After being severely disfigured by her pet Labrador, Dinoire was given a new nose, chin and lips in a groundbreaking, 15-hour operation, led by doctors Bernard Devauchelle and Jean-Michel Dubernard in the Amiens hospital. When she first appeared in public with her new face four months later, her speech was slurred and a scar clearly visible but the fact that she could speak to reporters of having a “face like everyone else” and almost smile was seen as a medical breakthrough. … [Read more...] about French woman, who got world’s first face transplant dies, at 49
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Man held in China for ‘rumours’ about PLA border deaths
“Authorised by the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and sponsored by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) News Media Center, China Military Online is the only official English-language military news website of the Chinese Armed Forces and an important platform for building up the online international communication capacity of the Chinese military,” the website says. … [Read more...] about Man held in China for ‘rumours’ about PLA border deaths
Donald Trump says he’ll order unemployment payments if impasse persists
Friday’s talks took place after Labor Department reported a 1.76 million jump in payrolls in July, beating most estimates. The unemployment rate fell to 10.2%, still higher than at the peak of the Great Recession in 2009. And higher-frequency data are turning more negative, as businesses use up the last of their federal loans and reduced jobless benefits pressure consumer spending. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says he’ll order unemployment payments if impasse persists
‘No way we can rebuild’: Lebanese count huge losses after Beirut blast
“There is no way we can rebuild this house. Where is the state?” Tony Abdou, an unemployed 60-year-old, sitting in the family home in Gemmayze, a district that lies a few hundred metres from the port warehouses where highly explosive material was stored for years, a ticking time bomb next to a densely populated area. … [Read more...] about ‘No way we can rebuild’: Lebanese count huge losses after Beirut blast
Study finds asymptomatic Covid-19 patients spread virus similar to symptomatic ones
The study is also among the first few to distinguish between pre-symptomatic Covid-19 patients with the asymptomatic ones. Previously, it was found that an estimated 30 percent of Covid-19 patients never develop symptoms. Asymptomatic patients, however, were reported to test negative for the virus sooner when compared to patients with symptoms. … [Read more...] about Study finds asymptomatic Covid-19 patients spread virus similar to symptomatic ones
