Disease X Is A Deadlier Threat Than COVID: 4 Viruses That Could Spark The Next Pandemic

Disease X Is A Deadlier Threat Than COVID: 4 Viruses That Could Spark The Next Pandemic

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Updated Apr 16, 2025 | 07:11 PM IST

SummaryThe UK Health Security Agency identified four virus families—some deadlier than COVID-19—with high pandemic potential. One, the Nipah virus, has a fatality rate of up to 60% in outbreaks.

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Polio Cases On The Rise Again, WHO Warns The World To A Growing Threat

Polio Cases On The Rise Again, WHO Warns The World To A Growing Threat

Credits: UNICEF

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Updated Apr 19, 2025 | 03:00 AM IST

SummaryPolio cases are resurging in 2025, with 6 new cases in Pakistan and 1 in Afghanistan. WHO warns of a potential 200,000 paralysis cases yearly if funding cuts continue.

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Why More Women Are Choosing To Have Kids In Their 30s Even As Fertility Drops?

Why More Women Are Choosing To Have Kids In Their 30s Even As Fertility Drops?

Credits: Canva

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Updated Apr 18, 2025 | 10:00 PM IST

SummaryDespite declining fertility, more women are having babies in their early 30s than in their 20s, with shifting priorities, delayed marriage, career goals, and egg freezing playing key roles.

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Breathlessness During Pregnancy? Cough Turned Out To Be Stage 3 Melanoma For This Woman; Doctors Share Details

Breathlessness During Pregnancy? Cough Turned Out To Be Stage 3 Melanoma In Women's Chest; Doctors Share Details

Credits: Northwestern Medicine

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Updated Apr 18, 2025 | 08:00 PM IST

SummaryAt 36 weeks pregnant, MaKenna Lauterbach’s worsening cough and breathlessness turned out to be a grapefruit-sized tumor in her chest. Doctors delivered her baby and removed the life-threatening melanoma but can pregnancy shadow other life-threatening symptoms?

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