Health

Dear Miss Manners: When did it become de rigueur to wish every woman you see, for an entire week, a happy Mother’s Day? When I was growing up, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were days that you did something nice for or with the respective parent. Unless a person was a close friend, you didn’t…

In 1992, a group of rebel doctors published a radical idea in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association. They argued that the practice of medicine needed to be transformed so that doctors didn’t rely on intuition and conventional wisdom, but on evidence from science – such as clinical trials showing whether a drug…

There’s nothing surprising about seeing a big “no smoking” sign on an airplane lavatory door. But something else might stand out as odd: the nearby ashtray. Far from a mixed message, the presence of dedicated cigarette waste bins — when smoking has long been banned on flights — is a safety requirement meant to act…

After my husband died suddenly, I discovered he had been paying £171 a month for our EE broadband and TV contract. EE initially offered me a monthly deal at £44.99 on the phone. There followed two letters, one day apart, cheerily addressed to my late husband. The first stated that he would have to pay…

A multi-country outbreak of Salmonella has sickened nearly 50 people with suspicions again falling on sprout seeds from Italy. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the outbreak is affecting at least six European countries and the United Kingdom. Ireland, Finland and the UK have reported 48 patients infected with genetically…

Social media is awash with content about food intolerances and the symptoms to look out for. But figuring out whether you actually have one, and what’s triggering it, is surprisingly difficult. One avenue people are gravitating towards is at-home testing. Madeleine Finlay sits down with health and lifestyle journalist Rebecca Seal to unpick the science…

A health care worker assessed a patient with measles symptoms in Spartanburg, S.C. in January. Strict public health measures and increased vaccination helped curb the outbreak. The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/Getty Images South Carolina public health officials on Monday declared an end to the largest measles outbreak in the…

We may earn a commission from links on this page. DirecTV has launched for Meta Quest headsets. While there are already single-channel streaming apps like Peacock available on the headset, this is the first full TV distributor to be available for Quest users. It gives DirecTV subscribers access to over 150 live channels—CNN, HGTV, and…

We R Nuts of Port Washington, NY, is recalling Uncle Giuseppe’s branded 11-ounce containers of milk chocolate bridge mix, because it may contain undeclared milk, soy and cashews.  People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk, soy and cashews run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products….