‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care home?
Experts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services...
Do you need electrolytes? Will tea cool you down? Is it safe to drink beer? How to stay hydrated in a heatwave
The hotter it gets, the faster our bodies lose water. Obviously, we need to replace it – but is anything better than pla...
Comedian Joanne McNally looks back: ‘In my 20s, my bulimia was spiralling out of control. My breakdown was the making of me’
The Irish standup and writer on three-day benders, her accidental comedy career, and her feral stage personaBorn in Coun...
If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters
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Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign moves to US with allies added to board
Farage, pictured in London last week, is the honorary chair and co-founder of the campaign group. Photograph: Jordan Pe...
Tributes paid to pioneering gynaecological surgeon
Image source, Sher & ShitalImage caption, Professor Christopher Balogun-Lynch died on 15 June peacefully, his family...
Woman found cancer after requesting mammogram at 79
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U.S. pledges generous earthquake relief to Venezuela
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Why is alcohol dangerous in a heatwave, and should I cut it out completely?
Those partial to a pint may be relieved to know a modest of amount of weak beer may actually be beneficialEuropean heatw...
UK government urged to act on ‘devastating’ impact of heatwaves
MPs told current plans fall ‘far short of what is needed’ with many deaths expected and children baking in classroomsUK ...
New study suggests health damage from exposure to Ohio toxic train spill
Research finds immune systems still ‘responding to toxic chemical exposures’ related to East Palestine derailmentIn the ...
Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DRC
Fears over ‘huge, huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of cases and deaths by SeptemberThe where...