illness

Little’s Mix’s Perrie Edwards apologises to fans after pulling out of Brazil concert due to illness

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‘I know the girls will smash it in my absence!’ Little’s Mix’s Perrie Edwards apologises to fans as illness forces her to pull out of the band’s Brazil show By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 21:13 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:27 GMT, 6 March 2020 Little Mix star Perrie Edwards has been forced … Read more

Experts say coronavirus epidemic is moving TOO QUICKLY to have an accurate death and illness rate 

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A US doctor is warning Americans that the coronavirus epidemic is moving too quickly to have an accurate death and illness rate. On Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced the global mortality rate jumped to 3.4 percent, up from the previously reported two percent. But Dr Jennifer Ashton, ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent, told Good … Read more

Would you trust a computer to diagnose your illness? 

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Healthcare has come a long way thanks to human endeavour — but even occasional human errors can have disastrous consequences. A misdiagnosis can mean undergoing unnecessary treatment; a misread scan can mean a patient is wrongly given the all-clear. Potentially life-altering or even life-ending mistakes can be made, even by excellent doctors. So the news … Read more

Coronavirus FAQs: What are the chances of dying from illness?

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It’s hard not to feel a sense of impending doom when reading about the coronavirus infection that is rapidly sweeping the globe.  Figures show it has killed more than 3,000 and infected almost 90,000 people in at least 65 countries. The majority of infections and deaths are in the Hubei province of China, where the never-before-seen … Read more

Pope cancels event due to ‘illness’ after touching hands and kissing heads at Vatican

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Pope Francis has been forced to cancel a planned Mass in Rome with other clergy after suffering a ‘slight illness’.  The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff had a ‘slight indisposition’ that meant he did not attend an event at the St John Lateran basilica in Rome on Thursday morning. A spokesman said Francis would continue with … Read more

Coronavirus spreads to the SOUTH of Italy as illness hits Sicily

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Italy has confirmed its first case of coronavirus in the south after a holidaymaker from the north fell sick while visiting Sicily with her husband and friends. The 66-year-old woman, from Bergamo, travelled to the Sicilian capital of Palermo on Friday morning before her home region of Lombardy was put on lockdown following a surge … Read more