LONDON (Sputnik) - Coroner Heather Hallett, who is investigating the death of Dawn Sturgess, a UK woman who died after purportedly being exposed to a military-grade nerve agent in the UK town of Amesbury, will consider the possible involvement of a...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Germany should provide the required information about Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who received medical treatment in the country following his alleged poisoning, before calling on Russia to explain its troop movement...
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Radiation poisoning, birth defects, leukaemia, thyroid and other cancers became prevalent in exposed island inhabitants.
This year marks 75 years since the United States launched its immense atomic...
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FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 -- An increased risk for nonfatal drug-related poisoning is associated with benzodiazepine treatment in patients with opioid use disorder, according to a study published online March 3 in The American Journal of...
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Researchers have discovered a protein that could be key to blocking the most common bacterial cause of human food poisoning in the United States.
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Modern civilization has collectively decided that rodents are bad. We tend to feel the same way about most other creatures that are considered "pests," like ants, cockroaches, and other insects, but rodents are really the only group of mammals that...
Some surprising sources of dangerous bacteria include backyard chickens, pet turtles and even other people.
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WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 -- Winter weather can bring hidden dangers, the most deadly of which can include carbon monoxide poisoning and fires.
As blizzards, tornadoes and severe storms batter the nation and many lose power and heat, the danger of...
Lead screenings for children plummeted last spring, and stay-at-home orders may have increased household exposure to the toxic metal.
More kids than usual have been ingesting these fluids, which are typically alcohol-based. Swallowing just a tiny amount can cause alcohol poisoning in children, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. Georgia Health News
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A new study has shown that gentle streams of water carrying sound and microscopic air bubbles can clean bacteria from salad leaves more effectively than current washing methods used by suppliers and consumers. As well as reducing food poisoning, the...
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The medicine comes in several varieties, including a transparent yellow gel.
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People are using ivermectin, a paste used to de-worm horses, in a flawed attempt to treat COVID-19.
While it can be safe for human in some forms,...
The 8-year-old and her mom were trying to stay warm after losing power from the heavy snow.
BERLIN (Sputnik) - Russian opposition figure Alexei Navlny was under protection of special services in Berlin, where he received medical treatment and recovered after the suspected poisoning, the German cabinet said on Monday, responding to a...
A doctor who treated Alexei Navalny last year after the Russian opposition leader was poisoned has suddenly died, the hospital where he
Michael Martinez of Atascocita, Texas, didn't let anything stop him from warning his sleeping parents that something was wrong and getting them to wake up.
A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer died “suddenly” at the age of 55, CNN reports.
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Alexei Navalny.
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The doctor who treated Alexei Navalny for poison has suddenly died, his hospital said Thursday.
Sergey Maximishin, 55, was deputy chief physician at Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1.
Maximishin "knew more than...
A remediation and public education effort at an abandoned battery recycling facility in Bangladesh eliminated most lead soil contamination, but levels of the toxic metal in children living near the site did not decrease nearly as much. The...
E. coli food poisoning is one of the worst food poisonings, causing bloody diarrhea and kidney damage. But all the carnage might be just an unintended side effect, report researchers. Their findings might lead to more effective treatments for this...
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