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  • Providing mental health and psychosocial support to Uganda’s Ebola survivors | WHO

    Kampala – Twenty-nine-year-old Aisha Nangobi is a midwife, a mother of two and a recent widow who has faced more adversity than most her age. Her husband, the first confirmed case in the recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda earlier in…

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  • Artificial Intelligence in Health and Medicine: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations

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    Fahrner LJ, Chen E, Topol E, Rajpurkar P. The generative era of medical AI. Cell 2025;188(14):3648 − 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.018.


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    Kann BH, Hosny A, Aerts HJWL. Artificial intelligence for clinical oncology. Cancer Cell 2021;39(7):916 − 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2021.04.002.


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  • New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission

    New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission

    Using millions of microscope images magnified up to 130,000 times, researchers from Radboud university medical center and Toronto have unraveled the structure of two key proteins in the malaria parasite. With this knowledge,…

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  • Measures to curb ‘chatter’ during Villa Marina gigs considered

    Measures to curb ‘chatter’ during Villa Marina gigs considered

    Vannin Photos A crowd of people look at a stage in a large hall. There are spotlights shining above their heads.Vannin Photos

    Concerns were raised after talking throughout concert in August 2024

    Measures to reduce “chatter” during performances at a government-owned concert venue are being considered after complaints from some audience members.

    Education,…

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  • Missed clicking pictures of the supermoon? It's returning to the skies – India Today

    Missed clicking pictures of the supermoon? It's returning to the skies – India Today

    1. Missed clicking pictures of the supermoon? It’s returning to the skies  India Today
    2. Dazzling supermoon illuminates skylines around the world  BBC
    3. October’s full Harvest Moon — See breathtaking photos of 1st supermoon of 2025  Space
    4. Shine on  The…

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  • Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

    Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

    In the Netherlands, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This programme provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult…

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  • Suffolk coroner says Highpoint should flag repeated phone use

    Suffolk coroner says Highpoint should flag repeated phone use

    A coroner has called for a prison to be able to monitor unusual phone activity after an inmate tried to reach his partner 61 times in the hours before he took his own life.

    Martin Collins, 66, was found hanged in his cell at HMP Highpoint, near…

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  • Tsunami threat passes in Philippines and Indonesia after powerful quake, warning agency says

    Tsunami threat passes in Philippines and Indonesia after powerful quake, warning agency says

    Indonesian island’s pupils sent home as residents remain on alertpublished at 06:15 BST

    Arie Firdaus
    BBC Indonesian

    Residents in Talaud Islands off the coast of Indonesia have been urged to stay on alert while schoolchildren have…

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  • Growing Redditch baby loss memorial is ‘heartbreaking’

    Growing Redditch baby loss memorial is ‘heartbreaking’

    Kate Justicein Redditch and

    Elliot BallWest Midlands

    BBC A woman with red hair and wearing a brown cardigan stands by a lake with another blonde woman, who is wearing a grey cardigan. Both women are holding a blue and pink ribbon in their hand. BBC

    Lauren Hincks (L), pictured with Beth Price, said seeing the memorial grow to nearly 400 ribbons was “heartbreaking”

    A woman who began tying ribbons to a fence to remember lost babies has said…

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  • Robbie Williams to kick off new album tour in Glasgow

    Robbie Williams to kick off new album tour in Glasgow

    Getty Images Robbie Williams wearing a white trackshuit top with a gold Adidas trefoil logo on the upper left chest. He is raising his right hand in the peace symbol.Getty Images

    Robbie Williams is returning to the city in 2026

    Robbie Williams is coming to Glasgow to kick off his latest tour to support his new album.

    The singer’s Long 90’s Tour begins at the Barrowlands Ballroom in the city on 4 February, 2026…

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