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The oxford team behind the coronavirus jab has taken a step towards producing a low—cost vaccine for malaria. final stage human trials are due to begin in several african countries. the disease kills around 400,000 people a year, mainly children. in 2016, the uk government signed up to a £500 million a year spending pledge to fight malaria which runs until march 2021. in the lords, peers wanted to make sure that would continue. can the noble lord the minister confirm that the proposed reducti...

Deemed religious services essential during the pandemic. and now some trending stories on foxnews.com. first up, the director at the wuhan china lab where its believed covid-19 originated claims the virus is, quote, the tip of the iceberg. the researcher warning the world will face more pandemics unless it finds new viruses, quote: before they find us. next, three boys were hospitalized after they provoked a black widow spider so they could become spiderman. they have since recovered. finally th...

As our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt reports. antarctica is the most extreme continent on earth. few animals can survive the bitter cold. but one antarctican environment is surprisingly stable — the ocean. but it is cold, minus two celsius. —— minus two celsius. it is the coldest place on earth that marine animals live. the water is right around the freezing temperature of sea water all the time, year—round. so the temperatures are very, very stable. its actually very dif...

Degrees centigrade. its bad news for the extraordinary marine life that lives in the icy waters of the worlds coldest continent. our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, recently returned from antarctica where he met some of the marine biologists leading research into the impact that the changing antarctic environment is having. antarctica is the most extreme continent on earth. few animals can survive the bitter cold. but one antarctican environment is surprisingly stable — the oc...

Is surprisingly stable — the ocean. but it is cold, —2 centigrade. it is the coldest place on earth that marine animals live. the water is right around the freezing temperature of sea water all the time, year—round. so the temperatures are very, very stable. its actually very difficult to function at freezing temperature of sea water because everything goes so slowly, so theyve optimised their metabolisms for that temperature and they have never seen anything warmer than that in millions o...

>> in 2002, larry swearingens attorney discovered evidence that placed larry in jail at the time melissa trotter was killed. >> initially, the state claimed that miss trotter was dead for 25 days. but entomological testing had been done, which is the use of insects to estimate dates of death. >> time of death can be determined by how many insects are on a body. the warmer the temperature, the more insects, and the longer a body has been deceased. >> initially the results were not all that favora...

>> resistance to antibiotics has reached alarming levels. >> were running out of choices. >> what do you see? a lot of sea urchins and some different shells. you want to check as many organisms as possible. >> im going to be of some help here. put on my gloves and put my surgical skills to use. what do you think? you want smaller? >> we could take that but also make the next one smaller so well make several plates i think so. >> if we could harness their unique chemistry, these sea creatures cou...

Money to be made searching for new sources of medicine is that our lives could depend on it. >> so-called super bugs could kill so -- 10 million people. >> were running out of choices. >> what do you see? >> i lot of sea urchins and different shells. you want to check as many organisms as possible. >> im going to be of some help here. put on my gloves and put my surgical skills to use. what do you think? you want smaller? >> we could take that but also make the next one smaller so well make seve...

The health officials said they provided 100 doses of measles vaccines to people on the ship. in tonights episode of chasing life, dr. sanjay gupta looks at northern norway to see how they unlocked the secret to happiness. >> different shells. we want to check as many organism as possible. >> my gloves and put my surgical skills to use. what do you think, you want smaller? >> we can take that, make the next one smaller. we will make several, i think. >> if we can harness their unique chemistry,...

>> we can take them down and make the next one smaller. we can make several. >> if we can harness their unique chemistry, these sea creatures could provide new sources of medicine. everything from vaccines to hiv treatments and anti-cancer drugs. the amazing thing, you have no idea what youre going to find. it could be the plant. it could be the microorganisms inside. whatever it may be, but there could be some great medicine in here for humanity? >> definitely. >> watching "chasing life" with d...