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In 2018, during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong, Jiankui He shocked the world by announcing the birth of two children whose genomes he had edited using CRISPR technology. Following widespread condemnation and a criminal investigation, he was sentenced to 3 (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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League tables are addictive. From football to motorsport, tennis to golf, we relish following who is up and who is down. Understandably so, given that sport is fiercely competitive between individuals and teams. But universities? Provosts and Presidents of our greatest higher education (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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WHO's dismissal of Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific, could pressure WHO leadership to take decisive action in other misconduct cases. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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The legacy of the US-led invasion is still being felt across Iraqi society. Shawn Yuan reports from Baghdad. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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A new report to the UN Human Rights Council outlines how violence is worsening health and humanitarian programmes. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, 2023, will have lasting health and humanitarian impacts. Current estimates indicate more than 50 000 people have died and over 100 000 people have been injured. Thousands of buildings and much infrastructure are destroyed, with millions of people (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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Paediatrician, virologist, and co-developer of measles vaccine. Born in Manchester, NH, USA, on May 29, 1927, he died in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, on Oct 31, 2022 aged 95 years. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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“The UN's failure to act quickly to save Syrian lives in the face of a humanitarian catastrophe is utterly shameful and should be a stain on its conscience.”1 Raed Al Saleh, The White Helmets (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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BMI is a calculation of height and weight to identify a person's weight status.1 BMI is calculated by a person's weight in kilograms (or pounds) divided by the square of height in metres (or feet).1 The BMI ranges are underweight (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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The incidence of mass shootings in the USA continues to increase; more than 45 000 total gun deaths occurred in 2020 alone, the most on record for years with full data available.1 These statistics highlight increasing gun violence, one of the primary contributors to blood shortages. Patients (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
00:00[Correspondence] Chlordecone (Kepone) poisoning in the French Territories in the Americas -
Dabor Resiere, Jonathan Florentin, Hatem Kallel, Rishika Banydeen, Ruddy Valentino, Moustapha Dramé, José-Louis Barnay, Papa Gueye, Bruno Mégarbane, Hossein Mehdaoui, Rémi Neviere, Toxicological Research Group on chlordecone at the University Hospital of Martinique
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For more than 40 years, two French territories in the Americas, Martinique and Guadeloupe, have been confronted with one of the biggest environmental scandals in Caribbean history due to the use of an organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (also known under the brand name Kepone), in banana (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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Purba AK, Henderson M, Baxter A, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV. To what extent does time spent on social media influence adolescent use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: a longitudinal analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Lancet 2022; 400: S73—In this Meeting Abstract, the reference category (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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Schöley J, Karlinsky A, Kobak D, Tallack C. Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates. Lancet 2023; 401: 431–32—The appendices of this Correspondence have been updated as of March 16, 2023. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our ward with fever and respiratory failure. 3 weeks earlier she had been treated with ciprofloxacin for a urinary tract infection, caused by Escherichia coli; she had a history of diabetes. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))