Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy James Gallagher and Michelle RobertsBBC HealthMPs will investigate the sexual harassment and sexual assault of female surgeons taking place within the NHS. BBC News... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Alastair Fee & Ben MooreBBC NewsA high-profile government climbdown which legalised a type of cannabis medicine on the NHS five years ago misled patients, campaigners say.It was thought the ... More »
Published12 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsAt least 177 environmental activists were killed across the world last year, a report by the non-governmental organisation Global W... More »
More than 300 British politicians have been trained in mindfulness in the last decade, new estimates have suggested, sparking fresh calls for a meditation room to be installed in parliament.About 120 MPs, including Tracey Crouch, the Conservative former minist... More »
While the extinction affected some flower species, most lineages survived and the catastrophe may have helped them become a dominant form of plant life.When a mountain-size slab of space rock rammed into the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, the fallout ... More »
Everyone aged 6 months and older should get at least one dose, the agency said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Tuesday that all Americans 6 months and older receive at least one dose of the latest Covid shots, the last of a trifec... More »
New cases say fear and confusion about abortion bans in three states are causing doctors and hospitals to deny medically necessary abortions.Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her j... More »
Last week’s disaster raises questions that also emerged in Maui, Greece and other hard-hit places. Is the presence of tourists a hindrance? Or can visitors, and the revenue they bring in, help?Some of the world’s most popular tourist destinations — Turkey, Gre... More »
There is no safe level of lead. The naturally occurring metal is so toxic that the Environmental Protection Agency began banning its use in paint and gasoline in the 1970s, following the lead of other countries. Since then, a growing body of research has confi... More »
Susanna Gibson, a Democratic nominee for a competitive seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, toppled a previously untouched political taboo this week when the Washington Post fairly reported that she and her husband had performed sex acts on the online foru... More »
/ There are a variety of ways you can sell or give away items you no longer need — such as old Lightning cables — without resorting to the local dump.By Barbara Krasnoff, a reviews editor who manages how-tos. She’s worked as an editor and writer for almost 40 ... More »
Apple revealed its upcoming iPhone 15 lineup on Tuesday, and all four new phones will incorporate a USB-C port instead of Lightning. Backbone, the maker of the Backbone One controller that snaps onto a phone for handheld gaming, says it's updating the accessor... More »