Tasha Hedges took Xanax for 20 years to treat her anxiety and panic attacks, exactly as a psychiatrist had prescribed it. Then in 2022, that doctor unexpectedly died. A general practitioner continued her prescription but retired shortly afterward. The next doctor moved to Canada. Finally, Ms. Hedges found a new psychiatrist. “The first thing he […]
May 12, 2025, 05:00 AM ET The 2024-25 Women’s Super League (WSL) season is over and Chelsea have been crowed champions for the sixth successive year. Many predicted that the Blues might struggle in the wake of losing legendary manager Emma Hayes last summer but Sonia Bompastor has made a mockery of those suggestions by […]
Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species. “People should stop training radiologists now,” Geoffrey Hinton said, adding that it was “just completely obvious” that within five years A.I. would outperform humans in that field. Today, radiologists — the physician specialists in medical imaging who look […]
Four days after India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire after a rapid escalation in a military conflict between them, key differences between their battlefield claims remain unresolved. Among them is Pakistan’s assertion that it shot down five Indian fighter jets on May 7, the first day of fighting, in response to Indian attacks on its territory. […]
Julia Gregory Reporter BBC Surrey Reporting fromSurrey Hills Julia Gregory/BBC Young people have a chance to meet farm animals On a farm nestled in the Surrey Hills, young people are helping herd cows and build pens so they can be wormed. They are spending time on Pondtail Farm in Brockham, near Box Hill, to help […]
More than 500 million years before Matt Groening and “The Simpsons” introduced us to Blinky, a mutated fish with an extra eye swimming through Springfield’s Old Fishin’ Hole, a three-eyed predator chased prey through seas of the Cambrian Period. Once it caught its quarry, a pair of spine-covered grasping claws and a circular mouth covered […]
Catherine Burns Health correspondent Vicki Loader Health producer BBC More than 1,000 GPs in England have shared their views about the assisted dying bill with BBC News If you ask these three doctors about being GPs, their answers are remarkably similar. “It can be the best job in the world,” one tells me. It’s “a […]
Jeff CarlisleMay 13, 2025, 02:37 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The United States men’s national team will take on South Korea and Japan in a pair of friendlies in September, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Tuesday. The USMNT will first host South Korea on […]
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 […]
May 13, 2025, 06:58 PM ET Manchester City are plotting a move for AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, while Arsenal have firmed up their interest in Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyökeres. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | […]