United Kingdom Health News API

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            "description": "Socializing at a young age helps to develop greater diversity in their microbiota, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria.",
            "content": "A large proportion of a baby’s developing microbiota comes from their peers at nursery, even after just one month of attendance, an analysis has found.\nThe study, published today in Nature1, analysed the gut microbiomes of infants during their first ... [2593 chars]",
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            "description": "Luke Abrahams, 20, had a throat infection and severe leg pain in the lead up to his death",
            "content": "A patient died from a flesh-eating virus after doctors dismissed his symptoms as tonsillitis and sciatica, an inquest heard.\nLuke Abrahams, 20, passed away from sepsis and necrotising fasciitis at Northampton General Hospital on Jan 23 2023.\nAn inque... [3044 chars]",
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            "title": "Brain tumour student’s family raising £200k for Germany treatment",
            "description": "University student, Alex Warwick, 23, from Weymouth was diagnosed with a brain tumour in May.",
            "content": "The family of a 23-year-old student with a brain tumour is hoping to raise £200,000 to to pay for potentially life-saving treatment for him in Germany.\nAlex Warwick from Weymouth was taken to A&E by friends studying medicine with him at university in... [1534 chars]",
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