Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. The Trump administration is intensifying its campaign against vaccinations, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrawing U.S. funding for the world’s preeminent international vaccine organization. The group — known as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Plymouth City Council Blue pills sold illegally as Valium in Plymouth have been linked to the three deaths The deaths of three men in Plymouth are a “stark reminder” of the dangers of illegal street drugs, charity workers have warned. Devon and Cornwall Police said the deaths of two men...
A 45-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating the deaths of three men in Plymouth. The Devon and Cornwall force said the man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs. Police said two men aged in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead at an address in...
The deaths of three men in Plymouth are believed to be linked and drugs-related, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a property on Welbeck Avenue in the city at about 14:50 BST on Saturday where two men aged in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead. The force added...
In a letter sent to Senate leaders on June 3, a team of health experts at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania warn that funding cuts included in the budget reconciliation package narrowly passed by House Republicans last month would lead to 51,000 more people dying across the United States each year. The package,...
More than 1.4 million Muslims have begun this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, a year after 1,300 people died, mostly due to the extreme heat. Saudi authorities say they have stepped up safety precautions for the annual event. They have planted thousands of trees and installed hundreds of cooling units...
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News BBC Christine Rymer says she had no idea what her mother, Dorothy Readhead, had endured until she was contacted by the BBC Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of patients following heart operations at an NHS hospital, the BBC has learned. Documents seen by us suggest...
Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham PA Media Sarah and Gary Andrews daughter Wynter died 23 minutes after being born while under the care of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust in 2019 Parents whose babies died under the care of maternity units in Nottingham have welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into an NHS trust but...
A corporate manslaughter investigation has been opened into failings at maternity units in Nottingham, police have said. Nottinghamshire Police said it was examining whether maternity care provided by the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust had been grossly negligent. The trust is at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the...
This story contains distressing details from the start Joel Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon on trial in France who has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly under age, said he considers himself “responsible” for the death of two of his victims. Over the last few weeks, the court was shown the photos of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on May 14 that the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States dropped by nearly 27 percent in 2024. The number represents a significant decrease after more than a decade of steeply climbing drug-related fatality rates that billions of dollars in federal spending on...
Caroline Hawley BBC Diplomatic Correspondent NurPhoto/Getty Human rights groups are warning of a “surge” of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034. Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and FairSquare which have both published...
The number of people choosing an assisted death could top 4,000 a year within a decade of the law coming into force if MPs vote for it, a review of the policy says. The estimate forms part of the official impact assessment, which has been carried out by civil servants to inform MPs as they...
At least three people have died in Spain in an incident linked to a massive power cut that shut the country down on Monday, the Civil Guard has told the BBC. They died in the north-west municipality of Taboadela and were from the same family, according to Spanish media. Police are reportedly investigating whether carbon...
Bodycam footage captures Nerys Bethan Lloyd at the scene A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months after the deaths of four people on a river in south-west Wales. Paul O’Dwyer, Andrea Powell, Morgan Rogers and Nicola Wheatley died after paddleboarding in “extremely hazardous conditions” on the Western Cleddau...