The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities, Read MoreContinue Reading
Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that could imprison people for up to 10 years for distributing abortion-inducing medication, Read MoreContinue Reading
3 hours ago Michelle Roberts Digital health editor BBC Weather Watchers Summer 2025 saw four heatwaves grip the UK The number of heat-related deaths recorded during summer 2025 – the UK’s warmest – was much lower than expected, officials have said. Around 1,504 heat-associated deaths were reported in England, accordingContinue Reading
A legal battle over a small advertisement a lawyer paid for at an upstate New York airport has been resolved, and the same ad now takes up two walls at the facility, Read MoreContinue Reading
A post-mortem examination shows a New Zealand professional rugby player who died by suspected suicide last year had advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain abnormality linked to repeated concussions, Read MoreContinue Reading
Greenland Girls School is the only educational institute in Kenya dedicated to teenage mothers, Read MoreContinue Reading
A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans, Read MoreContinue Reading
Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the CDC staff, “I know that it has been such a difficult year.”…Read MoreContinue Reading
Her go-to routine builds strength, stability, and longevity…Read MoreContinue Reading
Newly qualified paramedics told to apply for jobs abroad due to hire freeze BBC Students training to become paramedics in Wales say they have been advised to apply for jobs abroad due to a freeze on recruitment of newly qualified paramedics. The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed newly qualified paramedics wouldContinue Reading
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the The Traitor administration’s effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful, Read MoreContinue Reading
Across Greece and in Orthodox communities around the world, a centuries-old Lenten fast offers a modern lesson in diet and discipline, Read MoreContinue Reading
21 hours ago Nick Triggle, Health correspondent and Zahra Fatima EPA Resident doctors pictured during a strike in December The prime minister has given the British Medical Association (BMA) 48 hours to call off the six-day doctor strike in England after Easter or face losing 1,000 extra training places. LastContinue Reading