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Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs mainly in poultry and wild water birds but transmission to humans remains rare.
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Manchester Evening News'I started feeling unusual cold sensations in my fingers, then my airways started shutting off, now I take 250 tablets a week'
His fingers started turning as white as paper
- The Telegraph
Tourist had heart attack after ‘electric shock’ in St James’s Park
A tourist suffered a heart attack after she received an electric shock while posing for a photo in a London park, her relatives have claimed.
- Sky News
Parents who forced 'extreme' vegan diet on toddler and buried his body in garden jailed
A couple have been jailed for causing or allowing the death of their three-year-old son after forcing him to endure an "extreme" vegan diet. Abiyah Yasharahyalah died from a respiratory illness while suffering from fractures, severe malnutrition, rickets, anaemia, stunted growth and severe dental decay. Jurors heard Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 42 and 43, kept the boy's body in their bed for eight days, embalmed him and then buried him in a shallow grave in their garden in early 2020.
- BuzzFeed
"The Patient Had A Heart Attack And Died Before They Could Get The Approval": Medical Professionals Are Sharing 19 Times They've Witnessed Insurance Companies Fail A Patient
"The insurance company denied the simple procedure to correct the condition, saying it was 'pre-existing' because the baby was born that way."
- The Telegraph
I’m slim, healthy and young – but I’m at double the risk of a heart attack
In 2012 Emma Print, then 33, got the phone call that changed the course of her life. Her slim, healthy mother had died after a heart attack, at the age of just 66.
- The Telegraph
Miliband bails out wind turbine factory as demand for blades tumbles
Ministers have been forced to step in and rescue a wind turbine factory after collapsing demand for blades pushed it to near collapse.
- Eastern Daily Press
Parts of Norfolk under more than two feet of water as flood alerts issued
The A1101 Welney Wash Road has been left submerged under more than two feet of water as the Environment Agency issues two more flood alerts.
- FTW Outdoors
Exotic orcas ambush dolphins off San Diego in striking new footage
The owner of a San Diego whale-watching company this week shared extraordinary footage showing Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales preying on dolphins during recent visits from Mexico. The footage posted below, narrated by Domenic Biag
- The Independent
Government unveils its ‘most ambitious’ plan to power homes without oil and gas
Experts say plan will help avoid repeats of recent energy price crises, by weaning Britain off its reliance on foreign imports
- Eastern Daily Press
Forecasters predict snow could fall in Norfolk in lead-up to Christmas
Forecasters have predicted that there is a possibility Norfolk could see some snow in the lead-up to Christmas.
- BuzzFeed
Sex With My Husband Became Excruciatingly Painful. Here's How We Found Help.
"[My physical therapist] invited my husband to come to an appointment... I was nervous... Would he be disgusted? Would he still want to attempt sex with me after this?"
- The Telegraph
Miliband to overrule local residents in wind farm building spree
Ed Miliband is to overrule local residents in a planning shake-up that will pave the way for thousands more wind turbines across Britain.
- The Independent
British grandmother ‘fighting for her life’ in US hospital did not take out travel insurance
After insurance quotes proved to be extortionate, the grandmother chose to travel without cover
- CNN
Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says
Higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids often found in ultraprocessed foods may interfere with the immune system’s fight against cancer cells, a new study says.
- People
Killer Whales Are Hunting Whale Sharks — the Largest Fish in the World, New Photos and Study Show
The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds
- Good Housekeeping UK
Bad news - our healthy life expectancy has just fallen
New figures show that our 'healthspan' has decreased since the pandemic. So what can we do to increase our chances of a robust old age?
- The Argus
Missing London teen is found in Brighton with 100 'wraps' of drugs and dealer jailed
A man has been jailed for his involvement in supplying class A drugs.
- Grist
The Arctic just hit an unfortunate climate milestone
For thousands of years, the tundra sequestered more carbon than it emitted. Not anymore.
- People
6-Year-Old Diagnosed with a Stroke After Mom Noticed Her Eye 'Rolling Around Freely'
Holly Atkins rushed her her daughter Ottilie to the hospital after noticing her eyes were pointing in different directions
- Yahoo News UK
What we know about 'quad-demic' threat of flu, COVID, RSV and norovirus this winter
NHS leaders are concerned as 95% of hospital beds in England are full.