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Dr Anne Merriman obituary

10h ago

Aligning AI with Culture

Communications of the ACM

10h ago 6m read

Tinnitus: you don’t have to live with it | Letters

12h ago

Stalking victim says UK police did not take her ‘years of hell’ seriously

12h ago

Booze up: is gen Z’s ‘sensible’ relationship with alcohol moving towards hedonism?

15h ago

Exposure to some common Pfas changes gene activity, new study finds

15h ago

UK rights watchdog warns against ‘heavy-handed’ policing of Gaza protests

15h ago

Experts condemn NIH director’s defense of cut to vaccine research

17h ago

What went right this week: the good news that matters

22h ago 1m read

Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says

Thu

John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’

Thu

Wolverhampton council rethinks plan to introduce premium on wider graves

Thu

Ozempic didn’t work for me. I was furious – and ashamed

Thu

Girl left unwatched by agency worker at psychiatric unit was unlawfully killed, inquest finds

Thu

Wolverhampton cemetery’s extra fee for wider graves criticised as ‘fat tax’

Thu

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

Thu

ADHD medication linked to lower risk of suicidal behaviours, study suggests

Wed

UK traffic to popular porn sites slumps after age checks introduced

Wed

Scottish Greens must focus on working-class vote, says leadership candidate

Wed

‘Social apnoea’: sleep disorder could worsen at weekends, research suggests

Wed

We want to know: what is the song, film or piece of art that’s shaped who you are?

Wed 1m read

Surrey police pose as joggers to catch men harassing women out exercising

Wed

Weaving a story of hope with nature recovery

Wed 4m read

Helping people to feel empowered and supported when they become parents  

Wed 6m read

Patients like a medic in a white coat, but often mistake female doctors for nurses

Tue

What is a colonoscopy and should I get one?

Tue

‘We wondered if it was ethical to adapt it’: can poetry about deaf resistance wow theatre audiences?

Tue

Vape sellers to pay disposal costs under plans to end UK’s ‘throwaway culture’

Tue

Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

Tue

NHS patients: have you seen or been the victim of violence during long waiting times in A&E?

Tue

The UK labour market is cooling but this is a slowdown, not a collapse

Tue

The loneliest continent: epidemic of social isolation hits Africans as western culture spreads

Tue

‘None of us feel safe’: attacks on A&E nurses double in six years as waits rise

Mon

Why do I feel so much worse after a nap – and how can I avoid it?

Mon

Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds

Mon

Wikipedia can challenge Online Safety Act if strictest rules apply to it, says judge

Mon

Regenerative agriculture isn’t misty-eyed nostalgia, it’s the future

Mon 7m read

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds

Mon

Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests

Mon

Low-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homes

Sun

From shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheating

Sun

Learning to live with the torture of tinnitus | Letters

Sun

I thought we’d entered the age of body positivity. Then came ‘shrinking girl summer’ – is everyone getting smaller except me?

Sun

Elderly people being excluded from medical research in UK, charities warn

Sun

‘Soul-destroying’: Samaritans volunteers blindsided by proposed closures

Sun

Experts warn against DIY Botox-like injections available illegally online

Sun

Foreign criminals convicted in UK to be deported immediately under new plans

Sat

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

Sat

‘I had her right in front of me. And now she’s gone’: how one mother lost her daughter to mental illness

Sat

Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA

Sat

Four Labour cabinet ministers earn rental income, analysis finds

Fri

The cancer patient who inspired French movement to block reintroduction of pesticide

Fri

I shadowed A&E nurses – and saw their heroism firsthand | Letter

Fri

Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find

Fri

Samuel Ayer obituary

Fri

Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliate rejects Medicaid amid fears over Trump cuts

Fri

Concerns over ‘gaps’ in police support for stalking victims in England and Wales

Fri

Digested week: Allotment folly, the trolley problem and gen Z bedtimes | Lucy Mangan

Fri

David Brooks obituary

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 1m read

Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales

Fri

Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms

Aug 7

Daily pill helps patients lose 12% of body weight in early trial

Aug 7

‘Gift from Grenada’: grapefruit trees win protection after London campaign

Aug 7

Len Doyal obituary

Aug 7

Sir Kenneth Calman obituary

Aug 7

UK homelessness minister faces calls to resign over tenant eviction claims

Aug 7

‘The pain was unbearable’: the agonising cost of England’s ‘cowboy’ cosmetic clinics

Aug 6

Liquid butt lifts targeted in clampdown on England’s cosmetic ‘wild west’

Aug 6

Depression, suicides, overdoses: broad impacts of US wildfires revealed in study

Aug 6

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome

Aug 6

Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore

Aug 6

Board meeting: the award-winning photograph of India’s female skateboarders

Aug 6 2m read

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live

Aug 6

A moment that changed me: on the day of my first book deal, a mysterious hum overcame me

Aug 6

Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds

Aug 5

Ministers earmark £88m for youth clubs and after-school activities in England

Aug 5

Nostalgia and selective memory are clouding judgment on doctors’ strikes | Letters

Aug 5

How wildfire smoke across Canada and the US can affect mental health

Aug 5

Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England

Aug 5

I’m a perinatal psychiatrist. The US is promoting misinformation on SSRIs and pregnancy | Sunny Patel

Aug 5

‘Heartbreaking’: a London surgeon on the trials of operating in a Gaza hospital

Aug 5

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore review – stirring study of activism and adversity of a deaf icon

Aug 5

Buzzing with Purpose: The Bee Queen

Aug 5 4m read

100 Gaza children hope to be evacuated to UK for urgent medical care

Aug 5

Prison system was days from collapse three times under Sunak, review finds

Aug 5

Pension age debate threatens to splinter Germany’s fragile coalition

Aug 5

Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals

Aug 4

An Illinois non-profit helps ease trauma inflicted by gun violence. Now it may close due to lack of funding

Aug 4

Experts express concern for future of Health Survey for England

Aug 4

‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cuts

Aug 4

When do you know when it’s time to stop cancer treatment? She knew – her final act of control

Aug 4

From problems to progress: five ways to focus on solutions, not just struggles

Aug 4 1m read

Social media battles and barbs on both sides of Atlantic over UK Online Safety Act

Aug 4

BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Aug 3

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’

Aug 3

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips

Aug 2

‘A sign of how we live now’: friction in Notting Hill over counter-terrorism barriers

Aug 2

He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?

Aug 2

Three million on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since GP referral

Aug 1