Photo shows Elizabeth Soffe, undated. Elizabeth Soffe was just six months old when her familys home in Al-Waab, Qatar, caught fire, leaving her with third-degree burns to 60 percent of her body. (@littlemisscheekypants/Newsflash)

Irish Family Can’t Afford Burn Vic Daughter’s Treatment After Qatari Court Cuts Compo In Half

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 3, 2023

An Irish family say they cannot afford their seriously-burnt daughter's medical treatment after a Qatari court cut their compensation in half. Elizabeth Soffe, nine, was just a six-month-old baby when…

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Image shows COVID-19 masks, undated photo. Germany has burnt over 17 million expired masks as of January 2023. (Newsflash)

Germany Burns More Than 17 Million Expired Covid Masks

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 31, 2023

Health officials in Germany have incinerated more than 17 million expired COVID-19 masks. The unused medical masks - bought in the first months of the pandemic - were reportedly destroyed…

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Photo shows the conjoined twins, undated photo. They were delivered with a cesarean section at Mansoura University Hospital in Mansoura, Egypt. (Newsflash)

Mum Gives Birth To Conjoined Twins

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:December 27, 2022

A mother has given birth to a baby born with two heads, four arms and two legs due to a rare medical condition. Up to the torso, the conjoined siblings…

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Picture shows the vehicle of grandfather Antonio as it was found in Manzanilla, Spain, undated. They had been missing since Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, they were located on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, the grandfather was dead and the grandson died in the hospital after he was found. (Newsflash)

Boy Dies After 20 Hours Freezing And Alone In Car Alongside Body Of Dead Diabetic Grandad

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:December 19, 2022

The 22-month-old tot left freezing and trapped in a car with his dead grandfather after he suffered a diabetic attack has died. Doctors had fought for almost a week to…

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University professor and researcher Dr Axel Schambach poses in undated photo. His pioneering research at Hannover Medical School, Germany, aimed to cure hearing loss was rewarded with a grant. (Karin Kaiser, MHH/Newsflash)

German Researcher Gives Hope To Millions With New Gene Therapy To Tackle Hearing Loss

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 30, 2022

A researcher in Germany is hoping to cure millions of people affected by hearing loss with a new gene therapy. Over 430 million people around the world suffer from genetic…

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Picture shows the two sisters before surgery at Zhejiang University Children's Hospital in China, undated. The two were born with part of their abdomen connected. (Zhejiang University Children's Hospital/AsiaWire)

Conjoined Twins Separated After Miracle Op

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:November 8, 2022

Two conjoined twins were successfully separated after undergoing surgery in a hospital in eastern China. Picture shows the conjoined twins after birth, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. They were delivered by…

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Physicist Dr Larysa Baraban, poses in undated photo. She was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to continue developing bio-nanosensors for medical diagnostics at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, in Dresden, Germany. (HZDR/Newsflash)

Immunotherapy Chip Could Create Customised Cures

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 8, 2022

A researcher developing a miracle microchip that can identify cancer cells and predict how they will act has been awarded a EUR 2 million grant to develop the tech. The…

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Professor Dr Tillman Krueger poses, undated photo. He showed that botulinum toxin injections not only affect muscles, but also the emotional control center in the brain. (Karin Kaiser, MHH/Newsflash)

Botox Jabs Can Fight Depression, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 6, 2022

Botox jabs to smooth wrinkled foreheads can lift depression and even control dangerous mood swings, a new study in Germany has revealed. The neurotoxin botulinum toxin (BTX) - commonly known…

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Picture shows one of the malnourished dogs at an animal in Almeria, Spain, undated. (Newsflash)

Scores Of Starving Tick-Ridden Dogs Saved From Gruesome Abandoned Shelter

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 26, 2022

Cops in Spain are investigating an abandoned animal shelter after 66 malnourished, tick-infested dogs were found there, along with the bones and carcasses of others. Spain's Guardia Civil (Civil Guard)…

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Photo shows Mapocho River, in Santiago, Chile, undated. Researchers were testing the ability of the cholera-causing bacteria to survive in water but ended up detecting two new pathogen inhibitors. (Newsflash)

Bacteria For New Antibiotics Found In River In Chile

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:September 7, 2022

Scientists have discovered two bacteria with great antibiotic potential in a river in Chile. The breakthrough comes as the search for new bacteria to develop antibiotics is one of humankind’s…

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