United Kingdom Health News API

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            "title": "I'm on six different NHS waiting lists - it's taking over my life",
            "description": "Amy-Jane Davies is one of 713,048 people in Wales waiting for any type of NHS treatment.",
            "content": "Amy-Jane Davies is on six NHS waiting lists, and says constantly chasing for updates is taking over her life.\nShe's waited 21 months for gynaecological surgery, which she said will likely result in her being referred for a more specialist operation -... [6668 chars]",
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            "title": "Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells",
            "description": "Identifying viruses with zoonotic potential on the basis of their ability to enter human cells is a critical component of pandemic prediction, prevention and preparedness. Here using a computational approach that retains maximum phylogenetic diversity, we selected an optimal subset of alphacoronavirus spike proteins to screen against broad coronavirus receptor libraries. Most of the selected spike proteins did not use any of the established coronavirus receptors. However, the pseudotyped spike protein of Cardioderma cor (heart-nosed bat) coronavirus KY43 (CcCoV-KY43) could enter human cells. Using a recombinant CcCoV receptor-binding domain (RBD) and a human receptor screening platform, we identified direct interactions with the human CEACAM proteins CEACAM3, CEACAM5 and CEACAM6. Overexpression of human CEACAM6—a protein widely expressed in the human lung—conferred permissivity to otherwise refractory human cells. A crystal structure showed that the RBD binds the amino-terminal IgV-like domain of human CEACAM6. Immune surveillance studies using sera of individuals from the Taveta region of Kenya, where CcCoV-KY43 was identified, did not show significant evidence of recent spillover. Wider characterization of alphacoronaviruses related to CcCoV-KY43 showed that human CEACAM6 is used by two other CcCoVs collected in Kenya. Moreover, there was more restricted nonhuman CEACAM6 tropism for viruses isolated from Rhinolophus bats from Russia and China. Thus, alphacoronaviruses that use CEACAM6 are probably geographically widespread, and viruses from East Africa show potential for transmission to humans. Human CEACAM6, which is widely expressed in the lung, is identified as a receptor used by the spike proteins of Cardioderma cor (heart-nosed bat) alphacoronaviruses to enter cells.",
            "content": "CcCoV-KY43 was isolated from a bat collected in a rural setting: an artisanal mine in southeastern Kenya18 (Fig. 4a). C. cor is naturally distributed across Eastern Africa30. However, more granular population distribution data for Kenya are currently... [41802 chars]",
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            "title": "'Deeply loved' North East dad died after surgery went wrong and led to sepsis",
            "description": "An inquest has resumed into the death of Sunderland dad Neil Pentland",
            "content": "A \"deeply-loved\" Houghton-le-Spring dad died at just 53 after an operation went wrong at Sunderland Royal Hospital. Neil Pentland, an engineer, fell ill with a bowel condition called diverticulitis in April 2025.\nAfter initially receiving advice from... [6311 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/deeply-loved-north-east-dad-33819433",
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