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Lab in Maryland plans to create hybrid monkeypox strain more contagious and lethal

A Government laboratory in Maryland plans to make the circulating monkeypox strain more lethal in highly controversial research in mice.The team wants to equip...

Regular vaping can cause damage to the airways of a person’s lungs

Regular vape users could be putting themselves at risk of suffering obstructions to their lungs' airways and asthma like symptoms, a new study...

Artificial sweeteners should ‘not be assumed to be safe’, scientist warns

Artificial sweeteners used in diet sodas and low-fat desserts should 'not be assumed safe,' an Israeli scientist has warned — after his study...

Children who get less than nine hours of sleep each night develop less brain matter

Children that do not get enough sleep every night may have less developed brains than their peers - putting them at risk of...

Use of e-cigarettes among US adults DROPPED in 2020 – with 17% fall for under-20s

Use of e-cigarette devices dropped during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds.Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,...

Ex-convict, 57, given a PIG’s heart died from heart failure, doctors conclude

An ex-convict given a pig's heart in a world-first transplant died from heart failure, doctors have concluded.David Bennett, 57, from Maryland, died on...

Heart transplants from pigs move a step closer with US health chiefs ‘set to approve bigger trials’

Pig heart transplants could soon be offered more widely to patients in the US as health chiefs consider green-lighting clinical trials of the...