Tributes have been made to 20-year-old Cameron Blair, a Cork Institute of Technology student who collapsed and died after being stabbed in the neck while at a house party in the Irish city The 20-year-old was fatally stabbed on Thursday…
The number of deaths from sepsis worldwide is much higher than previously thought, with an estimated 20% of people dying from the life-threatening condition, according to a new study. The study, published today (Jan. 16) in the journal The Lancet,…
EXCLUSIVE: Port Macquarie Koala Hospital is a scene of hope and sorrow as Australia’s bushfires force its hero medics into a race to save the country’s treasured native marsupials There are eight beds in the Intensive Care Unit at Australia’s…
Some people’s hearts stay strong well into their 60s, but their kidneys begin to fail. Others may have the kidneys of a 30-year-old but fall victim to constant infection. Now, scientists may be one step closer to understanding why the…
A woman walks in front of a closed seafood market in Wuhan, China. Officials believe the market is linked with an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new virus. The new virus in China that’s causing an outbreak of pneumonia…
Authorities believe the piece of metal flung by the force of the blast crashed through a window in a flat above Sergio Millan, 58, then brought down the ceiling on top of him A man was killed by flying shrapnel…
The man was sleeping in a tent near the Grand Canal in Dublin city centre when it was removed during works to tidy the walkway The scene where a homeless man was involved in an incident (Image: Collins Dublin, Gareth…
By tweaking a few key genes in the DNA of a roundworm, scientists have extended the animal’s life span by about 500%. That’s a huge jump in life: An average roundworm lives for about three to four weeks. But when…
The bus had just stopped near a hospital and was picking up passengers in the city of Xining in Quinghai Province, China, when the incident happened on Monday afternoon Six people have died and 10 are missing after a bus…
