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Covid kills a FIFTH of all cancer patients – with lung and blood cancer sufferers the most at risk Research looked at 15 studies from across the globe involving 3,019 patients Analysis of the data revealed patients with cancer face a 22.4% mortality rate This is 273 times higher than the mortality rate for all … Read more
Doctor Hubert Montague Murray was the first significant medical professional to identify a link between asbestos and death. Before the Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases in 1906, Murray, senior physician at Charing Cross Hospital, related the story of a patient who presented in 1899, dying a year later. The man was 33 and … Read more
Two people have been killed and five more seriously injured after a man dressed in ‘samurai garb’ and armed with a sword went on a stabbing spree in Quebec City. The attack occurred late on Saturday night near the provincial parliament building in the capital of the French-speaking Canadian province, and a suspect was taken … Read more
Jamie Lee Curtis was supposed to make her return to the Halloween franchise this month, before the latest installment was delayed. But the two-time Golden Globe winner is treating her loyal fans to a glimpse of the horror film ahead of its new premiere date. She attempts to defeat masked serial killer Michael Myers once … Read more
‘Drugged driver’ kills 22-month-old baby in her pushchair and leaves man in his 30s fighting for life in horrific road crash A 22-month-old baby was killed in a road crash on Eastcote Road in Ruislip Emergency services and London Ambulance Service called on October 25 A man in 40s was arrested on suspicion of causing … Read more
A heartbroken widower who survived a suicide pact with his French sweetheart wife of 70 years, went on to take his own life two years later, an inquest heard. Welsh businessman John Jules Leonidas Andre Faleur, 94, was found dead at his Denbighshire home earlier this year. The inquest at Ruthin County Hall today was … Read more
Moment outdoor table heater explodes and kills 19-year-old girl and injures eight of her friends at restaurant in Buenos Aires after worker uses ALCOHOL to fuel outdoor table heater Lucía Costa suffered burns to 40 percent of her body and went into cardiac arrest at a local hospital before she was declared dead Saturday The … Read more
A grief-stricken couple lost both their children when they took their own lives within a year of each other. Quinn Beadle, 17, took her own life yards from her front door in December 2018 after suffering from a long history of depression. Her death forced her older brother Dyllon, 21, into a spiral of grief, … Read more
Infection causing elephants to suffer ‘extremely sudden deaths’ kills another 12 of the animals in Zimbabwe, taking total so far to 34 Elephants died between August and September in a Zimbabwean national park Tests point to a disease called haemorrhagic septicaemia, a bacterial infection ‘They were found lying on their bellies’ suggesting they had an … Read more
YouTube has been criticized by members of the deaf community for deactivating a feature that allowed channels to crowdsource captions and subtitles. The ‘Community Contributions’ feature was deactivated September 28, one day after the end of International Week of the Deaf. The Google-owned platform said it was pulling the plug because the feature is ‘rarely … Read more