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A record heat wave that spread across the East Coast of the United States during the first week of summer has child advocates warning parents and caretakers about the risks of heatstroke to children left […]

France will ban smoking on beaches and in parks, public gardens and bus shelters from Sunday, the government said.This post was originally published on this site

It’s quite unsettling to discover something so central to our cultural rituals—the “slop” in the Aussie mantra of “Slip! Slop! Slap!”—can no longer be trusted.This post was originally published on this site

Over thirty percent of adults and children consumed fast food on a given day during August 2021 to August 2023, according to two reports from the National Center for Health Statistics.This post was originally published […]

Tarang Parekh was getting ready for work at his apartment in Houston, Texas, in 2022, when he heard gunfire. He’d never heard the sound before, except on TV, but instantly recognized it. He ran downstairs […]

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My back’s been bothering me, and everyone seems to have ideas what’s causing the pain. Can you help?This post was originally published on this site

The first time Barney Casserly used ketamine at a UK music festival he thought he had found “nirvana”. Five years later he died in agony, leaving behind devastated parents and friends.This post was originally published […]

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she […]

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American—but only if they use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.This […]

Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives. But these are different things, and the proportion of people feeling lonely is stable over time. So why do we keep talking about […]