February 9, 2025
Health & Fitness
February 9, 2025
Woman evicted from NHS hospital ward after being s…
Adam Eley and Alison Holt, social affairs editor BBC News BBC Jessie, her face blurred for privacy, in the hospital bed where she lived for 18 months “I feel very angry, upset, worthless, and
February 9, 2025
Can you health hack your immune system?
Emma Lynch/BBC Braving the 3.9C water on a winter morning at the west reservoir in London It is a cold morning in the depths of winter. And I feel like I’ve left my sanity
February 8, 2025
Breakthrough vaccine boosts immune system to battl…
A representational image of a health worker in a lab. — Unsplash/File Researchers have found that a small vaccine, currently in its early trial, can mobilise the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers.
February 8, 2025
Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt …
For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime
February 8, 2025
A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity
Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part of the whole shift to a more casual lifestyle,” said Timothy Jay, a professor
February 8, 2025
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Milli…
Funds from the world’s richest nation once flowed from the largest global aid agency to an intricate network of small, medium and large organizations that delivered aid: H.I.V. medications for more than 20 million
February 7, 2025
A Sick Inmate in New York Is Freed After Suing Ove…
A sick man was released from a New York prison on Friday after suing the state for keeping him long past his parole date. Steve Coleman, who is 67 and has advanced kidney disease,
February 7, 2025
New York Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close After …
All live bird markets in New York City and in several nearby counties must close temporarily in hopes of curbing the spread of bird flu, which was detected at some of the markets in
February 7, 2025