Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat,...
Read MoreThe pioneering Japanese artist talked openly about how her mental health and neurodivergence informed her creativity, paving the way for the likes of Turner prize winner Nnena KaluYayoi Kusama – who has died at the age of 97 –...
Read MoreDiscussing people’s bodies can be fraught. We asked eating disorder experts how to do so – or not – responsiblyIn the age of Ozempic and people being open about plastic surgery, discussion about people’s bodies is rife. At the...
Read More‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of free school mealsThree-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rules on food offered to pupils by serving chips,...
Read MoreUKHSA says imported eggs eaten in restaurants are source of outbreak that has infected more than 200 peopleContaminated eggs have infected 207 people with salmonella across the UK, killing one and hospitalising 34.Eggs imported...
Read MoreMother of Billy Caldwell, who has severe epilepsy, celebrates son’s story while pushing for better access to prescription cannabis for families who need itWhen Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A...
Read MoreDecades after being sexually abused, the author and doctor Frank Spinelli believed he had moved on emotionally. But alcohol destroyed his sense of security. He describes how he confronted his shameNot so long ago, Frank Spinelli...
Read MoreIt’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity servicesIt is hard to find the words to describe the agony for those who have...
Read MoreThere are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who refuse to take them...
Read MoreHow can our understanding of mortality shape the way we live? Palliative care doctors and death doulas share the lessons they have learnedWe will all face death one day, but our attitude towards this is individual. How can our...
Read MoreBiological factors mean a child’s core temperature rises faster than an adult’s – and that can result in a medical emergencyChildren and babies are more vulnerable in heatwaves than healthy adults. As temperatures rise again,...
Read MorePM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the...
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