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When Rob Gibbs started volunteering as a firefighter at the CFA, he was strong both physically and mentally, but 21 years later he’s sitting on the couch at his Cowwarr home feeling like a burden to his family. Key points: Rob Gibbs was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2016 He fought the fire for 15 years and urged firefighters to have regular blood tests The World Health Organization says firefighting is a cancer-causing profession Mr Gibbs, 52, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2016, had one of his legs amputated, and has spent about three of the last five years in hospital. “It’s hard with everything going on with my body. Sometimes you think, why bother?” he says. “If it weren’t for my wife and daughter, I might have left a while ago in all honesty.” Importance of PPE Mr Gibbs has been fighting fires in Gippsland and in metropolitan Melbourne for 15 years and is now encouraging working firefighters to protect themselv...

Doctor’s disgusting experiment proves why you NEVER use a bathroom hand dryer and shake it dry: ‘This is a warning to everyone’ Leading epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding has urged people not to use hand dryers Shared a TikTok video showing the effect of shaking hands compared to a dryer The clip shows that significantly more germs show up in a desiccated petri dish By Bridie Pearson-jones For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:33 PM EDT, July 13, 2022 | Updated: 02:09 EDT, 14 July 2022 A doctor has revealed the disgusting reason why you shouldn’t use a hand dryer and always opt for paper towels or a handshake instead. Epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, who is on the committee of COVID-19 mortality experts for the World Health Organization, shared a TikTok video originally posted by US company Phone Soap showing the effect of drying hands compared to using a hand dryer. In the clip, a man tests var...

Ghana has reported its first suspected case of Marburg virus disease (MVD), after initial samples were taken from two patients who died after showing positive symptoms for the dengue virus. Key points: WHO says it is working with Ghanaian authorities to prepare for a possible outbreak The Ghana Health Service says no new cases have been reported since samples were taken two weeks ago There are 34 people quarantined The samples have been sent to the Pasteur Institute in Senegal, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Collaborative Center, for processing before being officially confirmed as cases. The patients, who were both from the southern Ashanti region but were not related, were showing symptoms including diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting. They were taken to a district hospital in the Ashanti area, but later died. “No new cases have been reported since the two samples were taken two weeks ago,” the Ghana Health Service said in a statement. The service said 34 peop...