Funded by PEPFAR, this clinic in Kitwe, Zambia, provided medicines for patients who are HIV positive. President Trump’s foreign aid overhaul interrupted operations in 2025. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR The HIV/AIDS world has been waiting for months to learn how PEPFAR is doing. That’s the much lauded…
Breast reductions and implant removals have overtaken enlargements for the first time, data shows, as experts link the shift to more active lifestyles. The latest annual audit from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) shows there were 4,761 breast enlargement procedures in 2025, down 8% on the previous year. There were also 4,673…
My friend Kathy Attawell, who has died suddenly aged 65, dedicated herself to improving public health in developing countries. Her contributions to the HIV response, and to improving maternal and child health, saved the lives of thousands. I met Kathy on our first day at Exeter University in October 1978 – she was warm and…
Sahaj is off this week. The following first appeared June 6, 2024. Dear Sahaj: My family are immigrants from East Asia. I am the older of two, by about 7.5 years. Growing up, my younger sibling’s needs always came before mine, and I was expected to accept that. For example, if there were school events…
We analysed dozens of recent local news reports as part of our ongoing investigation into criminal activity on UK High Streets. From Bideford in Devon, to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, to Belfast in Northern Ireland – we found that drugs, including crystal meth and heroin, had been found in more than 70 shops and linked…
The war in Iran has pushed up the price of widely used medicines in England, including painkillers and hay fever medication, leading pharmacists have warned. Community chemists are charging customers 20-30% more for paracetamol than they did in February, according to the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), and many have run out of certain strengths of…
Health officials in Finland are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 30 people. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) are investigating the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak with the help of local environmental health agencies. During March and April, 32 people have fallen…
Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “The rate of rectal cancer seems to be increasing more than two to three times…
Dear Miss Manners: A friend of my wife’s always calls her using videoconferencing. Always. It’s as though she comes into the house uninvited, takes a seat and starts talking. My wife is from the South, and is reluctant to ask her friend to change. I’m not exactly sure what advice you can give me. Perhaps…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reporting that Ayco Farms Inc., recalled 8,302 cartons of whole cantaloupes because the fruit may be contaminated with Salmonella. The cantaloupes were sold by Ayco Farms Inc., which first initiated the recall on March 24. On April 20, the FDA upgraded the recall to Class I, meaning that…
