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Illustrative: Marie L'Hoest, wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, breastfeeds her newborn daughter Anouk at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium, Friday, June 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
July 10, 2020, 4:50 pm
‘Strong evidence’ mothers can transmit coronavirus to newborns
Researchers in Italy studied 31 pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19, and found virus in an at-term placenta, umbilical cord, the vagina of one woman and in breast milk
By Patrick Galey
In this Nov. 26, 2014 file photo, the brain-scanning MRI machine that was used at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
July 8, 2020, 3:06 pm
Brain problems linked to even mild coronavirus infections, UK study finds
Team finds acute disseminated encephalomyelitis diagnoses not linked to severity of COVID-19; survey carried out on 43 patients hospitalized in confirmed or suspected virus cases
By Patrick Galey
A boy cries standing beside a relative being treated for tuberculosis at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
May 7, 2020, 6:06 pm
Millions at risk from other diseases pushed to margins by COVID-19 crisis
Health experts warn the coronavirus pandemic is already denying untold numbers of patients treatment for illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and malaria
By Patrick Galey
Pedestrians exercise along the embankment in central London as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic on April 6, 2020. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
April 7, 2020, 9:04 pm
Study says Britain heading for 66,000 COVID-19 deaths, highest toll in Europe
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation makes grim projection, putting estimated eventual toll more than 3 times higher than Italy and Spain
By Patrick Galey
Children play on trees in the Kaudwane settlement outside the Kalahari Game Reserve, November 19, 2005 (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
October 29, 2019, 1:02 pm
New study traces humanity’s ‘homeland’ to ancient Botswana
Researchers use DNA samples combined with geographic distribution, archaeological and climate change data to come up with a genomic timeline
By Patrick Galey
The sun rises near power lines in Frankfurt, Germany, as a heat wave scorches Europe, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
July 27, 2019, 4:20 am
From Europe to the Arctic, temperature records tumble in 2019
Planet is getting hotter at a rate unparalleled in two millennia, and atmospheric CO2 levels are at their highest in 3 million years
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS and Patrick Galey
Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, delivers a speech during the opening of the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, on December 3, 2018. (Janek SKARZYNSKI/AFP)
December 3, 2018, 1:41 pm
World ‘way off course,’ UN warns at crunch climate summit
Host country Poland, which is heavily reliant on energy from coal, is pushing for less aggressive agenda against fossil fuel dependence
By Patrick Galey
Illustrative photo of a scientist working with a microscope. (iStock)
October 2, 2018, 8:21 am
Child abuse leaves ‘molecular scars’ on victims, study finds
Scientists examining sperm of those who suffered from sexual assaults find tiny alteration in some parts of their DNA
By Patrick Galey
Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont leaves after a ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the death of Catalan leader Lluis Companys at the Montjuic Cemetery in Barcelona, October 15, 2017. (AFP/PAU BARRENA)
October 16, 2017, 3:21 pm
Amid uncertainty, Spain gives Catalans 3 days to rethink independence
Separatist leader Puigdemont calls for dialogue with central government; Madrid first wants clear statement the territory is backing off secession
By Marianne Barriaux and Patrick Galey
Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont gives a speech at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona on October 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lluis Gene)
October 10, 2017, 10:09 pm
Catalan leader suspends independence declaration to allow ‘dialogue’
While stopping short of declaring outright secession, Carlos Puigdemont says he has ‘mandate of the people’ to secede from Spain
By Daniel BOSQUE and Patrick Galey
The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen, announces on October 06, 2017 in Oslo, that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the nuclear disarmament group ICAN for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. (AFP PHOTO / NTB Scanpix / Heiko JUNGE )
October 6, 2017, 12:17 pm
Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
Award seen as a message to Trump who wants to rip up Iran agreement, but also no recognition for Iran nuclear deal architects who were the early favorites
By Patrick Galey and TOI staff
Amer, a Syrian refugee who takes weekly English classes at the American Academy in Nicosia, speaks with journalists on November 11, 2014 in the capital of the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. (photo credit: AFP/FLORIAN CHOBLET)
December 1, 2014, 7:46 am
Rescued Syria refugees stranded in Cyprus limbo
After open sea journey, many face tough choice of whether to apply for asylum on island or await a transfer to Europe that may never come
By Patrick Galey
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