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Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan’s latest outbreak. “Every time I see the graves I feel like crying,” Mathiong said. The family said the boys […]

Image copyright Family handout / PA Image caption Mike Davies said he accepted his hands and legs “needed to go” A man who almost died from meningitis has revealed how he began to look forward to having his limbs amputated. Mike Davies, 60, from Brighton, spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and

Washington state lawmakers voted Tuesday to remove parents’ ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption from vaccinating their children for measles, although medical and religious exemptions will remain. The vote comes as the number of measles cases nationwide this year has passed 600. The measure now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee, who has expressed

Image copyright Lesley Roberts Image caption Alex Hardy sent his mum Lesley Roberts an email explaining his decision “It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe… I died in 2015, not now.” Lesley Roberts was stunned as she read the devastating final email from her beloved son Alex Hardy. The email

Because of rare illness, Louise Moorhouse is on a special diet of pills or foul-tasting shakes. There’s a drug that would allow her to eat like anyone else – she took it for three years during a clinical trial. But the NHS won’t pay for it, reports the BBC’s Deborah Cohen – and the drug

Image copyright Alex Kilbee Image caption Liz O’Riordan was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 “Like many women, I did not check my breasts. I thought, ‘it’s not going to happen to me – I’m a breast cancer surgeon’.” Liz O’Riordan ended up having to give up the job she had trained 20 years

A man who has had three strokes in the past 15 months says he hopes to inspire others to take up new physical challenges. Paul Lambert from Poole in Dorset is currently training to take on the 1.4-mile pier-to-pier swim in Bournemouth. Three strokes have left him with little use in his left arm and

Legionnaires disease bacteria that killed one inmate and sickened another is more widespread than expected in a California state prison, officials said Wednesday, citing new test results. Preliminary results found the bacteria in the water supply at a prison medical facility in Stockton and at two neighboring youth correctional facilities, Corrections Department spokeswoman Vicky Waters

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGina Paletta’s training regime led her to developing problems Endurance athletes could risk their long-term health by under-fuelling and over-training, an expert has warned. Distance runner Gina Paletta has not had a period in more than eight years and was diagnosed with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

The World Health Organization says Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria, using the only licensed vaccine to protect against the mosquito-spread disease. Although the vaccine only protects about one-third of children who are immunized, those who get the shots are likely to have less severe cases of malaria. The