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‘Alien-cortical’ mice: Can human brain cells grow inside animals?
Modified mice with human brain cells ignite debates over neurohybrids and the future of cross-species medical research.
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Two police officers protecting polio workers in Pakistan shot dead
The attackers, travelling on a motorcycle, opened fire on a police car in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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How India pulled 500 million people out of poverty as inequality deepens
India’s extreme poverty declined from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent between 2011 and 2023, according to the World Bank.
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo
The Bundibugyo strain has spread to Kenya and Uganda, while two in Nigeria returned negative results.
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Violence in northern Ethiopia pushing health system towards collapse: WHO
Renewed fighting between rebels from northern Tigray and the government in Addis Ababa has shattered 2022 peace deal.
Coventry fan, 14, hands himself in after Bradley Lowery taunt in Sunderland
Police investigate after an individual in Coventry section displayed an image of Lowery during Sunderland’s 3-1 defeat.
High-ranking US Democratic senator suffers stroke
Senator Chris Murphy, a fierce Trump critic who is not up for re-election in the midterms, is ‘alert’ after a stroke.
Irish European athletics champion and Olympian Ciara Mageean dies aged 34
Mageean, runner who competed at two Olympic Games, lost her battle with cancer a year after revealing her diagnosis.
Gaza doctors struggle with bereavement, overwork, trauma amid genocidal war
Doctors and nurses struggle to cope with the horrors they endured during the height of the Gaza war.
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Health authorities probe two suspected Ebola cases in northeast Nigeria
The two individuals have been isolated while officials carry out contact tracing and laboratory testing.
Why Democratic doctors are running in the 2026 midterms
Democratic doctors aim to convert the backlash against the Trump administration’s health policies into midterm votes.
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