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Cell phone data shows Spring Break partygoers traveled across US

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Disturbing data reveals the extent to which Spring Breakers could have spread the coronavirus across the country after defying social distancing rules to party in close conditions on beaches during March. Cellphone data of those gathered on a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was tracked as the party concluded and Spring Breakers traveled home, taking … Read more

Coronavirus China: Potential stem cell injections breakthrough

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A Chinese doctor who runs a lab in Wuhan – ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic – claims he could save thousands of lives after making a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly pathogen, DailyMailTV can reveal. Dr. Dongcheng Wu, an expert in stem cell therapy, said he has successfully treated nine patients who … Read more

Doctor claims he made breakthrough with stem cell injections to treat coronavirus

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A Chinese doctor who runs a lab in Wuhan – ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic – claims he could save thousands of lives after making a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly pathogen, DailyMailTV can reveal. Dr. Dongcheng Wu, an expert in stem cell therapy, said he has successfully treated nine patients who … Read more

A simple blood test could now be used to diagnose sickle cell disease in unborn babies

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A simple blood test could now be used to diagnose sickle cell disease in unborn babies The test is usually performed by inserting a needle into the mother’s abdomen   But now a blood test could be used instead after a study on 64 pregnant women  Test provided conclusive results for 60 of them and was … Read more

Convicted robber escaped HMP Sudbury by placing dummy in his cell

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Convicted robber escaped HMP Sudbury by placing dummy in his cell then scaling 10ft walls and fleeing for weekend away in Skegness as girlfriend who helped him walks free from court Luke Harey, 30, was jailed for 12 years in 2014 for a robbery in Leicestershire Girlfriend Hannah Smith, 30, from Erdington, was given six-month … Read more

Prison installs landline phones in every cell

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Prison installs landline phones in every cell so inmates can call helpline if they feel depressed in a bid to cut suicide rates La Moye prison In Jersey has installed landline telephones in every cell   Inmates can call a suicide prevention helpline staffed by fellow prisoners Each on-shift ‘listener’ has been on a ten-week … Read more

Digital car rental service in California leaves a customer stranded due to poor cell reception

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Digital car rental service briefly strands customer in the California mountains after poor cell reception kept vehicle from syncing with servers A California woman rented a car through the sharing app Gig, which requires cell service to authenticate the rental every time the engine is turned on The woman had parked in a remote area … Read more

British scientists say they’re on the cusp of curing blindness with stem cell treatment

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Scientists on the cusp of curing blindness with pioneering treatment that injects stem cells into the back of patients’ eyeballs British firm reported early success with procedure that repairs damaged retina Treatment involves growing billions of ‘progenitor’ stem cells in a laboratory Have the ability to transform themselves into other types of cell There is … Read more

Cell phone tower shut down at elementary school after eight kids are diagnosed with cancer

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Eight children have been diagnosed with cancer at the same elementary school – prompting parents’ fears that a cell phone tower could be to blame. The affected students at Weston Elementary School in Ripon are all under the age of 10, each with different types of cancer: brain, kidney, liver and lymphoma. There is scant … Read more