20 h. ago Capital Breakfast's Chris Stark reflects on 'positive impact' of his testicular cancer diagnosis

The radio host underwent surgery and chemotherapy to remove and prevent the cancer

Science

39 h. ago Shampoo recalled because of deadly Klebsiella oxytoca bacteria

Bottles of Tel Italy shampoo have tested positive for Klebsiella oxytoca in the US, in a second recall for a Tec Italy product

Events

67 h. ago Former Arsenal star sidelined with 'active tuberculosis' as club issue statement

PSV Eindhoven have confirmed veteran centre-forward Lucas Perez is out of action after testing positive for tuberculosis with club quick to ensure infection does not spread in title-challenging squad

Politics

1 week ago Damning report lays bare shocking levels of drugs, violence and self

Inspectors found the prison had the highest rate of positive drugs test among women's jails in the UK and the second highest levels of self-harm

Events

1 week ago Positive drug test results at HMP Styal highest in women’s estate – inspectors

The rate of self-harm was the second highest at HMP Styal of all 12 women’s prisons.

Events

2 w. ago Paul Pogba confirms he is 'back' after Man Utd legend tipped Old Trafford return

Paul Pogba initially received a four-year ban from football after testing positive for a banned substance, before having it reduced to 18 months following an appeal - and the ex-Manchester United star can now return to football

Economics

2 w. ago Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand

Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformationAs measles cases continue to grow in Texas and New Mexico, with a second death, an unvaccinated adult, reported on Thursday, some Texas cities are seeing shortages amid soaring demand for the highly effective vaccine and as the top US health official, Robert F Kennedy Jr, sows disinformation and mistrust about vaccines.Ann and Paul Clancy were picking up medications at their local Walgreens in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday and decided to ask the pharmacist about getting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Unvaccinated New Mexico resident dies after testing positive for measles

This would be the second death from measles this year. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced criticism for his handling of the outbreak.

Events

3 w. ago Second potential death from measles outbreak after unvaccinated New Mexico resident dies

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced criticism for his handling of outbreak

Events

3 w. ago California officials encouraging residents to eat invasive rodents

Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meatWildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive species’ population.The nutria, a large, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, is threatening the state’s ecosystems by destroying habitats and outcompeting native wildlife. The nutria’s harmful impacts have prompted wildlife officials to promote hunting and consumption as possible solutions. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Idaho murders trial rocked by curveball DNA evidence found under victim's fingernails

In a new bombshell court document, Bryan Kohberger's defense team reveals DNA testing of Madison Mogen's fingernail clippings came back positive for three mystery individuals.

Events

3 w. ago Jannik Sinner’s pointed Indian Wells absence leaves door open for rivals

Banned world No 1 casts a shadow as tour returns to tournament at which sequence of events began that led to punishmentEarly on during his stay in the Californian desert a year ago, Giacomo Naldi allegedly reached into his treatment bag one morning and accidentally brushed his left finger across the blade of a scalpel used to remove calluses, immediately drawing blood. Two days later, after Naldi had removed the bandage from his finger, his colleague Umberto Ferrara suggested he use the over-the-counter ointment Trofodermin to treat his healing wound.Naldi and Ferrara were in Indian Wells as Jannik Sinner’s physio and fitness trainer respectively. According to Sinner and his team, as Naldi began to use the ointment to treat his wound while also conducting his daily treatment on Sinner without gloves and Sinner undertook two doping tests in the subsequent two weeks, these events put into motion the most high-profile anti-doping case in tennis history as he twice tested positive. Cont...

Politics

3 w. ago Bristol XL Bully attack: Major update after teen girl killed as £7,000 raised

Morgan Dorsett, 19, described as a "truly beautiful girl", died after being attacked by a vicious XL Bully at a residence in Bristol last Wednesday night

Events

3 w. ago Almost 150 Royal Navy crew kicked off nuclear subs in just six years after they tested positive for illegal drugs

More than 145 crew members serving on Britain's elite multi billion pound submarine fleet have been sacked in the last six years for failing drugs tests.

Events

3 w. ago EXCLUSIVE: Upminster care home resident, 91, died 'after catheter got blocked'

EXCLUSIVE: Upminster care home resident, 91, died 'after catheter got blocked'  Romford Recorder

Events

3 w. ago Second US company recalls pet food as bird flu spreads to cats through tainted meat

Cats in two states tested positive after eating raw food from Wild Coast Raw, which issued voluntary recallAs the bird flu outbreak continues gaining force in the US, a second company selling raw pet food issued a voluntary recall after cats from two different households in Oregon contracted H5N1 from the tainted meat earlier this month.Two more cats in different households in Washington state have tested positive for bird flu after eating the same brand of raw pet food nearly two weeks after the recall, officials announced on Wednesday. One cat was euthanized, while the other remains under veterinary care. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds

Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people

Politics

4 w. ago LAX on red alert as foreign traveler brings in deadly disease and infects unknown number

A passenger arriving on a Korean Air flight from Seoul to the US tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory illness.

Events

4 w. ago Triathlete blames bonking for doping ban as statement issued on 'intimate relationship'

Swiss triathlete Imogen Simmonds has blamed failing a doping test on bonking after she tested positive for Ligandrol, a banned substance in December

Politics

4 w. ago Coronation Street fans 'rumble' Daisy Midgeley's real baby daddy after scan and say it 'wouldn't surprise them'

It's now been a number of weeks since Daisy was surprised on Christmas Day having taken a positive pregnancy test

Politics