3 d. ago Urgent health alert this afternoon as virus cases surge with over

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an urgent warning after norovirus cases jumped 47% in two weeks - with vital hygiene advice to stop the spread

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3 d. ago Trump administration slashes funding for substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide

The Trump administration has made significant cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs

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4 d. ago Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action

Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul NurseThe president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk’s association with the body by arguing that fellows should only be ejected for fraud or other defects in their research.In an interview with the Guardian, Paul Nurse defended the academy’s decision not to take action against Musk – who was elected a fellow in 2008 – despite claims the tech billionaire had violated its code of conduct, including by his role in slashing US research funding as part of the US “department of government efficiency”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Flood warnings issued across Scotland amid heavy rain and melting snow

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued a number of warnings and alerts.

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7 d. ago Scotland issued widespread flood warnings amid heavy rain and melting snow

Scotland's environment agency Sepa issued 14 alerts - including two red warnings - as the Met Office downgraded a weekend warning for further snow.

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7 d. ago Scots face weather warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind throughout Sunday

Meanwhile, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has nine flood warnings.

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9 d. ago Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump

Deep funding cuts under President Donald Trump will make it more difficult for struggling communities to get help to fix sewer systems that put health and homes at risk

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1 week ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed over US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

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1 week ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed in US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

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1 week ago Elderly drivers over the age of 70 have to have their sight checked every three years by law under new plans

Motorists aged 70 and above can no longer self-report visual diseases to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ( DVLA) after coroners warned the system could be abused.

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1 week ago What is cereulide, the food poisoning toxin linked to baby formula

The Food Standards Agency has issued an urgent 'not safe' warning to parents

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1 week ago Nestlé baby formula warning as urgent alert issued over food poisoning fears

The Food Standards Agency has warned parents not to use specific batches of Nestlé's SMA infant formula over potential contamination concerns

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1 week ago Nestlé recalls SMA baby formula products over food poisoning concerns

The Food Standards Agency has warned parents and carers not to feed infants or young children with the affected products as a precaution

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2 w. ago Tens of thousands of mothers are bleeding to death giving birth. Aid cuts are denying them a solution

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when Donald Trump’s aid cuts hit. Rachel Schraer speaks to health workers about the dire consequences

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2 w. ago Met Office 'risk to life' warning as 40cm snow to blanket UK with blizzards

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow and ice, with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warning of a possible increase in deaths after issuing more severe warnings across England

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2 w. ago US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts

Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demandsThe $2bn (£1.5bn) of aid the US pledged this week may have been hailed as “bold and ambitious” by the UN but could be the “nail in the coffin” in changing to a shrunken, less flexible aid system dominated by Washington’s political priorities, aid experts fear.After a year of deep cuts in aid budgets by the US and European countries, the announcement of new money for the humanitarian system is a source of some relief, but experts are deeply concerned about demands that the US has imposed on how the money should be managed and where it can go. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jacinda Ardern steps in to rescue project saving mothers during childbirth in wake of Trump’s aid cuts

Aid workers describe the move by New Zealand’s former prime minister as ‘a moment of believing that there was going to be light at the end of the tunnel’

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2 w. ago Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration

Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month

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2 w. ago Met Office urges Brits in 79 areas to prepare three essential items for 90 hours

The Met Office is urging Brits in 79 areas to prepare essential items over the coming days as the national weather agency issued a series of new warnings for snow and ice

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2 w. ago Drug gangs pose grave threat to European security, agency warns

Scale of Europe’s narcotics crisis ‘not even possible to imagine’, says EUDA director Alexis Goosdeel

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