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Devi SridharThe Guardian |
Blink and another year goes by: but 2025 brings a chance for a fresh start, and some reflection on where we have got to and what is to come. I...
As usual, I’m back with cheery topics to get us through the dark, cold winter months. No, I’m not talking about the studies on how dark...
The devastation of hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis or tornadoes is often conveyed by how many people have been injured or killed. And based on...
The announcement that Donald Trump has appointed Robert F Kennedy as the US secretary of health and human services has sent shock waves through the...
Trust me, no one, even in public health or medicine, wants to talk or think about Covid-19. The trauma of those pandemic years is burnt into our...
In February 2023, 13-year-old Hannah Jacobs died from a severe allergic reaction after drinking a hot chocolate from Costa Coffee. Hannah suffered...
The UK government’s plans to restrict junk food ads, ban energy drink sales to children and phase out smoking have been met with a predictable...
In August, a 10-month-old baby in Gaza was partly paralysed from polio, the first confirmed case there in 25 years. The paralysis is probably...
To say yes to that glass of wine or beer, or just get a juice? That’s the question many people face when they’re at after-work drinks, relaxing on...
Since anti-obesity drugs such as semaglutide (branded as Ozempic or Wegovy) have been approved, they have gone from being niche medicines...
In 2002, Sars, a dangerous coronavirus, spread across the world with a fatality rate of around 10%. Although it was contained relatively quickly,...