Mohammad Aamir Khan often works over 12 hours a day transporting the dead from hospitals to cemeteries and cremation pyres in scorching 47C heat, usually without a hazmat suit Mohammad Aamir Khan often works over 12 hours a day (Image:…
The school, in the central Chinese province of Henan, saw pupils suffering from vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhoea – with officials now investigating potential issues with a supplier to a number of schools in the region A primary school hit…
Two hair stylists in Missouri interacted with a total of 140 clients and six coworkers before learning they both had COVID-19 — thankfully, the stylists didn’t pass the virus on to any of these contacts, according to a statement from…
An outdoor waiting area at a restaurant in Illinois, with seats placed six feet apart. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released additional guidance to help Americans reduce their risk of COVID-19. Long-story short, the basic rules…
Eight-year-old Abdulrazak Dip has got his sight back thanks to Turkish surgeons who operated on him after his eyes were damaged in a bombing in Idlib, Syria Abdulrazak Dip has had his eyesight restored in Turkey (Image: CEN) Turkish surgeons…
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…
After nearly 150 years, we may finally understand how general anesthesia makes us drift into unconsciousness — although some of the specifics remain murky. These drugs dislodge molecules held in the fatty membrane that surrounds brain cells. Once the drugs…
A lung x-ray from the patient before she received the transplant shows severe damage. In a first, a young COVID-19 patient has received a double-lung transplant after the coronavirus ravaged her lungs. The patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s,…
Legionnaires’ disease could potentially spread through toilet flushing, which releases invisible “plumes” of contaminated water into the air, according to a new report. The report, published Wednesday (June 10) in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, describes the cases of two…
A few people in the crowd will be responsible for the bulk of a disease’s spread. The coronavirus has traveled the globe, infecting one person at a time. Some sick people might not spread the virus much further, but some…
The pensioner died in the tragedy in Torre del Mar, east of Malaga, this morning, while her husband was rushed to hospital following the fatal blast An 89-year-old British woman has died in a gas explosion at her Costa del…
WARNING – DISTURBING DETAILS: Hazel Behan said a masked and machete-wielding man beat and raped her for up to five hours in her home in Praia da Rocha, about 15 miles from the resort where Madeleine McCann disappeared A rape…