New Delhi, India – Getting into one of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) schools was supposed to be the end of the financial woes for Paras* and his family. Instead, things have only worsened due to the federal government’s long delays in dispensing Paras’s monthly fellowship allowance of 37,000 rupees ($435). At the IIT, […]
Fergus Walsh Medical Editor BBC Mary Catchpole is the first person to benefit from a new treatment for a rare condition affecting her family A teenager from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder. Mary Catchpole, 19, lost her […]
Gilan, Iran – The Israeli military used hundreds of fighter jets, armed drones and refuelling planes to attack Iran during its 12-day war backed by the United States, but it was also heavily assisted by operations launched from deep within Iranian soil. Just hours after the Israeli army and Mossad spy agency started their attacks […]
Helen Briggs Environment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggs Getty Images Ash dieback is a disease of ash trees, caused by a fungus Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows. When ash dieback arrived in 2012, predictions suggested up to 85% of ash trees could be lost. […]
Amr Bo Shanab/Getty Images Republicans are facing a conundrum. They want to cut taxes with their “One Big Beautiful Bill.” But the tax cuts they want will explode the federal debt. So they’ve been looking for spending cuts. One big area where they want to slash: Medicaid, which provides over 75 million Americans — including […]
Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or […]
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner […]
EPA King’s College Hospital was one of the affected NHS trusts, along with St Thomas’ and certain GP services The death of one person has been linked to a ransomware attack on NHS blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries last June. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that one patient had “died […]
Thousands have taken to the streets in Kenya to mark a year since antigovernment protests culminated in the storming of Parliament, despite fears they would be confronted by state-backed gangs and police violence. According to rights groups, at least 60 people were killed last year by security forces during weeks of protests over tax increases […]
Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Campaigner Ric Cooper says he hopes new assessments of the condition of protected areas of the coast and sea would be a catalyst for action Pollution from rivers in Wales is affecting the marine environment and “suffocating our sea”, campaigners have warned. WWF Cymru said excess nutrients […]