MPs want more transparency over academy trust bailouts

MPs want more transparency over academy trust bailouts

[ad_1] Influential committee chair warns of ‘unacceptable’ lack of accountability’ Influential committee chair warns of ‘unacceptable’ lack of accountability’ More from this theme Recent articles Ministers should lift the veil of secrecy around how they award million-pound bailouts to struggling academy trusts, say MPs. The public accounts committee has also told the Department for…

New research shows certain exercises can help those with muscular dystrophy

New research shows certain exercises can help those with muscular dystrophy

[ad_1] Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: Public Domain Muscular dystrophy is a debilitating disease that causes the weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles that progressively worsens over time. According to a team…

Russian Journalist, Oksana Baulina Killed During Shelling While Covering Ukrainian Invasion

Russian Journalist, Oksana Baulina Killed During Shelling While Covering Ukrainian Invasion

[ad_1] A Russian journalist, Oksana Baulina, a Russian journalist with the investigative media outlet The Insider, has been killed during her reportage of the crisis in Kyiv, Ukraine.Baulina was killed when Russian troops shelled a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, the media outlet said on Wednesday, according to a report by the International Federation of Journalists…

Smart bra aims to quicken breast cancer diagnosis

Smart bra aims to quicken breast cancer diagnosis

[ad_1] [LAGOS] A smart bra device developed in Nigeria can detect breast cancer early, potentially saving African women long journeys to access screening services, its inventor says. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 129,000 new cases diagnosed in 2020. Only around half of women here live…