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Energy drinks to be banned for children to combat rising anxiety and depression
Prime Energy drinks have 420mg of caffeine per litre (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)
The sale of high-caffeine energy drinks fuelling child anxiety and depression are to be banned for under 16-year-olds.
Shops will be banned from se…
Two more people die after eating oysters tainted with flesh-eating bacteria
Six people have died in the US this year from Vibrio vulnificus, one of the deadliest pathogens found in food.
Baby dies of whooping cough with childhood vaccine rates at lowest level for 15 years
This is the first death from whooping cough so far this year.
‘Life saver’ chickenpox vaccine to be offered to children in England for free
The plan could save parents and children from taking time off sick (Picture: Getty Images)
Children will be offered a chickenpox vaccine for free on the NHS from next year.
Around half a million children each year could be given the free …
One symptom revealed the tumour that had been growing in my brain for 15 years
It was the scariest moment of my life.
Baby sleeping bags found for sale on Amazon and eBay pose a ‘suffocation risk’
Which? found the sleeping bags are still on popular marketplaces (Picture: Which?/eBay)
Parents have been warned about ‘potentially lethal’ baby sleeping bags being sold online in the UK.
An investigation by consumer rights gr…
US reports its first ever human case of deadly flesh-eating screwworm
The parasite was found in a person who had recently returned from El Salvador in Central America.
‘Vibrant’ woman dies after rare allergic reaction during common scan
She passed away less than a day after the deadly reaction.
Walkers has changed some of its popular crisp recipes — including Salt & Vinegar
Have you noticed a difference?
Tour guide dies after collapsing in searing heat while showing group around Rome’s Colosseum
Giovanna Maria Giammarino was a guide for around 25 people when tragedy unfolded in Rome.
Tour guide dies after collapsing in searing heat while showing group around Rome’s Colosseum
Giovanna Maria Giammarino was a guide for around 25 people when tragedy unfolded in Rome.
Toxic vapor kills fifth person in New York City
A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Harlem neighborhood has infected 108 people.
Brain-eating amoeba with 97% fatality rate found in Australian drinking water
‘Please observe the advice provided, and council is seeking your assistance to help spread the word on how to manage this risk sensibly.’
You’re most likely to be scammed buying these medicines online
A vast network of over 5,000 fraudulent online pharmacies has been found, and they’re selling in the UK.
Lyme disease: What does a tick bite look like?
The number of people being diagnosed with Lyme disease is rising.
Cost of Mounjaro weight-loss drug to go up by 170% in the UK within weeks
‘British patients must not become pawns in a wider dispute about the costs of medicines.’
Chikungunya cases double in UK as expert warns ‘all it takes is one mosquito bite’
People should be very wary,’ an expert said.
What is AI psychosis? The rise in people thinking chatbots are real or godlike
Isolation is becoming increasingly common, and it’s no wonder many are turning to technology. But it’s not without its dangers.
Man, 60, gave himself rare condition after going to ChatGPT for diet advice
‘He expressed increasing paranoia and auditory and visual hallucinations.’
London nurse ‘doesn’t feel safe’ treating patients after being punched in the head
‘It’s not going to help with our retention and recruitment if you think you’re going to be clobbered every shift.’
Women as young as 17 are being told to ‘get pregnant’ to ease chronic pain
‘It made my endo 10 times worse.’
Artist, 52, struck down by killer broccoli as 9 rushed to hospital
Musician Luigi Di Sarno, 52, collapsed and died after buying a broccoli and sausage sandwich from a kiosk in Diamante, Calabria in southern Italy.
Baby’s one in 1,000,000 condition was diagnosed after a comment about his head
Conor O’Rourke received specialist surgery in what’s thought to be a world first.
Exact time of ‘one of the biggest emergency drills in UK history’ revealed
‘From major storms to wildfires, this system could save your life in an emergency.’
Brazilian butt crackdown begins in fight against cosmetic procedure ‘Wild West’
New measures will target unqualified people carrying out procedures like ‘liquid’ Brazilian butt lifts.