Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News BBC More than 100,000 women are believed to have had mesh implants fitted between 2007 and 2015 Women harmed by pelvic mesh implants are still waiting for government compensation a year after a major report called for urgent action. Patient safety commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes, who made that […]
C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel the booming tech industry, died on Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 89. His death was announced by New Enterprise Associates. Mr. Kramlich (pronounced CRAM-lick), whose career spanned more than five decades, […]
The Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League and the city’s as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between teams from both leagues. Both women’s teams are owned by the Bhathal family, which also has a stake in the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The $150 million […]
Thames Water will seek approval for an emergency cash lifeline in court on Monday as it faces running out of money in four weeks’ time. Lenders to the debt-saddled company are offering up to £3bn in additional short-term loans to buy time to complete a major restructuring of the UK’s biggest water and waste company. […]
In this photo illustration, a message appears on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website on Feb. 5. The Trump administration issued a directive late Tuesday night that all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally Friday at midnight. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amid […]
President Trump’s social media company is moving to position itself as a financial services firm that will allow his supporters to put money into investment products geared to what the company has called the “patriotic economy.” Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of the Truth Social platform, said on Thursday that it had […]
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA trade deadline. SALT LAKE CITY — At some point in the last several days, Stephen Curry had a conversation with Kevin Durant that convinced him a reunion was extremely unlikely, no matter how much the Golden State Warriors ownership group and front office collectively “underestimated” Durant’s coldness […]
The English language is full of wonderful words, from “anemone” and “aurora” to “zenith” and “zodiac.” But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are short and mundane. And they follow a remarkable statistical rule, which is universal across human languages: The most common word, which […]
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images An estimated 1.1 million people missed the deadline for filing their annual tax returns, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). They now face a penalty of at least £100 for missing the cut-off at the end of the day on Friday, the tax authority has said, […]
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a […]