An investigation has been launched by a Glasgow hospital after an error led to the wrong body being cremated. The mistaken release of the body by the hospital to the undertakers was only discovered after the funeral service and the cremation had taken place. The error also meant another family were prevented from having their […]
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Busiest Christmas Eve for air travel, says aviation body
Faarea Masud & Simon BrowningBBC News Getty Images The number of passengers passing through UK airports will be the most ever seen on any Christmas Eve since records began in 1972, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. It projects over 335,000 people will be flying in the UK on Wednesday, which is up 5% from […]
How do fevers help the body fight off the flu? : NPR
Fever is part of the immune system’s response to a pathogen, one that’s shared with many animal species. Cavan Images/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Cavan Images/iStockphoto/Getty Images For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it’s good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that […]
Israel receives body of soldier killed in 2014
George Wright and Andre Rhoden-Paul Reuters IDF soldier Hadar Goldin was killed in Gaza in 2014 Israel has received the body of Lt Hadar Goldin, a soldier killed in an ambush by Hamas in 2014 and whose body has been held in Gaza since then. The Israeli military said Lt Goldin, who was 23 when […]
Israel says Hamas returned body of Israeli-US soldier held hostage
Israel has confirmed the latest body of a hostage returned by Hamas via the Red Cross is that of Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen. The 19-year-old’s remains were handed over on Tuesday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump last month. “Following the completion of the identification process… [Israel Defense […]