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Pet Anaesthesia: What Bloodwork Checks and Why Fasting Times Are Set

When a vet schedules your pet for a procedure under general anaesthesia, the consent form arrives with two instructions that can feel like formalities: bring your pet in for pre-operative bloodwork, and nothing to eat after a certain hour the night before. Neither is a formality. Anaesthetic drugs are processed…

Times Life · 17h ago

Penn AI Analyzes 400,000 CT Scans for Hidden Signs of Pancreatic Cancer and Kidney Disease

Penn Medicine's experimental Percival AI analyzed about 400,000 CT scans and detected signals associated with several diseases, including pancreatic cancer. The tool remains in preclinical testing.

Medical Daily · Nov 1

Medical Clown Visits Sent Kids with Pneumonia Home More Than a Day Sooner in a Small Israeli Trial

A small Israeli trial found that children hospitalized with pneumonia stayed about 26 hours less when trained medical clowns visited, though the study cannot prove causation.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

U.S. Plague Threat Called Extremely Low as CDC Monitors the Few Travelers Arriving From Siberia's Irkutsk Region

U.S. health officials call the plague risk extremely low but are checking the few travelers arriving from Irkutsk, Russia, as WHO presses Moscow for data.

Medical Daily · Oct 11

WHO Demands Vladimir Putin Share Information Regarding Suspected Outbreak of the Black Death Plague

The WHO is seeking information from Russia after a laboratory worker in Irkutsk died of severe pneumonia, amid unconfirmed reports of plague exposure and a second case.

International Business Times UK · Oct 8

Russia says reports of second case linked to Siberian plague lab are false

Russia's health regulator has denied claims of a second illness connected to a plague laboratory worker. The worker, Darya Shipilova, died from pneumonia recently, though the exact cause remains unclear. Russian authorities have assured that there is no risk of an epidemic arising from this incident. The World Health Organization…

The Economic Times · Oct 8

Russia Plague Explained: What do we know so far about the institute lab worker’s death?

A laboratory worker at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died after developing an unidentified form of pneumonia, triggering precautionary quarantine measures and social media speculation. Authorities have said there is no evidence she died of plague or that anyone she contacted was infected, while tests have so far found no…

The Economic Times · Oct 8

WHO seeks more information from Russia on Irkutsk lab worker's death

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO reported on a laboratory worker's death in Irkutsk due to severe pneumonia. Initial reports suggested a possible pneumonic plague infection following a lab accident. Russia's health authorities stated that no recent cases of plague were recorded in the area. An investigation and quarantine measures were…

The Economic Times · Oct 8

Russia rejects second plague scare as WHO demands answers over Siberian lab deaths

In response to concerns over a second suspected plague case linked to a worker's death, Russia has denied these allegations. The World Health Organization is looking for more details on the illness that led to the worker's pneumonia. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced many media reports as false. Health officials…

The Times of India · Oct 8

MIT Scientist Warns Russia Has 'Surely Sequenced' Mystery Pathogen After Death in Siberia but Has Yet to Identify It

MIT biologist Kevin Esvelt says Russia has likely sequenced the pathogen linked to a laboratory worker's death, but officials have not identified it and public evidence is lacking.

International Business Times UK · Oct 7