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UK woman says she was not at abortion clinic ‘to express views’ after conviction

Livia Tossici-Bolt says she was ‘disappointed’ to be convicted of breaching Bournemouth clinic buffer zoneA woman who was given a conditional discharge after being convicted of breaching a buffer

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Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up

Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs to be lost as Labour abolishes NHS England and oversees cuts at care boards and trustsThe bill for NHS redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in the service’s most radic

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Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals beyond safe limits, lawsuit alleges

Suit seeking $5m based on study finding controversial herbicide and lead in most cookies across 25 US statesGirl Scout cookies contain lead, arsenic, cadmium, aluminum and mercury at levels that often

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Opinion: STAT readers on cadavers in med education, doctors and AI, and more

“Unless cadavers can be preserved to look fresh instead of semi-mummified, I don't see any advantage of continuing their use in the face of technology,” a STAT reader writes in…

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Major endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcohol

Edinburgh University report authors say dietary changes could benefit women living with the diseaseDietary changes could reduce the pain of endometriosis for half of those living with the disease, a n

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Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal

Recent Trump administration actions are setting the stage for a measles resurgence, experts fear.

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Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs

Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK JrMultiple maternal and child health programs have been eliminated or hollowed out as part

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Does the UK have a mental health overdiagnosis problem?

Mental ill health has been cited as a factor in the welfare overhaul, and experts agree it has worsened since the pandemicWhen the health secretary, Wes Streeting, suggested the “overdiagnosis” of

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‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too.

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The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances-White

Organisations that pumped money into overturning Roe v Wade are making inroads in Europe.

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