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‘Don’t tell me my baby wasn’t meant to be’

Siobhan Gorman Siobhan was 16-weeks pregnant and home alone when she gave birth to her baby Archie “There was probably something wrong with your baby”, “you could always try again”, “it wasn’t meant to be”. These are just a sample of the comments Siobhan Gorman experienced when her baby died 16 weeks into her pregnancy. […]

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TRNSMT music festival begins in Glasgow in scorching heat

Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Reporting fromTRNSMT, Glasgow Green PA Media The first bands took to the stage in the blistering sunshine Fans have flocked to Glasgow after Scotland’s biggest music festival opened its gates. This year’s TRNSMT is headlined by 50 Cent, Biffy Clyro and Snow Patrol over three days on Glasgow Green. Scottish […]

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GPs to offer coaching advice to get sick people back to work

Getty Images GP surgeries in England can offer advice to patients on getting back to work, including career coaching or exercise classes, as part of a pilot project to reduce the number of people who are signed off work sick. The aim is to help people return to the workplace more quickly to reduce the […]

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Vaccine roll outs cut deaths and infections by 60% says study

Dominic Hughes Global Health Correspondent Getty Images The study examines the impact of emergency vaccine roll-outs for five major infectious diseases, including Ebola Emergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in response to outbreaks of five major diseases – are believed to have reduced deaths by around 60% over a period of 23 years, according to […]

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State Department undergoes deep cuts in sweeping overhaul : NPR

The U.S. Department of State sign in Washington, D.C. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The State Department is cutting its Washington-based staff by about 15% in what officials are calling the largest overhaul of the agency in decades. Some employees have already taken early retirement, while […]

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Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet

Georgina Rannard Science and climate correspondent ESO/O. Hainaut ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of the path, shown as a dotted line of lights, of 3I/Atlas, an interstellar object discovered last week A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists. Named […]

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Neutral ENSO conditions likely to last into winter

The status of whether the world is being impacted by an El Nino or a La Nina is determined by water temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific. (NOAA) Neutral conditions dominating large parts of the eastern and central Pacific are likely to persist throughout the rest of the year and into the upcoming winter, […]

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