Keeping Madhubala alive: The fight for Karachi’s captive elephants
Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?
Israel arrests 36 Palestinians in the West Bank, attacks on farmers ramp up
Israeli pogroms on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season intensify.
Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
Officials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.
Crowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South Africa
The attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.
Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen’s hunger crisis
Raghad and Raad’s family had to flee their home on foot because of the fighting between pro-government forces and the Houthis.
Damaging hail pelts Phoenix in rare storm
Videos from the Arizona capital show people sheltering inside a car as hail smashes the windscreen, while intense downpours covered neighbourhoods in ice.
Standardized protocol enables safer kidney biopsies in high-risk patients
Results from a prospective study reveal that with standardized precautions, even high-risk patients may safely undergo a kidney biopsy, a cornerstone of kidney diagnostics that
$8.2 million grant advances on-demand male contraceptive development
Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $8.2 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to develop and test
Give more people weight-loss jabs on the NHS, say MPs
Current plans for 6% of eligible patients to get Mounjaro by 2028 unambitious, say MPs.
Psilocybin reshapes brain connections through distinct cellular pathways
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” reshapes neural connections
Haematology centre for cancer patients at risk over ‘disgraceful’ funds move
The Department of Health has decided to take back £1.5m from the project, Belfast Trust officials have told a Stormont committee.
Unstable immune cells linked to severe cancer immunotherapy side effects
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh uncovered the unstable immune cells that can cause up to 40% of immunotherapy patients to experience serious side effects
‘Difficult decision’ to close Samaritans branch after more than 50 years
“Sadly, and due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the difficult decision was reached to close the branch,” they charity says.
Transplanted placental cells successfully detected in mouse pancreas after birth
The pancreas is a complex organ comprising multiple cell types that regulate blood glucose levels through hormones, such as insulin, and support digestion by producing