after at least 100 people were killed during attacks by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. The UK Prime Minister said the Government is in contact withContinue Reading
Starmer says he would be PM for ‘whole of Scotland’ following by-election win
S ir Keir Starmer has said he would be a prime minister for the “whole of Scotland”, including those who voted Yes to independence, as he pitched to SNP supporters following his party’s by-election win. Labour’s huge majority in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West result has also led to anContinue Reading
Labour vows to double number of hospital scanners and get tough on developers
L abour has unveiled pledges to double the number of diagnostic scanners in hospitals and get tough on property developers as the party sets out its stall on health and housing ahead of its conference in Liverpool. Deputy leader Angela Rayner promised the party would deliver the “biggest boost toContinue Reading
The Reckoning: what happened to the houses of horror owned by Jimmy Savile?
W hat happens to a house after the monster that lived in it comes to light? After Jimmy Savile died in 2011, the full scale of his crimes came out. Four-part drama The Reckoning is airing on the BBC on 9 October 2023, detailing his sex offences and the cultureContinue Reading
Dale Vince switches funding from Just Stop Oil to youth vote campaign
G reen energy industrialist Dale Vince has announced he will stop funding eco-group Just Stop Oil and will instead focus on an anti-Conservative campaign to get the vote out among the younger generation. The Ecotricity founder, who has donated to both climate activists and Labour, said continued disruption was “pointless”Continue Reading
You’ve heard of long COVID, but did you know there might also be a long cold?
At least 10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, have symptoms that last more than four weeks after the infection. With more than 770 million infections to date, this translates to tens of millions of people living with the long-term consequences of COVID, known as “longContinue Reading