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COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of California birth records. "The effect of maternal COVID infection from the…

A healthy 33-year-old woman had her left leg amputated after suffering from a severe flu infection.Allison Miller, from Virginia, fell ill with a sore throat, headache and a general feeling of being 'run down' in March 2014.She left work…

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday due to a sharp jump in global crude oil prices and sluggish global market trends. Sensex and Nifty today (Representative Image) Selling pressure in…

Dozens of Brits holidaying in Mexico have caught a serious stomach illness that triggers explosive diarrhoea, health officials warned today.At least 74 people are known to have fallen ill with cyclosporiasis since May, with more than half…

A new study from Tulane University has identified a new treatment for a chronic immune system disease that can prevent children from eating. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is triggered by food allergies or airborne allergens which causes a…

When Taylor Swift took the stage at Seattle's Lumen Field this past weekend, the Earth moved. Literally.Jackie Caplan-Auberbach, a professor in the geology department at the University of Western Washington, pulled the data, which showed…

A tick that's creating some concern in the U.S. for causing a rise in red meat allergies has already been found in Canada, but experts say cases here are rare for now. The culprit behind this allergy, the lone star tick, has been moving…

Canada's economy expanded by 0.3 per cent in May, as a large decline in oil and gas output due to wildfires was offset by growth in the service sector.Statistics Canada reported Friday that more than half of all industries posted growth,…

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Peru has been inundated by a mystery wave of a paralysis-causing illness, prompting officials to declare a national health emergency.There have been 231 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) since the start of this year - more than half of…