An AI tool is trying to predict your risk of getting many diseases years in advance – here’s how it works

[ad_1] Being able to instantly and accurately predict the trajectory of a person’s health in the years to come has long been seen as the pinnacle of medicine. This kind of information would have a profound effect on healthcare systems as a whole – shifting care from treatment to prevention. According to the findings of […]

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World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon

[ad_1] And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should be a priority to develop so-called combination vaccines, the panel insisted.  WHO immunisation chief Dr. Kate O’Brien, stressed that the combination MMR jab that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, is safe for children. ‘Significant risks’ “What is really critical is that rubella and […]

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NovaUCD Spin- out LaNua Medical Secures €6 Million to Advance Breakthrough ECORE™ Device

Dublin, 1 October 2025 — LaNua Medical, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out, has secured €6 million in funding under Ireland’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) to accelerate development of its pioneering ECORE™ device, designed to modernise embolisation procedures. Embolisation is a minimally invasive technique used by surgeons and interventional radiologists to control blood flow […]

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Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

[ad_1] Um Muhammad al-Masri, displaced from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of her asthma inhaler. She says she would die without it. Smoke fills her tent, where she runs a primitive furnace fuelled by trash. “I was prescribed medicine, but I couldn’t afford it, so UNRWA [the UN agency for Palestine […]

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From crisis to community cure: A Haitian mother fights back against cholera

[ad_1] When her 11-year-old daughter, Noel-Dina, was struck by fever and unbearable abdominal pain, Oriata didn’t hesitate. She immediately took her child to the nearest hospital. “She couldn’t walk anymore because she was so weak. I had to carry her on my back. I was terribly worried and thought I was going to lose her,” said […]

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Lymph nodes may be key to cancer treatment

[ad_1] Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes as the hubs where police and firefighters gather fresh intel to launch their attack on criminals. What happens if […]

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Innovative aviation projects cleared for take off – UKRI

[ad_1] Further information Full list of funded projects Strategic Growth projects Advanced Logistics BVLOS UAV Mission (ALBUM) Partners include: ARC Aerosystems Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership Acroflight Scubatx This project will test a large, uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) in Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. This was a key step towards commercialisation of ARC’s […]

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Why harmful autism myths are so common

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump’s claim that pregnant women should avoid paracetamol – a statement that is both harmful and not backed by the science – fits into a long and damaging tradition of blaming parents, especially mothers, for autism. Despite decades of research and a far richer understanding of autistic lives, two myths persist: […]

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UKRI publishes 2025 equal pay audit – UKRI

[ad_1] The audit sits alongside the organisation’s annual gender pay gap reporting and forms part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) wider reward and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies. Equal pay findings The 2025 equal pay audit shows there are no significant differences in pay for equal work across UKRI, as defined by the […]

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Celebrating 100 years of ocean science and discovery – UKRI

[ad_1] The legacy of UK marine science began in 1925 when the Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery became the first British science ship. Since then, the UK has pioneered research and exploration to improve our understanding of Earth’s oceans. This includes: the migration patterns of whales the effects of climate change how ocean conditions affect […]

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