8 h. ago Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases

Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections

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8 h. ago Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds

Decline blamed on health inequalities, Covid disruption and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancyMillions of children worldwide are at risk of lethal diseases because vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed amid persistent health inequalities and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy, the largest study of its kind has found.Major progress in rolling out jabs to billions of children in all corners of the globe over the last five decades has prevented the deaths of 154 million children, according to an analysis published in the Lancet. Continue reading...

Events

35 h. ago Scientists make huge dementia breakthrough with everyday activity that may slow or even prevent disease

Incredible new research has uncovered an effective tool that could help slow the progression of dementia and potentially reduce the risk of developing the disease altogether.

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3 d. ago Tourists baffled by British weather slang like 'scorchio' and 'sweaty Betty'

Popular terms like “boiling”, “clammy” and 'taps aff” are leaving millions of tourists who visit the UK dumbfounded. It comes as revellers experience Mediterranean-like temps of 34C in chilly Britain

Society

4 d. ago Every baby’s DNA ‘to be screened’ on the NHS in bid to detect and prevent disease

The investment in genomics is expected to support the Government’s 10-year plan for the NHS

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4 d. ago CDC vaccine panel to review ingredient RFK Jr has targeted for removal

ACIP panel to discuss influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal, which Kennedy called ‘dangerous’ in 2014 bookA key vaccine advisory panel reconstituted by health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr is slated to discuss thimerosal-containing influenza vaccines in its first meeting – an ingredient which has been a fixation of anti-vaccine activists for decades.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will hold two separate votes later this month: one on “influenza vaccines” and one on influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Cervical cancer rates soaring in deprived areas after low vaccine uptake

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed that low vaccine uptake among children is leaving many women vulnerable to cervical cancer.

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5 d. ago Angela Rayner praises ‘amazing’ Independent Brick by Brick campaign as family fleeing abuse get safe haven

Exclusive: The deputy prime minister and housing secretary said helping vulnerable families and children into safe and secure housing ‘is a matter that I hold close to my heart’

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5 d. ago The silent symptoms of liver disease – and ways to prevent it

Liver disease can cause vague symptoms – and reducing your alcohol intake is just one way to prevent it

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5 d. ago London weather: Amber heat health alert warning issued with 'rise in deaths' as capital to swelter in 32C

Health warning issued for all residents as Met Office upgrades temperature forecast for London leaving millions facing uncomfortably warm nights

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5 d. ago London weather: Amber heat health alert warning of 'rise in deaths' as capital to swelter in 32C as heatwave kicks in

Health warning issued for all residents as Met Office upgrades temperature forecast for London leaving millions facing uncomfortably warm nights

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5 d. ago The US supreme court just undermined gender equality | Moira Donegan

The Skrmetti decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on transition-related healthcare for minors deprives children and batters the 14th amendmentBy now, it is a ritual: every June, Americans endure several weeks of agonizing suspense, as we wait to hear how the supreme court will erode our freedoms, attack our dignity, undermine self-government and empower those who enrich themselves at our expense. The court, controlled by career politicians in robes who were hand-selected for their loyalty to the rightwing and their willingness to be wildly intellectually dishonest in pursuit of Republican policy objectives, has ended the right to abortion, desiccated the Voting Rights Act, made state gun regulations nearly impossible and declared the president functionally immune to criminal law. Many of us waited, with a mixture and terror and disgust, to see what cruelties the court would deliver for us in 2025.The justices decided to start by attacking vulnerable children. In a 6-3 split, the court...

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5 d. ago London weather: Capital to swelter in 32C today as heatwave kicks in.. bringing threat of sleepless 'tropical nights'

Met Office upgrades temperature forecast for London leaving millions facing uncomfortably warm nights

Society

6 d. ago Long Island's last duck farm is quacking again after losing its entire flock to the bird flu

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January

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6 d. ago ‘Let them kill us’: millions of Iranians refuse to leave Tehran

Many are staying put in the Iranian capital, despite Israel’s deadly strikes and warnings to evacuate

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6 d. ago Voices: No woman should go to jail for ending a pregnancy – but the abortion law reforms don’t go far enough

This vote to decriminalise abortion was historic and long overdue, says barrister Charlotte Proudman – but if we stop here, we leave millions of women at risk

Events

7 d. ago Congress should be ashamed over helping Trump cut foreign aid, activists say

Campaigners say the US government has been withholding funds for orphans and vulnerable children unlawfully – before a vote in Congress has backed Trump’s move

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7 d. ago Brits urged to wipe windowsills for 30 seconds every day this week

A cleaning expert has issued a warning to Brits to clean their windowsills for 30 seconds every day this week after leaving them open. There are an estimated 10 million hayfever sufferers in the UK

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8 d. ago Salmonella poisoning linked to pistachio cream sickens 4 in Minnesota and New Jersey

Four people have been sickened in two states by salmonella poisoning linked to pistachio cream, a nut butter spread

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8 d. ago Voices: From Uganda to Gaza, Sudan to Ukraine, children are paying the price of a global failure of empathy

On World Refugee Day, we remember that the most vulnerable refugees are children, writes the actress and War Child ambassador Carey Mulligan – those who have lost not only their homes but so often their right to a childhood

Economics