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British Airways today revealed coronavirus is threatening its very survival as staff were told there will be job cuts and aircrafts must be mothballed because of the ‘worsening’ worldwide pandemic. Chief Executive Alex Cruz has written to all 45,000 workers saying the virus’ relentless spread is a crisis ‘of global proportions like no other we have … Read more
Alex Trebek celebrates beating the one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients… but admits he’s battled ‘massive attacks’ of depression on the road to recovery The Jeopardy host shared a heartfelt video to his legions of fans He explained that his journey has been riddled with ‘great depression’ Alex remained optimistic about reaching … Read more
House Of Glass Hadley Freeman Fourth Estate £16.99 Rating: The dedication at the front of this remarkable book is short and sweet. ‘For my father, Ron Freeman,’ it reads, ‘and my Grandma Sala.’ But like so much else in House Of Glass, those simple words contain a universe. Twelve years after her grandmother’s death in … Read more
A new study of wild chimpanzees shows that even our closest animal relatives are mama’s boys. Researchers found that males whose mothers were in their lives from the ages of 10 and 15 had a higher survival rate compared to those who lost their moms before they finished puberty. Data shows that females leave their … Read more
Hope for childhood brain cancer: Scientists believe they could DOUBLE survival time by blocking a gene that helps deadly pediatric tumors grow and spread Researchers studied mice programmed to develop glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer They discovered a gene that fuels tumor growth and binds together different forms of RNA, which carries instructions from … Read more
Miracle twin girls defied five per cent survival odds when doctors performed life-saving surgery while they were in the womb. Matilda and Felicity Harvey had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, where one twin receives more blood supply than the other. Keziah Harvey, 30, and her husband Jordan, 33, were told at 16 weeks pregnant that it was unlikely … Read more
When Jason Wasmund came down with body aches and chills in mid-February, he just assumed he had the flu. But the next day, his fever hit 103F and he complained of severe pain in his left leg so his wife, Cassie, took him to the emergency room at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Nebraska. Doctors … Read more