The World Health Organisation says a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with a subtype of avian influenza. The WHO said the 59-year-old resident of Mexico had died on April 24 after developing a fever, shortness of breath, diarrhoea, nausea and general discomfort. This was the first laboratory-confirmed human case … Read more
Eligible ahm health insurance members will soon get $100 back as part of a COVID cashback commitment. Members holding a hospital and or extras policy on September 30 will automatically receive the refund. “Ahm and Medibank made a commitment to return any COVID-19 claims savings back to members,” the health insurance company said. Know the … Read more
David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core body temperature at 107 degrees. The death … Read more
A self-confessed “it girl” is having her entire shoulder removed and replaced with metal after doctors discovered an avocado-sized tumour in her left shoulder joint. Cat Holden, 23, went from working in London and going on holidays abroad, to living back with her parents and needing 24-hour care and said the diagnosis ruined her life. … Read more
A rise in the frequency of hallucinations and nightmares could be an early warning sign of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, according to a study. Researchers have called for doctors to ask patients about their nightmares in the hope it could help detect when symptoms are likely to flare up earlier. The study by University … Read more
A bodybuilder mum fears she won’t live to 50 after being diagnosed with a rare joint condition. Tracy Kiss, 36, always put her flexibility and high energy levels down to being fit and healthy. When she started bodybuilding at the age of 29, she “didn’t think much” of dislocating her joints — which would happen … Read more
Valerie Lux grew up seeing women doing it all, having a career and raising a family, without complaint. When she became a mother herself, the reality check that came with it made her question her self-worth, she said. “I grew up in the era of supermodels who would have a baby and six weeks later … Read more
LONDON — Victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving their final compensation payments this year, the government said Tuesday. Officials announced the compensation plans a day after the publication of a … Read more
LONDON — British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found Monday. An estimated 3,000 people in the United Kingdom are believed … Read more
LONDON — The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest to … Read more
