A school pupil has been confirmed as the second person to have died after an outbreak of meningitis in Kent, an MP has said. Over the weekend it was reported that a University of Kent student was one of two people to have died after contracting the disease, while 11 more people were seriously ill…
BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — If you’ve watched “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” as many times as I have, you understand why I think every trip to this sanctuary of steamed sliders must be an adventure. Intoxicants must be ingested. Vehicles must be stolen. Arrests must be made. Enemies must be humiliated. And…
LISTEN: Is it worth it to set up a health savings account? HealthQ has answers. When Mike McKee thinks about saving money for the future, he has a few priorities. Maxing out his retirement is one. Building up his kid’s college fund is another. Opening up a health savings account? Not so much, even though…
Google has dropped a new artificial intelligence search feature that gave users crowdsourced health advice from amateurs around the world. The company had said its launch of “What People Suggest”, which provided tips from strangers, showed “the potential of AI to transform health outcomes across the globe”. But Google has since quietly removed the feature,…
DENVER — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency when she is sentenced Monday, saying she was a “scared and desperate mother” who was manipulated to keep the family business operating. Carie Hallford, 48, faces up to 20 years in…
We are holidaymakers stranded in Mauritius by the conflict in the Gulf. Our return flight, booked as part of a Virgin Holidays package, was routed via Dubai and was cancelled. We were advised by Virgin’s local representative that we should arrange and pay for accommodation ourselves until flights resumed, and reclaim it on our travel…
Ministers’ plans to cut the international workforce within NHS England appear overambitious, MPs have said, as a report reveals the health service saved more than £14bn by recruiting doctors, nurses and midwives from overseas. Many of the countries recruited from were struggling with staff shortages, and the UK had a moral duty to offer support,…
Technologies such as molecular farming are at an early stage, while reverse food manufacturing and 3D printing need longer-term monitoring. Published: March 16, 2026, 12:05 am Edible insects, 3D food printing, and cell-based foods are among the technologies expected to reach UK consumers in the next five to 10 years. A report from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards…
Dear Miss Manners: I was invited to a dinner party and to watch an awards show on TV. One of the hosts yelled repeatedly about the results, complained about just about everything and dropped a lot of F-bombs. He also fast-forwarded through the award categories that he thought were boring without asking if the guests…
Is this a safe place to say the Vanity Fair Oscar after-party looks often outshine the actual dresses worn to the Academy Awards? Well, we’re going to say it anyway. Perhaps it’s the less restrictive dress code or that the party itself feels like one giant exhale after grueling months of campaigning in sophisticated suits…
