Teenager Jake Milbank was badly injured in the December eruption which killed 21 people on the White Island and has been in hospital ever since A teenage tour guide who was badly injured when a volcano erupted in New Zealand,…
The child’s mother and grandmother were taken to a mental hospital in southern Ukraine after the girl was stripped to her underpants and poured with freezing water The girl’s mother and grandmother were taken to a mental hospital for examinations…
The centenarian is the oldest person to have returned to health after being diagnosed with the disease, reported Xinhua news agency The pensioner, who was receiving treatment at a hospital in Wuhan, China, is the oldest known person to have…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called this his country’s “darkest hour” as the death toll soared to 631 on Tuesday with new restrictions leaving tourist attractions empty and huge queues outside food shops People keep a safe distance while…
A man in London appears to be the second person ever cured of HIV, his doctors said. The man — whose case was first announced a year ago — has now been HIV-free for 30 months without the need for…
She wrote the world’s first computer program — in 1837. She discovered ancient sea monsters buried in her backyard. She cancelled the chemical tearing our ozone layer apart. You might not know their names or faces, but these pioneering women…
Hospitals around the United States are preparing to treat an influx of patients with the highly infectious new coronavirus — and many health care providers are already beginning to run short on crucial respirator masks, The New York Times reported…
A swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolour) considers her life choices. Pregnancy can sometimes feel like it lasts forever, but for an Australian marsupial called a swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), pregnancy truly never ends. Researchers recently discovered that female wallabies can conceive…
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People stroll across the Piazza del Duomo, in front of the Duomo, in central Milan, Italy, wearing protective masks amidst the coronavirus outbreak, on Feb. 23, 2020. Deaths from the new coronavirus in Italy have soared in recent days, with…