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As various countries continue to report high levels of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections — which cause severe illness, and in rare cases death within days — Canadian physicians are also raising alarms over a rise in serious…

Is it because you’re lazy?” a friend queried, only half-jokingly, when I told her I was investigating the TikTok-propelled skin care trend known as slugging. But her comment left me wondering why a slow-​moving mollusk, often encountered in…

It is crucial to understand that handpicked posts on social media and pictures may not accurately reflect every aspect of a person's life.People sometimes compare their own lives and triumphs to the carefully curated and frequently inflated…

For the longest time, even Shohei Ohtani's teammates looked past him in favor of the North American stars of Major League Baseball. They know now that they only need look to the guy in their own dressing room to see the most complete player…

I have this maddening passion for rolls of all kinds. I don’t know what it is about meat wrapped up in parathas that gets me crazy, but I can trace this back to my early childhood. I was never good at carrying a dabba to school. In fact, I…

England needed less than a session on the fourth day to trounce New Zealand by 267 runs in the first day-night Test, giving them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. This is England's first Test victory in New Zealand since 2008, and their…

The girl born with a TAIL: Brazilian baby has 6cm-long appendage in extremely rare phenomenonA baby girl in Brazil was born with a 'human pseudo-tail', according to doctors The rare case was published in the Journal of…

Scientists studying orcas—or killer whales, as they are known in the heavy metal community—have learned that whale mothers make a “lifelong sacrifice” for their sons. I read this story while picking up individual guinea pig droppings from…

Girls are hitting puberty younger than ever, thrusting them prematurely into a new world of wild mood swings, physical discomfort, and self-doubt.The phenomenon is called precocious puberty, which is being detected more and more in the Us.…

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