5-year-old San Jose Sharks fan beats cancer, inspires team during pregame meeting
"People like Kane, inspire us to, to stay positive and, and you know, continue to appreciate what we have. And, …
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Are team sports the secret to living longer?
In 2005, Barb Trammell gathered some friends for a charity basketball game to raise money for an old historic building …
Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak
Scientific advisory committee to examine impact of offering routine MenB jabs to wider range of peopleThe Kent meningitis outbreak: what …
Why scientists can’t get a laugh
Humor is hard to pull off in front of a cold audience, full stop.
RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip
Robert Malone made the claim, then retracted it, as HHS denied it.
BreastCheck miss screening targets for third year running
The national cancer screening programme BreastCheck missed its mammogram targets by 46,000 last year, the HSE has confirmed to RTÉ's …
Much ado about protein
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the …
US health department investigates 13 states that require insurance plans to cover abortion
HHS is looking into the states for ‘alleged disregard of, or confusion about’ the federal Weldon amendmentSign up for the …
Exclusive: Ohio gubernatorial candidate blasts NFL fans over COVID rules in resurfaced posts
OutKick exclusively obtained deleted posts from Amy Acton showing the Ohio gubernatorial candidate used the pandemic to lecture NFL fans …
Needle
Researchers in Japan developed an oral insulin pill that lowered blood sugar in diabetic mice, offering hope for a non-invasive …
California’s get-out-of-jail
California's elderly parole law allows sex offenders over 50 to seek release after 20 years, creating public safety risks as …
Altering substances are (still) falling short in clinical trials
This week I want to look at where we are with psychedelics, the mind-altering substances that have somehow made the …
Friday briefing: What the Covid inquiry reveals about the NHS – and why it should worry us
In today’s newsletter: Bereaved families say the latest findings confirm long-standing concerns about capacity, care and political choicesGood morning. Yesterday …
Plan to increase access to insurance for cancer survivors
Cancer survivors are set to face a shorter wait to access mortgage protection insurance under new Government plans, with legislation …
As it happened
This blog is now closedGas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling …
People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood
Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest …
Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation
Michael Kenny’s daughter Juliette, a sixth-former at a school in Kent, died one day after showing symptomsThe father of an …
California building with dozens of health care, hospice providers raises eyebrows amid fraud speculation
A single building in Van Nuys, California, has raised eyebrows over the number of hospice providers and health agencies registered …
HSE working with content creators on new vaping campaign
The HSE is for the first time working with content creators as it launches a new youth vaping and nicotine …
Deadly meningitis outbreak prompts college students to call for campus shutdown
Students have launched a petition demanding campus closure amid a meningitis outbreak, which has reportedly caused 15 confirmed cases and …