Philippa Roxby and Elena Bailey Health reporters Getty Images Women using weight-loss jabs are being advised to stop if they are trying for a baby, have fallen pregnant or are breastfeeding. Drug safety experts in the UK say it’s not known whether taking the medicines, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, could harm an unborn baby. […]
Getty Images The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we’re born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK scientists say. They have shown, for the first time, that good bacteria seem to halve the risk of young children being admitted to hospital with lung infections. The researchers said it was […]
Trump signed a proclamation which also restricts the travel of people from an additional seven countries. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a full travel ban on people from 12 countries and restricting the citizens of seven other countries, The Associated Press news agency reports. The banned countries include Afghanistan, […]
Two workers were killed Wednesday afternoon in an industrial accident involving a construction crane on Florida’s Space Coast, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – Two workers were killed Wednesday afternoon in an industrial accident involving a construction crane on Florida’s Space Coast, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency […]
Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay out £15.7m after failures in the maintenance and operations of its sewage and water network. Water sector regulator Ofwat said the firm would pay out the “enforcement package” to local environmental causes and improvements to the region’s water infrastructure. The company’s failures led to “excessive spills from storm overflows”, […]
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (Newsportu), outside the Newsportu headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFP As GOP congressional leaders are […]
A video shared by FOX 4 in Dallas shows first responders at the scene of deadly flooding after torrential rain led to rapidly rising water on local roads. DALLAS – At least one person was killed in Dallas early Wednesday morning when flooding from torrential rain covered roads in rapidly rising water. Dallas Fire-Rescue told […]
Two Chinese nationals have been accused of smuggling a fungus into the US that officials describe as a “dangerous biological pathogen”. Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods, false statements, and visa fraud, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on Tuesday. The complaint […]
United Nations rights chief urges accountability after dozens of bodies found in Tripoli militia strongholds. The United Nations has raised grave concerns following the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas of the Libyan capital Tripoli previously controlled by a powerful militia, the Stabilisation Support Apparatus (SSA), whose leader was slain in clashes last month. […]
Sellafield The NDA said the “leak in the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo is contained and does not pose a risk to the public” The UK’s largest nuclear site could continue leaking radioactive water until the 2050s, MPs have warned, while its clean-up operations struggle to progress quickly enough. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticised the […]