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Coffee no longer believed to cause cancer

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Some good news came out of France for people who like coffee but don’t like getting cancer: your fancy brewed cup is no longer considered a carcinogen.

Nearly two dozen scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, released their findings in a paper published Wednesday in The Lancet Oncology, an academic journal.

While the news for coffee drinkers was mostly good, those who enjoy scalding hot beverages of any variety were not so lucky.

“These results suggest that drinking very hot beverages is one probable cause of (esophageal) cancer and that it is the temperature, rather than the drinks themselves, that appears to be responsible,” Dr Christopher Wild, director of the agency, said in a press release.

Specifically, the researchers found that drinks at or above roughly 150 degrees increase the cancer risk. The hotter the drink, the greater the risk, according to the agency.

Drinking cold maté, researchers found, was perfectly fine.

As for coffee, Wednesday’s classification marks just the latest in a 25-year back-and-forth that began when the agency flagged it as a possible carcinogen in 1991. Since then, conflicting studies have said coffee definitely causes cancer, helps prevent cancer or none of the above.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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