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Calling monkeypox a 'gay disease' is wrong and harmful, says expert

There are now over 100 reported cases in the UK

Nottingham Post

DDC drops reports of ATK-positive cases

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has stopped reporting Covid-19 infections using rapid antigen test kits (ATK) and plans to report only cases that require hospitalisation.

Bangkok Post

Hero athlete on ventilator and unable to move completes TRIATHLON in wheelchair

Sam Perkins had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease aged 37 and told he was unlikely to see his 40th birthday but his friends and family helped push him over a triathlon finish line

Daily Mirror

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Not in the script: doctors turn to parkrun and social activities to treat chronic conditions

Australian GPs are increasingly referring patients to non-medical activities and community events – known as ‘social prescribing’ – to help treat a range of ailments

The Guardian - AU

First steps in reforming global health emergency rules adopted at WHO meeting - U.S

Countries around the world on Saturday adopted an initial U.S.-led reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations (IHR), the United States said.

Reuters

'We have to learn the lessons of the past': Why calling monkeypox a 'gay disease' is wrong and harmful

'There is a real risk that monkeypox will further stigmatize gay communities'

Manchester Evening News

Couple told both daughters have life-limiting disease - but only one can be saved

Ally Wallace and Jake Shaw found out their daughters Nala and Teddi, had a genetic condition affecting the 'white matter' of their brains

Daily Mirror

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Devastated couple told both daughters have brain disorder but only one can have treatment

Devastated couple Ally Wallace, 32, and Jake Shaw, 29, have been told that both of their children, Nala, two, and Teddi, 11 months, have a rare life-limiting brain disorder.

Daily Record

Heartbroken couple's two daughters have same genetic disease but only one can be saved

Youngsters both have a rare brain disorder that causes the loss of their physical and mental skills

Wales Online

U.S. doctors reconsider Pfizer's Paxlovid for lower-risk COVID patients

Use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid spiked this week, but some doctors are reconsidering the pills for lower-risk patients after a U.S. public health agency warned that symptoms can recur after people complete a course of the drug, and that they should then isolate a second time.

Reuters

Monkeypox: How is it different from chickenpox?

Although the two diseases share many symptoms, there are several key differences

The Independent UK

How worried should you be about monkeypox?

More than 20 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: What we know about rare virus as more cases confirmed around globe

Tropical disease now detected in UK, US, Canada, Australia Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

Monkeypox cases reported could be peak of the iceberg, warns WHO

Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, WHO says

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Signs and symptoms of Monkeypox: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

Chronicle Live

Monkeypox outbreak only at the 'very beginning', WHO warns with more cases predicted

At least one monkeypox patient since the start of the UK outbreak has been sent to Newcastle's RVI

Daily Mirror

Simon Thomas' wife told she was 'suffering from stress' by GP before dying of cancer

Gemma Thomas died just three days after she was first told she was suffering from a rare blood disease in 2017. Five years on from her death, former Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas has been discussing grief, awareness and just why he might enter politics

Chronicle Live

Devastated Shilbottle couple learn both daughters have life-limiting disease - but only one can have treatment

Ally Wallace and Jake Shaw have been told that both of their children have a rare brain disorder

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The Guardian - UK

Eat plants, try pilates and stay positive: how to keep your body younger than your years

Do blueberries make you live longer? Is pilates proper exercise? How do you avoid loneliness? Botox, yes or no? Here’s how to age better

Reuters

Shanghai edges towards COVID reopening as Beijing plans to ease curbs

The Chinese metropolis of Shanghai inched further towards a gradual reopening from two months of grinding COVID-19 lockdown, while officials in Beijing prepared to ease curbs in parts of the capital, saying on Saturday its outbreak was under control.

ABC News

Elcho Island elders celebrate new dialysis nurse and treatment, bringing them home to families

The Northern Territory has the highest rate of kidney disease in Australia and after years of fighting, a group of Elcho Island elders now have nurse-assisted dialysis at home.

WEKU

Scientists warned us about monkeypox in 1988. Here's why they were right.

Their prediction stemmed from the eradication of smallpox. Here's what they said more than three decades ago — and how it foreshadowed events of 2022.

The Conversation

Eating sea squirts reverses signs of ageing in mice – new research

Mice fed extracts of a creature called a sea squirt – so-called because they tend to squirt water when plucked from their briny home – reversed some of the signs of ageing, according to a recent study from China.

Reuters

First steps in reforming global health emergency rules agreed at WHO meeting - sources

Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations, after early opposition from Africa and others was overcome this week, sources told Reuters on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Here's why scientists aren't 'crazy scared' about monkeypox

The monkeypox outbreak has captured the attention of an anxious public that's struggling to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and is on high alert for the next virus that might upend our lives.

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