Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears
Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.
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Health news
FDA to revisit approval of "yoga mat" bread ingredient banned in Europe
The FDA is prioritizing the review of some previously approved food additives, including ADA, dubbed the “yoga mat” chemical.
‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO
In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years – the largest fall in recent history according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in … Read More
The Inquiry
What is causing the rise of measles cases around the world?
UC San Francisco's psilocybin therapy shows promise for Parkinson's patients
On a quiet plot of land in rural New Mexico, Jeff Deming feels like he’s really living, once again.
Witness History
In 2013 a new tax was approved in one of the world’s biggest consumers of fizzy drinks
Overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still above pre-pandemic levels
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
Don't be afraid to tell people how you feel – Windass
Former Bradford City striker Dean Windass opens up about dealing with mental health.
World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions
More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur.
Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’
In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit … Read More