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Spain suffers second-wost month for virus deaths

Spain suffered its second-worst month for coronavirus deaths in February with 10,528 fatalities, the worst figure since April last year, government figures showed on Monday. The overall toll now stands at 69,609, health ministry data showed. Although Spain’s third wave peak has passed—the 14-day cumulative case number has fallen from nearly 900 per 100,000 people […]

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China celebrates virus success as Europe suffers

China’s leaders held a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, as billions of people around the world still suffer the fallout from the pandemic and the global death toll nears 900,000. The upbeat mood in Beijing comes as concerns grow about a resurgence of COVID-19 across Europe, with France tightening restrictions, cases […]

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Vaper, 16, suffers life-threatening lung inflammation

Vaping for just months almost KILLED me: British schoolboy, 16, who suffered an allergic reaction to his e-cigarette fluid was placed on life support as his organs failed Ewan Fisher, now 19, rushed to A&E  after vomiting a neon green liquid in 2017  Put on life support when lungs, heart failed due to hypersensitivity pneumonitis Medics […]

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Breast-Feeding Suffers in Homes With Smokers: Study

TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2018 — New mothers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home stop breast-feeding sooner than those in smoke-free households, researchers report. “Just being in a smoking household — whether it was the husband, mother or member of the extended family — reduced the time that a child was breast-fed,” said study […]

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Woman, 24, is considering paying £9,000 to have her leg amputated

Woman, 24, who suffers constant pain from an excruciating nerve condition could have a £9,000 operation to amputate her leg and end her agony Paige Howitt has complex regional pain syndrome; causes burning discomfort  Seven years ago, her nerves were shattered during kneecap-alignment surgery As the amputation is not available on the NHS, she is considering […]