Health

rewrite this title Assisted dying law change backed by ‘citizens’ jury’

Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe first “citizens’ jury” on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow people who are terminally ill to end their life.A jury of 28 people concluded it should be an option for those judged to have capacity to make their own decisions.While it has no legal powers, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which set up the jury,
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rewrite this title Environmental Factor – November 2020: Hormone receptor implicated in ovarian cancer

Summarize this content to 1000 words Li is an Intramural Research Training Award fellow in DeMayo’s group. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)Although the U.S. death rate due to ovarian cancer has steadily declined since 1992, the disease still poses a considerable health risk to women, according to the National Cancer Institute. With that knowledge informing their work, NIEHS researchers may have determined what is driving the development of ovarian cancer
US & World

Tyreek Hill says he could have handled his traffic stop better

Summarize this content to 1000 words MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself better in the initial moments of a weekend traffic stop that left him handcuffed and pulled out of his car by police officers near the team's stadium.Hill also said he wants one of the officers involved in the incident dismissed from the police force.Hill said he
Entertainment

rewrite this title Megan Thee Stallion, Tate McRae Give Nods To Britney Spears at 2024 MTV VMAs

Summarize this content to 100 words Play video content MTV Britney Spears is getting some serious love at the 2024 MTV VMAs ... with Megan Thee Stallion and Tate McRae paying homage to a couple of Britney's iconic award moments. MTS enlisted an albino python to recreate Britney's "Slave 4 U" moment from the 2001 VMAs ... and she did her best to copy Britney's outfit too. Megan wasn't as
UK News

rewrite this title ‘Biggest NHS reform ever’ after ‘damning’ report

Summarize this content to 1000 words Many papers, including the Daily Telegraph, focus on the major report on the health service being published on Thursday. The review by Lord Darzi was commissioned by the new government and has found the NHS in England is in a "critical condition". The Telegraph calls the report "damning", saying it found NHS hospitals are doing less work for patients despite receiving more money than
Health

rewrite this title NHS must reform or die, PM warns, after critical report

Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty Images"Ballooning" NHS waiting times and delays getting vital treatment in A&E and cancer care is harming health and costing lives, according to a critical government-commissioned report on the service in England.People have "every right to be angry," Sir Keir Starmer will warn on Thursday, adding the health service must "reform or die".Health Secretary Wes Streeting vowed to "turn the NHS around" after the
Education

rewrite this title Scottish government defeated in free school meals vote

Summarize this content to 1000 words PA MediaEducation Secretary Jenny Gilruth says the government cannot afford to provide free school meals for all primary pupils The Scottish government has been defeated in a vote calling on ministers to expand free school meals to all primary school pupils.Parliament also backed another non-binding motion calling on the SNP administration to reverse its decision to reintroduce peak rail fares.Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said
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rewrite this title Environmental Factor – October 2020: SARS-CoV-2 blocked by newly discovered nanobodies — from a llama

Summarize this content to 1000 words A team of scientists isolated 13 immune system compounds, called nanobodies, which show promise for treating COVID-19. The nanobodies, isolated from a llama’s immune cells, blocked the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering human cells. Negin Martin, Ph.D., director of the NIEHS Viral Vector Core, contributed to the research. The study was posted Aug. 23 on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s bioRxiv preprint server.Scientists previously learned that