Lucy Letby’s new expert supporters claim no babies were deliberately harmed. Who should we believe?
Barrister Mark McDonald claims to have the backing of a panel of world class experts who say there is no evidence any babies were deliberately harmed
Health
Is Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?
A small, preliminary study found that marathoners were much more likely to have precancerous growths. Experts aren’t sure why.
Wellbeing walking maps to encourage green travel
The illustrated walking maps guide people along four car-free routes in and around Tewkesbury.
Trump’s Get-Tough Approach on Homelessness May Sweep Up Veterans
The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story.
‘Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD’
Charlotte Chapman-Hart tells of her experience of a lack of uncoordinated and informed care.
‘Pip tick-box system is not targeting the right people’
A chef with kidney failure calls for Pip assessments to change after he was refused the benefit twice.
Cases of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Are Surging Globally: What to Know
Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.
Art charity ‘buzzing’ to move into new £75m campus
Art Shape works with the NHS to deliver creative courses as prescriptions.
The life-changing gene therapy that can restore vision
Andrew had known since childhood that one day he would lose his sight. He donated his skin cells to researchers working on a treatment, hoping for a breakthrough not just for himself, but also for his daughter…
Warning issued over branded kids’ magnesium gummies
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.
Baby did not die due to mouldy flat, coroner finds
Akram Mohammed died of various infections but his parents previously blamed their living conditions.
The Madden Sisters Don’t Want to Be Institutionalized
Medicaid pays for most of the in-home care that lets disabled Americans live independently. Will coming cuts put that care in jeopardy?
‘Chemo wrecked my teeth, I can’t afford treatment’
Faye Woodley says dental care in the UK “feels like we’re going back to Victorian times”.
A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash
Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young children by nearly half, a new study found.
Bindi Irwin ‘genuinely healing’ after 13 years of endometriosis pain
Her story has reignited conversations about the condition that affects about one in ten women.
‘Broken and burnt out’: Nurse lifts lid on staffing at children’s cancer unit
A whistleblower who resigned as a nurse from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children says staff shortages at a cancer unit are not new.
Why Wildfire Fighters Are Getting Dangerously Sick
The U.S. Forest Service has been sending out crews to fight fires without the recommended masks for decades. Hannah Dreier, a New York Times investigative reporter, reveals the dangerous and sometimes deadly repercussions of sending firefighters into the field unprotected.
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.
Hiker in Tennessee Who Picked Up a Venomous Snake Dies After Being Bitten
While thousands of people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, deaths are uncommon, according to the authorities.
MAHA Draft Report Brings Relief to Some, Chagrin to Others
A draft of an upcoming White House report on children’s health was not as harsh toward the agriculture industry as some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies had hoped.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.