Kat Lay

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Kat Lay

Kat Lay

@katlay

Global health correspondent at The Guardian

London Katılım Ağustos 2008
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Kaya Burgess@kayaburgess·
NEW:🚨 We finally know how the pandemic began! (No, not that one) The extremely surprising role of volcanoes in causing the Black Death to spread to medieval Europe and wipe out half the continent's population 🌋🦠 thetimes.com/uk/science/art…
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Kaamil Ahmed@KaamilAhmed·
When I last spoke to Mohamed Douda, he said RSF fighters were searching for him and threatening him online. When they seized El Fasher last week, where he was hiding, they killed him. These are some of our conversations during his final months alive. theguardian.com/global-develop…
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🚨 Imposter alert 🚨 Studies into everything from cancer and HIV being plagued by "fraudulent" participants Includes people pretending to have the diseases It's undermining the reliability of trials and potentially harming patients Stark warning here: thetimes.com/uk/science/art…
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Saleh A.Binshamlan@Swil3h·
Proud to work with @katlay on this piece. I saw myself how aid cuts in Yemen leave mothers without care and families without answers. Grateful to those who shared their stories. Please read. theguardian.com/global-develop…
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Kaya Burgess@kayaburgess·
Who'd want to be Archbishop of Canterbury?! We'll soon find out who's got the job But how are they chosen? Who's in the frame? And what happens next? Is there any conclave-style ceremony to it? Peer behind the cloak of confidentiality, as I explain all: thetimes.com/uk/religion/ar…
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Kat Lay@katlay·
More children and teens worldwide are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that blames increasing levels of junk food in their diets theguardian.com/global-develop…
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Kaya Burgess@kayaburgess·
NEW: How a plague of 'mirror bacteria' could wipe out all life on Earth 🦠💀🌍 Creating microbes in the lab with ‘backwards’ molecules could lead to wonder drugs — or kill all living things on the planet. Is it worth the risk? Click here to read⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/science/art…
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Kaya Burgess@kayaburgess·
Perfect combo of my two roles as Science and Religious Affairs Correspondent at @TheTimes ⚛️✝️ Pope Leo hails "remarkable" James Webb Space Telescope Says it has revealed wonders that the "authors of ancient scriptures" could only dream of Read here: thetimes.com/uk/religion/ar…
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Grow a 'baby in a bag' ? 🚼🎒 Most Brits are strongly opposed to use of artificial wombs outside the mother for developing foetuses. Apart from Gen Z, who back it. Public *does* support concept when mother or baby's life is at risk, however 👇⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/science/art…
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African countries' health systems risks ‘collapse in next few years’, according to Dr Githinji Gitahi, who said a focus on infectious diseases had left conditions like heart disease and diabetes to soar theguardian.com/global-develop…
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