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Sniffer dogs can identify Covid-positive airport passengers, European research finds

Trained sniffer dogs can accurately identify airport passengers infected with coronavirus, new European research suggests. Scientists say this method of detection is likely to be especially valuable, not only in the early stages of a pandemic when ...

18 May 2022 at 00:33

Scientists creating ‘risky’ self-spreading viruses in US and EU, paper warns

Scientists in the US and Europe are creating “risky” self-spreading viruses in the hope of developing viral vaccines, a new paper has warned. The paper, written by an international team of academics led by King’s College London, warns the ...

06 Jan 2022 at 20:25

Planting trees could cut deaths from high summer temperatures in cities – study

Planting more trees could decrease deaths from higher summer temperatures in cities by a third, new research suggests. According to the study, of the 6,700 premature deaths linked to higher temperatures in European cities during 2015, ...

31 Jan 2023 at 23:30

More than 61,000 heat-related deaths last summer in Europe, study suggests

There could have been more than 61,000 heat-related deaths across Europe last year during the summer heatwaves, a new study has found. Mediterranean countries Italy and Spain suffered most, with 18,010 and 11,324 deaths respectively, ...

10 Jul 2023 at 16:00

Health & Wellbeing

Cancer cases in young people ‘are rising’ – the warning signs to look out for

New cancer cases in people aged under 50 rose by 79% between 1990 and 2019, researchers have suggested. There were 3.26 million new cancer diagnoses for under-50s in total, while deaths from the disease in this age range were also ...

06 Sept 2023 at 11:08

Cancer cases in younger people rising globally, researchers say

Factors such as obesity and alcohol consumption are contributing to a worrying rise in global cancer cases among younger people, a study suggests. Researchers estimated there had been a 79% hike in new cases of cancer in those ...

05 Sept 2023 at 23:30

Sniffer dogs ‘can accurately detect airport passengers infected with Covid-19’

Trained sniffer dogs can accurately identify airport passengers infected with coronavirus, new research suggests. Scientists say this method of detection is likely to be especially valuable, not only in the early stages of a ...

17 May 2022 at 00:55

Campaigners welcome vaccine cash pledge but fear cut will see fewer lives saved

The Government could have saved hundreds of thousands more lives if it had maintained the amount of money given to vaccinate children in the world’s poorest countries, campaigners have claimed. In 2020, former prime ...

25 Jun 2025 at 19:00

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