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Devastated mother’s desperate battle with a hospital to keep her baby son on life support – as seven-month-old boy fights rare disorder
A mother in Sydney, Thuy Linh Phan, is engaged in a dispute with a hospital that plans to withdraw life support from her seriously ill seven-month-old son, Liam. The baby was recently diagnosed with SMARD1 (Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress Type 1), a rare and fatal inherited disorder, and his parents are seeking more…
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Heatwaves creating new pressures for NHS hospitals
Soaring summer temperatures are placing NHS hospitals under strain comparable to their traditional winter pressures, senior health figures have warned. Zara Jones, Acting Chief Executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, said heatwaves created additional demands on staff, patients and buildings, and that “operational pressures are no longer confined to winter months”. The warning matters…
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Melbourne doctor Ryan Cho’s cache of 4,500 images after he spied on almost 1,000 workmates in the toilets of Austin Hospital, Royal Melbourne and the Peter MacCallum Centre
A Melbourne doctor, Dr Ryan Yi Cho, 28, has pleaded guilty to secretly photographing and filming hundreds of people as they used hospital toilets, showers and bathrooms. Appearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, he admitted 13 consolidated charges involving close to 900 victims, in a serious breach of trust within the healthcare settings where…
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Candace Parker tells Caitlin Clark haters to ‘go to therapy’ after shocking WNBA player rankings
WNBA legend Candace Parker has publicly defended Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark after a peer-voted survey ranked Clark only the 11th-best guard in the league, telling those responsible to “go to a therapist” and address their “childhood issues”. The intervention matters because it comes from one of the sport’s most decorated figures and adds to…
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One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel
A squirrel got loose inside one of Meta’s offices in Bangkok, Thailand, this week, scampering past staff for at least 20 minutes before being caught, according to an internal memo seen by WIRED. The animal minorly injured a janitor during its escapade. The incident matters chiefly as a rare light-hearted moment for a workforce that…
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The dark underside of Britain’s most beautiful city: How a decades-long crime family feud has left Edinburgh terrorised by drug gangs
The Daily Mail reports that Edinburgh, recently ranked the world’s second prettiest city, is grappling with a serious surge in drug-related and gang violence beneath its tourist-friendly image. The article argues this matters because the Scottish capital is about to welcome around three million visitors for its Fringe and International Film Festivals next month, even…
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Tens of millions of pounds to be spent revamping nearly 13,000 toilets and 5,000 changing rooms across Britain so they are compliant with new guidance on single-sex spaces
Tens of millions of pounds are to be spent revamping nearly 13,000 toilets and around 5,000 changing rooms across Britain to comply with new guidance on single-sex spaces. The guidance, drawn up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, requires services to be provided on the basis of biological sex rather than self-identified gender, and…
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Children keep dying in a country that made huge progress on measles
More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
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Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Google’s SynthID watermarking system has been used to expose a high-profile fake image, marking a notable success for anti-deepfake technology. An AI-generated picture purporting to show US Senator Mitch McConnell severely ill in a hospital bed spread widely on Reddit and X earlier this week, but the fact-checking site Snopes debunked it after finding the…
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Sets Rotten Tomatoes Ablaze With Fiery Debut
The fourth Evil Dead film, Evil Dead Burn, has drawn strong early reviews ahead of its cinema release this Friday, 10 July, currently holding a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 51 critics. This matters because it is the first of two planned standalone follow-ups to 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, and the positive reception suggests…