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Alex Adler and Harry Welsh were warned about the disease when they adopted their puppy, Maggie, last month, but no vaccines were available.

The deadly reason your dog should avoid the communal water bowl

A chronic shortage of vaccines against a bacterial disease spread by rats has frustrated vets and is concerning dog owners.

  • by Angus Dalton
NEWS: Nadine and David with Sasha Lipworth (6) who was diagnosed in October 2023 with an ultrarare genetic mutation called SLC6A1 that causes epilepsy and dementia. She is one of only two people in the world with her particular mutation.

Sasha has a disease so rare, it doesn’t have a name

An ultra-rare genetic mutation has seven-year-old Sasha Lipworth regressing into infancy. Her diagnosis this month gives her a front-row seat to the future of medicine.

  • by Angus Thomson
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