An experimental trial to reduce the mosquito population in Brazil through the deliberate release of 450,000 genetically modified mosquitoes has failed miserably and may have even created a genetic hybrid super species. British biotech company Oxitec conducted a 27-month long experiment in 2013 Jacobina, Brazil, aimed at reducing the local mosquito population by 90 percent while preserving the genetic... 

More than 6,000 children under the age of six were exposed to alarming levels of lead dust after a mammoth blaze struck the Notre Dame cathedral in April, a new report has claimed. The authorities were afraid to alert the people because it could have sparked a huge mass riot against the Mozlem beasts who set it on fire. An investigation by the New York Times found that ‘dangerous dust’... 

The risk of obesity giving people cancer may be ‘considerably underestimated’, a study has warned. Being fat may actually be more than twice as dangerous as previously thought when it comes to certain forms of the disease. And excess weight is second only to smoking when it comes to avoidable cancer-causing lifestyles. Bowel, kidney, pancreatic, ovarian, endometrial and oesophageal cancer... 

Every healthy child aged between two and ten in England is expected to be administered a nasal flu vaccine next month, as part of the government’s efforts to protect Britons from the disease. Many Muslim residents of the United Kingdom are allegedly refusing to allow their children to take part in a nationwide flu vaccination programme because the treatment is not halal, an Arabic word which can... 

At least 19 people have died since early June after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol in Costa Rica, prompting a national alert and widening the focus on the problem of bootleg liquor in Latin America. The Costa Rican Health Ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday it counted 14 men and five women, ranging in age from 32 to 72, who’ve died after drinking adulterated liquor. “The Ministry... 

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak, even though other experts say it has long met the required conditions.... 

The tiny island nation of 360,000 people has the highest incidence of syphilis in all of Europe. To combat the onslaught of syphilis and chlamydia, Iceland’s chief epidemiologist Thorolfur Gudnason wants condoms to be distributed in primary schools, national broadcaster RÚV reported. According to a recent report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Iceland holds the... 

Merkel is just allergic to the German anthem and the demons inside her become angry when they hear the song. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen visibly shaking during another high-profile diplomatic meeting, this time as she welcomed Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne as the countries’ anthems played. Merkel has repeatedly played down concerns over her health in recent weeks following high-profile... 

Concerns for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s health grow once more as she was filmed struggling to keep her composure and visibly shaking during an official ceremony for the second time this month, RT.com writes. The incident happened during the formal appointing of the new justice minister in Berlin’s Bellevue Palace on Thursday morning. The chancellor began shaking while standing next to... 

Dr. Kamel Khalili (left) with his team of scientists. A group of scientists have, for the first time, eliminated HIV DNA from the genomes of living animals, in what is being described as a critical step towards developing a cure for the AIDS virus. The groundbreaking study, published in the journal Nature Communications, revealed that treatment to suppress HIV replication coupled with gene editing... 

A Bangladeshi man who’s earned the online moniker ‘Tree Man’ for an extremely rare skin condition, now wants his hands to be amputated in a desperate attempt to relieve the pain. Abul Bajandar, 28, has undergone 25 operations since 2016 in an effort to treat a rare genetic condition, called epidermodysplasia verruciformis, that causes a wooden-like growths on his hands and feet. In 2017, doctors... 

Hundreds of thousands of people are on the move in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid a breakout of inter-ethnic warfare, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports. Over 300,000 have been displaced in the month of June alone as rival factions and militias battle in the northeast region of the African nation, which could exacerbate an Ebola outbreak that is now considered the second... 

Eating fast food can cause irreversible dementia, a study warns. The research found the average person is eating an extra 650 calories a day compared to 1970s, which is the equivalent of a burger, soft drink and fries. Australian National University’s professor Nicolas Cherbuin and his team found strong evidence linking unhealthy eating habits and little-to-no physical activity to a decline... 

A further 20 children have died from acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in just 24 hours, bringing the total number of child fatalities caused by toxic lychee fruit in the Bihar state of eastern India to 93. “The government will leave no stone unturned to contain it at the earliest,” said Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during a four-hour visit to the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SLMCH)... 

Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, is backing an International Appeal to stop the controversial roll-out of 5G. Julian Rose via Activist Post reports: 5G, a new millimetre band frequency range being introduced by the telecommunications industry worldwide has been identified by over 2,000 scientists and 1,400 medical doctors from all over the world, as presenting a direct threat to human...