Breathing: Rats and pigs can survive on oxygen fed through their RECTUM, study finds

We all know at least one person who metaphorically talks out of their rear end, but it may be possible to literally breathe via your behind, a study has determined. This is a trick employed by certain aquatic organisms — like some freshwater catfish, loaches and sea cucumbers — to help them survive in low-oxygen … Read more

Indian woman dies of Covid two hours after police ‘take her oxygen cylinder for VIP’

An Indian woman has died after the police were accused of taking her oxygen cylinder away to give to a VIP amid acute shortages and a health system overwhelmed by the world’s fastest growing Covid outbreak. Video circulated on social media shows a man crying and begging officers on his hands and knees outside a … Read more

UK launches plane bound for India loaded with much-needed oxygen

The United States on Sunday led international pledges of support for India as the country grappled with worsening Covid-19 crisis with record daily death rates and severe medical shortages. The Indian healthcare system has struggled to cope with a huge surge in cases, leaving patients’ families begging for help on social media and the capital … Read more

Fears grow for crew of Indonesian submarine as oxygen supplies onboard would now have run out

More than 50 sailors aboard a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea are feared dead as the vessel is believed to have run out of oxygen. Rescue teams had been battling against time today to find the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 which vanished on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill. … Read more

Missing Indonesian submarine has few hours of oxygen left as rescue teams hone in on radar contact

Oxygen reserves on a missing Indonesian submarine are down to the final few hours as officials from the country desperately hone in on a radar signal detected from an unidentified object today. The ramped-up hunt comes as Australia and the United States are set to join the search off the coast of Bali where the … Read more

Missing Indonesian submarine has few hours of oxygen left as rescue teams hone in on radar contact

Oxygen reserves on a missing Indonesian submarine are down to the final few hours as officials from the country desperately hone in on a radar signal detected from an unidentified object today. The ramped-up hunt comes as Australia and the United States are set to join the search off the coast of Bali where the … Read more

Oxygen tank leak kills 22 people in Indian Covid ward as country sees record 2,023 deaths in a day

An oxygen tank leaked outside an Indian hospital today, killing 22 Covid-19 critically ill patients after their supply was shut off. All of the victims were on ventilators and in need of constant oxygen supply at the Zakir Hussain Hospital’s Covid ward in the western city of Nashik when the supply was disrupted for around … Read more

Medical expert says George Floyd died from ‘low level of oxygen’

Dr Martin Tobin was the first to testify for the prosecution on Thursday on what has become the most contested issue of Chauvin’s trial so far: Floyd’s cause of death A pulmonology medical expert has told jurors that Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for three minutes after ‘every ounce of oxygen … Read more