These extinct sharks gave birth to some really large babies — about the size of a full-grown human adult.
Preemies may have greater risk of premature death as adults, studie suggereer
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Een in 10 babies around the world is born prematurely, and the vastly improved survival rates of preemies is one of the most striking advances of modern health care -- with the overwhelming majority of those born pr...
Brazilian officials were warned six days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus
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Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the country's Solicitor General has revealed. In a country already hard-hit by ...
Biden’s daughter Ashley on not having traditional hand-off at White House on Inauguration Day: ‘I think we’re all OK with it’
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President-elect Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, did her first network television interview with another member of the small club of presidential children, Jenna Bush Hager of NBC. In an interview that aired Tue...
Oxygen shortage forces evacuation of 60 premature babies from Amazon city
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Sao Paulo, Brazil Brazil's Amazonas State is airlifting 60 premature babies from hospitals in Manaus for emergency care in Sao Paulo, a distance of 3,875 kilometers (2,407 myl), because of a shortage of oxygen supp...
Police respond differently when it’s a left-wing protest, studie bevind
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President Donald Trump's supporters were still rampaging through the US Capitol when the question arose: If these had been Black Lives Matter demonstrators instead of overwhelmingly White, militant Trump backers, ho...
Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy, studie bevind
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The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it's also taking more than a year off the average US life expectancy. A new study published in the P...
Covid-19 infection grants immunity for five months, UK study suggests
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London People who have been infected by Covid-19 may have immunity to the virus for around five months, according to preliminary findings in a new study led by Public Health England (PHE). The SIREN research examined...
England considers putting Covid patients in hotels, as study reveals deep trauma among ICU workers
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London A large proportion of doctors and nurses have been traumatized by working in intensive care during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, a new study reveals, with almost half reporting symptoms of post-traumatic...
No limit to benefits of exercise when it comes to cardiovascular disease risk, studie bevind
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It has long been understood that being physically active is good for you, particularly when it comes to preventing things like heart attacks and strokes. Physical exercise may be even more important for the preven...
Ireland’s ‘brutally misogynistic culture’ saw the death of 9,000 babies and children in mother and baby homes, verslag vind
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Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland's mother and baby homes -- church-run institutions where unmarried women were sent to deliver their babies in secret, often against their will -- over eight dec...
Three-quarters of Wuhan patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still had symptoms 6 months later, Chinese study finds
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Most patients who had been hospitalized with Covid-19 still suffered a variety of symptoms -- including fatigue and sleep difficulties -- six months after infection, a Chinese study has found. The study of more than...
Tien pasgebore babas is dood in 'n brand in 'n hospitaal in die Maharashtra-staat in Indië
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Tien pasgebore babas is Vrydag dood in 'n hospitaalbrand in die Wes-Indiese deelstaat Maharashtra, volgens die land se staatsbeheerde uitsaaier Doordarshan. Die brand het in 'n plaaslike hospitaal se Sick Newborn Ca ...