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The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown.In…

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Global health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and…

In an underground shelter in Kherson, probably the most dangerous city in Ukraine, children are chasing each other between plastic chairs. Outside,mortars, artillery and drones fly…

Violence and abuse by patients against staff in GP clinics is widespread globally and usually triggered by long waiting times and the refusal to prescribe requested…

“Dead customers don’t shop.” That was the bald business case Graham MacGregor deployed to persuade food manufacturers to reduce the salt and sugar content of their…

In the UK, it’s estimated that 1.5 million people are on weight loss jabs.For many, as the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, explains, they have proved…

Estimate suggest more than 180 million older people in China live with chronic diseases.Credit: Wang Zhao/AFP via GettyA Chinese firm has developed a massive artificial intelligence-powered…

Two members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet recently called for improving students’ mental health through a focus on “strong families, nutrition and fitness, and hope for…

When the gut health revolution began a decade or so ago, few could have predicted the sheer variety of pre- and probiotic foods that we would come to embrace…