Smoking could be banned in UK’s pub gardens and outdoor restaurants
Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants, outside hospitals and at sports grounds in the UK under tighter restrictions being considered by...
NSW health minister apologises to women failed by maternity care after birth trauma inquiry
The New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, has apologised to women who were failed by the maternity care they received, as the government...
Food allergy diagnoses in England doubled in a decade, say researchers
The number of people diagnosed with food allergies in England has more than doubled in a decade and a third of those with life-threatening...
A moment that changed me: I donated my kidney to a stranger – and felt like a failure
I woke up from the surgery sobbing. As the anaesthesia wore off, I croaked: “Did I really do it?” It was 2019, and I...
Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics
Vape products redesigned to avoid a legislative crackdown on single-use devices may do little to dent the environmental scourge of e-cigarette waste, experts have...
How paddleboarding conquered Britain: the delights and dangers of the nation’s fastest-growing sport
Pamela Muirhead had been looking forward to her first paddleboarding session, but the enjoyment lasted all of seven minutes. “Then, pure terror,” she says....