Parents of toddlers battling cystic fibrosis have today told how they fear their kids will be denied a ‘miracle’ drug on the NHS, with one mother terrified that it may be cruelly ‘snatched away’ from her 19-month-old daughter.
Kaftrio was this week approved for all children aged two and above, giving hope to hundreds of families affected by the incurable disorder.
Studies have shown it can extend the life-expectancy of sufferers by 30 years.
Yet, despite its life-changing benefits, NHS
Seven years is a long time to wait for your carrier service to deliver a package. That’s how long it’s been since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set off to gather rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu. But the package is now nearly out for delivery.
On September 24, the spacecraft will fly near Earth and drop off a capsule containing material collected from Bennu in October 2020 — if all goes well (SN: 10/21/20).
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Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the threshold will remain at 50 percent.
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Sir Andrew Dilnot launched a scathing attack on potential moves by Rishi Sunak’s Government to push back a policy aimed at preventing pensioners from selling their homes to pay “catastrophic care costs”. Sir Andrew, who as chair of the Dilnot Commission on the Funding of Care and Support masterminded a cap on care costs 12 years ago, said he would be “astonished and very, very disgusted” if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces a
As the highly-anticipated adaptation of Sally Rooney’s steamy novel Conversations with Friends hits the small screen tonight, the show’s star-studded cast are sure to be poised for superstardom.
After Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal enjoyed global fame following the wildly popular adaptation of Normal People, fans are desperate to see which how the next cast of actors bring the authors work to life.
Leading the cast of the adaptation is Taylor Swift’s actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn, 31, Girls star Jemima
The Ukrainian state security service has officially reported that a rocket arrack on Zhytomyr Airport – located some 93 miles west of Kiev – was launched from the territory of Belarus.
Belarusian special forces were seen loading onto airplanes in preparation for an air assault on Kyiv in what could be a widening of the war, military sources stated.
Ukrainian intelligence has reportedly learned from within Belarus that ‘special ops’ troops have been spotted loading up planes for a major
