As the “triple threat” of COVID-19, influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) caused a spike in patients seeking medication in the winter of 2022, drug shortages were the highest they had been in five years, according to a March 2023 Senate report.
A Ukrainian drone strike caused a massive fire to erupt at an oil depot in Crimea, a Russia-appointed official reported Saturday. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russia’s selected governor of Sevastopol, said that authorities had spotted two “enemy drones” that attacked the depot, with four
Pakistani authorities said Tuesday tha twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the country’s northwest and killed 16 people were caused by electrical shorts and not a militant attack, as initially suggested. The short circuits happened Monday at a munitions warehouse
The COVID-19 pandemic was started by an “unintentional” leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, a US probe has concluded. The report said: “The COVID-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident. “New information, made publicly available
China is not participating in a United Nations project to survey Asian wet markets and other facilities at high risk of spreading infectious diseases from wild animals to humans, despite long-running talks with Beijing, a UN official told Reuters. China’s hesitancy to
A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the
Lewis Thomas squeezed a woman’s face so hard she said it caused some of her teeth to fall out (Image: Gwent Police) A man squeezed a woman’s face so hard that it caused some of her teeth to fall out. Lewis Thomas
A “steering fault” caused the death of a 22-year-old man who crashed in Cornwall after losing control of his car, an inquest has heard. Tommy Boraston died on Saturday, July 23, 2022, when his grey Ford Fiesta drifted onto an opposing lane
The crash between a Russian fighter jet and a U.S. drone likely resulted from the pilot’s aggression and “incompetence,” according to former astronaut and Navy captain, Sen. Mark Kelly. “Look at the level of incompetence – I mean when we saw the
The Princess of Wales’s outfit for Monday’s Commonwealth Day service could be a subtle swipe at sister-in-law Meghan Markle as one particular designer is said to have caused “tensions'” between the pair. For the appearance, Kate opted for a trendy floral jacket