Mystery child illness: Cause found: BBC News Review reviews

February 4, 2023



Hepatitis. A recent mysterious outbreak of the liver disease has seriously affected over a thousand young children from 35 countries across the world. Until now, nobody knew why.

But scientists in the UK say the likely cause is two common viruses which came back after Covid lockdowns ended.

Video chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:21 – Story
1:09 – Headline 1: The Sun: Major breakthrough as scientists get to the bottom of mysterious hepatitis outbreak in kids
2:46 – Headline 2: The Mail: Scientists find likely culprit behind mystery child hepatitis outbreak – and Covid itself is NOT to blame
4:29 – Headline 3: The Scientist: Preprints Propose Constellation of Causes for Kids’ Liver Disease
5:55 – Language summary

Key words and phrases

get to the bottom of
discover the truth about a situation

* DNA evidence helped police get to the bottom of the case.
* Who stole my pen? I need to get to the bottom of this.

culprit
the cause of something bad

* Scientists say climate change is the culprit when it comes to heatwaves.
* After the robbery, detectives searched for the culprit.

constellation
a group of related things

* There is a constellation of reasons for global price rises.
* Digital TV offers a constellation of viewing options.

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20 Comments
  1. I don't know what it is about this program that makes me don't wanna miss an episode. The dress code is hyper casual. We can even see the studio lights whose colours are not so studio-y😀. I mean this is a genius level concept 🙌🏾

  2. You are my favorite hosts-teachers on your channel. I only watch your videos. Thank you very much.

  3. USA policy is the culprit for world's deterioration.
    After getting to the bottom of prices rocketing up, it was the World Bank behind it.
    Behind wars and hatred, there is always a constellation of politicians.

  4. when my friends said to me ,he was very liked BBC News ,that time i did not find ,what is the constellation reason .Now I get to the bottom of his like on BBC news Review. I fell very culprit to delay watch BBV News Review.Now there are a constellation reason to watching BBC News.I hope that Everyone will get to the bottom of my expresion

  5. Where is Roy?

  6. tks.

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  8. I love this gorgeous Lady !❤

  9. Thank you so much for making these fantastic videos 🥰🙏💗

  10. get to the bottom of something (infml): find the cause of the particular situation.
    culprit (n): the cause of something bad
    constellation (n) a group of things that are very similar

  11. Thank you for these videos,very helpful 🙏

  12. Wonderful lesson

  13. Reply
    Дарья Усвятская February 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm

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  14. constellation is it formal word?

  15. Reply
    مروة قبرصي February 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Pls would you make videos like this about situational English?

  16. Reply
    مروة قبرصي February 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Lovely program it is both useful and short

  17. Learn bbc learning english when I was 16 and now I am 27.

  18. I ve been following bbc since 2020 .Beleive it is amazing

  19. Reply
    Πετρος Νικου February 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Get to the bottom

  20. Get to the bottom of
    Culprit
    Constellation

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