The government is abolishing NHS England without a clear plan for how it will be achieved and how it will benefit frontline care, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. Ministers announced in March that the body responsible for overseeing the health service in England would go, with its functions brought into the Department of […]
3M is set to pay New Jersey up to $450 million over the next quarter-century to settle claims it contaminated the state with harmful “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, affecting drinking water. The Minnesota-based chemicals giant manufactured the PFAS, which were used for decades at the Chambers Works facility in Deepwater, N.J., a nearly 1,500-acre complex […]
President Trump has long railed against drug traffickers. He has said they should be given the death penalty “for their heinous acts.” On the first day of his second term, he signed an executive order listing cartels as “terrorist organizations.” But many public health and addiction experts fear that his budget proposals and other actions […]
May 13, 2025, 12:53 PM ET Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez saw his five-game international ban upheld on Monday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal from the Uruguay federation over punishments handed out following a brawl at their 2024 Copa América semifinal against Colombia. The ruling means that Núñez and four teammates […]
There’s a tale told about a miner who found copper cans in his garbage dump in the early days of mining. Wastewater from copper mining had flowed through his land, he said, and turned steel cans into copper. The story might be apocryphal, but the process is real, and it’s called cementation. Montana Resources, the […]
An MP has been charged with two counts of sexual assault that allegedly happened at London’s Groucho Club, the Metropolitan Police have said. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservative MP Patrick Spencer is accused of the attacks, which were said to have happened in August 2023. The 37-year-old will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 13, 2025, 06:28 AM ET Real Madrid are close to confirming the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, sources have told ESPN, in order for the defender can travel to the United States for the Club World Cup. Both clubs must agree a compensation fee, as the England international’s contract […]
Another long-term concern is pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease in which scarring thickens and hardens lung tissue, making it difficult for oxygen to move into the bloodstream. Dr. Elsayegh describes a lung with pulmonary fibrosis as “a stiff balloon from the party store” — your face flushes as you try to force air inside, but […]
Getty Images A disproportionate number of children referred to NHS excess weight clinics in England are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study has found. Some have a body mass index (BMI) over 50, with 40 deemed to be severely obese. Nearly 4,800 under-18s […]
May 12, 2025, 07:31 PM ET Harry Kane has brushed off the criticism he has received from rival fans during his long wait for the first trophy of his career, saying “we’ll see what people talk about now.” Kane, 32, won the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich on May 4 and lifted the Meisterschale on Saturday […]