Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms

Doctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds.

Invented in 1816, the traditional stethoscope – used to listen to sounds within the body – has been a vital part of every medic’s toolkit for more...

When my mother, Jenny Cox, who has died aged 86 of cancer, was admitted to hospice care, she told staff of her passions: her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, plants and the great outdoors – and her concertinas.

She also brought up an old injustice. An adventurous botanist, in her Jenny had planned to do a PhD on the flora of the inhospitable island of South Georgia, in the south Atlantic....

US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at “artificially low prices”.

The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.

Hundreds of staff gathered outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday to support the public health leaders who resigned, or were fired by the Trump administration, in recent days. Three of the four senior leaders who resigned yesterday, Debra Houry, Demetre Daskalakis and Daniel Jernigan, spoke at the demonstration

CDC in crisis: who are the top officials resigning or being forced...

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.

First global systematic review finds vaccine associated with 18% lower risk of stroke or heart attack in adults

Getting the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke by as much as 20%, according to the first study of its kind.

Shingles is a common condition affecting millions worldwide that causes a painful rash and can lead to serious problems such as deafness,...

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part...

A report from the makers of Claude said the AI tool had been used to commit cyber-attacks and fraud.

Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.

It comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the country had successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) cases...

There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, dubbed ‘AI psychosis’, has raised concerns that features built into large language models may contribute to some users losing touch with reality. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and researcher at King’s College London, about his recent preprint...

The limit would only apply outside of work and study time and no fines would be given if breached

The iPhone maker is pushing back against proposed changes required by the UK competition watchdog

Local media said German lenders had reported millions of suspicious direct debits from the payment firm.

Thousands of people reported problems during what was the latest in a long line of banking IT failures.

Extravagant armour and tail weaponry on Spicomellus afer fossil confound existing theories of how the species evolved

Tank-like physique, bristling with body armour and a collar of spikes the length of golf clubs, Spicomellus afer looks more like a Pokémon creation than a living creature. This bizarre dinosaur roamed the flood planes of what is now north Africa 165 million years ago,...