In Talking to Parents About Vaccines, Pediatricians Navigate a Sea of Misinformation
Practitioners nationwide are striving to do what’s best for children’s health, while staying supportive in the face of mistrust and confusion.
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Mother given wrong antibiotics died from sepsis
Bank cashier Aleisha Rochester died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess.
‘My daughter died in her sleep, with no warning’
Jo-Ann Burns says her daughter Nicola wasn’t told about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.
Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn
Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.
Dr Xand on the wellness benefits of knitting
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Black Rain and Health Fears After Strikes on Iran Fuel Depots
Health experts warn of long-term respiratory and neurological risks as smoke from burning oil spreads across the region.
Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands
Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.
Are more people cutting off their parents?
Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum.
‘I’m in constant pain’ – woman harmed by vaginal mesh urges action on redress scheme
Susan McLarnon is travelling to Downing Street later to call for “urgent action” to be taken on redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh implants.
F.D.A. Opens Door to More Flavored E-Cigarettes
The agency is proposing allowing other tastes for vapes, like mint, coffees, spices or tea, to appeal to adults. At the same time, illicit candy-flavored types aimed at teenagers have flooded the market.
Viral Outbreaks Take a Common Path from Animals to People, Study Finds
Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab accidents.
Sent 90 miles after giving birth while ‘soaked in urine’
Four days after giving birth, Lizzy Berryman’s psychosis forced her to be taken from York to Derby for specialist care.
NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s
The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.
Divisive F.D.A. Vaccine Regulator Resigns
Dr. Vinay Prasad drew criticism for decisions that overrode agency scientists and rejected potential drugs.
Tory peer quits after Lords probe into PPE deals
It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic.
Demand for SA’s Ozempic-type drug EXPLODES, sales set to exceed R1.3bn
Demand for weight-loss drugs is surging in SA, with Mounjaro set to exceed R1.3bn in sales as Aspen eyes expansion into Africa.
From 2001: Beate Uhse, 81, Entrepreneur in the Business of Erotic Goods
She developed Europe’s biggest emporium of erotic goods and opened a three-story sex museum in Germany.
‘Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives’
A health campaigner says women’s relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.
No health warnings? Vapes may get different treatment under new tobacco law
Parliament is debating how vapes and smokeless products should be regulated under South Africa’s proposed new tobacco control law.
Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be ‘societal failure’, says Chris Whitty
England’s top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.
How to use AI tools to support our wellbeing in safe and simple ways
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