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Ignore the hoohah, monkeypox virus isn’t the new Covid
YIKES! Monkeypox! WTF is all that about? Horrible blisters all over your face. A disease from Africa which has decided to come over here for a bit. Transmissible from animal to human and vice versa. Don’t s**g any monkeys, then. And if you must, then wear protection. Monkeypox is transmissibleContinue Reading
‘Wine time Friday’ and invites for 200: five of the most interesting findings from Sue Gray’s partygate report
Boris Johnson takes questions from the press over partygate. Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA After months of delay and speculation, civil servant Sue Gray has published her report into Downing Street parties. It does not make for comfortable reading. Although it could have been much, much worse for the prime minister,Continue Reading
The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work
Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist.Continue Reading
Erling Haaland seen for first time in Man City shirt as he arrives at club HQ
ERLING HAALAND has been seen for the first time in a Manchester City shirt after arriving at the club’s HQ. The 21-year-old was announced as a City player earlier this month, ending his short stay at Borussia Dortmund where he scored 86 times in 89 games. 4 Haaland was spottedContinue Reading
What happened to the AstraZeneca vaccine? Now rare in rich countries, it’s still saving lives around the world
PhotobyTawat/Shutterstock The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, was one of the first vaccines available for use in the UK and around the world during the COVID pandemic. More than two billion doses have been distributed to at least 170 countries, with around 50 million dosesContinue Reading
Pfizer CEO says he ‘wouldn’t worry much’ about monkeypox; cuts drug prices for low-income countries
Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 25th, 2022. Adam Galici | CNBC Pfizer‘s CEO said Wednesday that he “wouldn’t worry much” about a recent monkeypox outbreak that has seen cases surge in non-endemic countries. Albert Bourla told CNBC that current data on the diseaseContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s lockdown-breaking birthday party pics revealed as damning Sue Gray report lifts lid on Partygate
BORIS Johnson is pictured raising a beer at his lockdown-breaking birthday party, in stark new snaps revealed today. The true extent of raucous bashes in No10 and Whitehall during the pandemic has been laid bare as Sue Gray’s report was finally published. Boris Johnson holds a can of beer onContinue Reading
The Gray Man trailer: Chris Evans is out for Ryan Gosling’s blood
G et ready for the battle of the beefcakes in the latest trailer for Ryan Gosling’s film The Gray Man. Starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, the trailer for the Netflix thriller dropped on Tuesday and promises a whole lot of action – and more than a few explosions. “PluckedContinue Reading
Catatonia: the person’s body may be frozen, but their minds are not – new study
Lidiia/Shutterstock Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm and it stays in that position. Someone takes a blood test and they don’t even wince. They haven’tContinue Reading
The Loch Ness monster: a modern history
The so-called 'surgeon's photograph' taken by gynaecologist Robert Wilson (actually made from a toy submarine) first published in the Daily Mail in 1934. Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20-30ft longContinue Reading