An early trial of a special cell therapy eradicated cancer in a pair of patients treated more than 10 years ago, new research shows Two cancer patients treated with an innovative gene therapy were confirmed to be in remission after more than 10 years, according to a new study, prompting its lead researcher to declare […]
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Cancer patients sue company behind Fukushima radiation
Plaintiffs claim they have developed thyroid cancer due to radiation that seeped from the Japanese power plant after the 2011 disaster Six people were children living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant at the time of the 2011 disaster, when the facility was heavily damaged in an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The plaintiffs have since […]
Most ‘Covid patients’ in England are in hospital for other reasons
The incidental case rate, showing the share of hospital patients who didn’t even know they had Covid, is at its highest level About 52% of people counted as Covid-19 patients in England aren’t actually in the hospital because of the virus. Rather, they were admitted for treatment of other medical conditions and only tested positive […]
Nearly half of Ontario’s ‘Covid-19 patients’ admitted for reasons unrelated to virus
Canadian province to start differentiate between coronavirus patients and Covid-19 positive patients admitted for other reasons Canada’s Ontario province has acknowledged that many of the people reported to be hospitalized with Covid-19 were actually admitted because of other health conditions and were incidentally found to be infected with the virus. Of the 3,220 people hospitalized […]
AI to track Covid patients – media
In an effort to limit infections, South Korea is to trial an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to track Covid cases in one of its most densely populated cities, according to an official cited by Reuters. The system, which will be funded nationally and tested in Bucheon, on the outskirts of Seoul, will begin […]
Large fire kills 10 ICU Covid-19 patients in Indian hospital
Ten Covid-19 patients have died after a fire broke out inside a hospital ICU in Ahmednagar, a city in India’s western Maharashtra state, on Saturday morning. One person was also injured. A preliminary investigation suggests the blaze was caused by a short circuit, District Collector Rajendra Bhosle said, Indian media reports. Another official was quoted […]
New Zealand PM says hospital visitors should not have sex with patients during pandemic – or any other time
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made it clear that hospital visitors should not be having sex with patients after the country’s director-general of health called such activity “high-risk” due to Covid-19. During a coronavirus press conference on Thursday, Ardern was asked by a reporter about an “allegation of sexual relations between a patient […]







