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Vaping 'worse than smoking' says cancer expert

The world-leading cancer researcher says vaping could be more damaging to our health than smoking.

साइलेंट किलर... 2050 तक शहरों में गर्मी से गरीबों की संख्या 700% बढ़ेगी, World Bank की रिपोर्ट

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A dangerous virus that doesn't catch, spreads in IPL 2026

A dangerous virus that doesnt catch spreads in IPL

People taking day off sick on Monday told of April change to law

Seven major changes contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 have come into force this April 2026 - including Statutory Sick Pay from day one

Martin Lewis says parents with children 1978-2010 could get £5,000

Personal finance expert has urged parents and carers who took time off work between 1978 and 2010 to check their National Insurance records

Blood, infertility and death: The struggle to save the lives of mothers and babies in Mozambique

Tawanda Karombo speaks to those seeking to keep maternal health programmes running in a remote northern province of Mozambique, after they have nearly ground to a halt in the wake of Donald Trump’s brutal aid cuts

'मुझे तुम्हारी बॉडी पसंद है', डायरेक्टर ने एक्ट्रेस को गलत तरीके से छुआ, रखी शर्त

सरकारी अस्पताल में अटेंडर ने की ब्रेस्ट सर्जरी, ठीक नहीं हुई महिला तो हर दिन लगाता रहा चीरा

‘I felt fear I did not understand’: Buffon on the panic attack that threatened his career

In this exclusive book extract, the former Italy goalkeeper describes a moment of crisis before a game against RegginaIf I have to identify the most important moment of this crisis, it was just before a Juventus-Reggina match in February 2004. It was an evening game. We were six points off the top of the table. There were 13 games left in the season, so anything could still happen, but there was an air of negativity, as if the season was already over. We had just had two crazy and very different...

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharmaDozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may be illegal.Thirty-one MPs have signed a House of Commons motion voicing their disapproval of the health secretary being handed the power to override the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (Nice) judgment on how much t...

Who is Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting?

[Editor's note: Follow the Khaleej Times live blog for updates on the White House Correspondents' dinner shooting.]The suspect arrested in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time teacher and game developer.The official said Allen, approximately 31 years of age, is a resident of Torrance, California, a...

'We're living in a shed because of river pollution'

'We're living in a shed because of river pollution'26 April 2026ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNicola GoodwinBBC Midlands Investigations teamBBCJane says they only expected to be living in this shed for a few monthsPeople living and working in Herefordshire say ongoing pollution in the river Lugg is causing "significant damage" to the local economy.Since 2019, there have been restrictions on building in the area because of increasing pollution levels in the protected river.Jane and Tony Coyl...

Riding in heatwave? 5 ways riders can avoid heatstroke

Riding in heatwave ways riders can avoid heatstroke

'I paid for a private hysterectomy'

Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis.

Patient shot with Taser after allegedly injuring nurse and others in Sydney hospital

Man, 51, arrested after allegedly assaulting multiple people at Prince of Wales hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA patient has been shot with a Taser after allegedly attacking several people at a Sydney hospital, including a nurse who was left seriously injured.Police restrained a 51-year-old patient after the Saturday night melee at Sydney’s Prince of Wales hospital, which left a nurse in hospital. Continue...

From syringes to stents: Iran war exposes NHS dependency on petrochemicals

NHS chiefs fear rising costs and healthcare shortages due to the shipping standstill in the GulfThe war in Iran has put the NHS on high alert amid fears about looming shortages and rising costs for medicines and medical products such as syringes, intravenous bags and gloves.Much of modern healthcare is dependent on the petrochemicals now held up by the Gulf shipping standstill – whether for active pharmaceutical ingredients or to produce the millions of sterile single-use items, ranging from per...

Crucible pressure '50 times worse than driving test'

Crucible pressure '50 times worse than driving test'Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Stan Moody (left), Zhang Anda (centre) and Matthew Stevens were among the 16 players to lose in the first round of the 2026 World Snooker ChampionshipByMichael EmonsBBC Sport journalist at the Crucible Theatre, SheffieldPublished6 minutes ago"There's so much pressure playing at the Crucible, it can't be replicated at any other venue."The words of former champion and current worl...

BBC doctor delivers verdict on antihistamines causing weight gain

Dr Punam urged people not to stop taking their antihistamines if it works for them

Measles claims lives of 71 children across country in four months

• National immunisation week begins amidst challenges• Experts call for local vaccine manufacturing to cut reliance on imported drugs KARACHI: Seventy-one children, including 40 in Sindh, have already lost their lives to measles in the first four months of this year as the provincial government held a series of public awareness activities on Saturday in connection with World Immunisation Week. The week 2026 — being observed globally from April 24 to April 30 — is dedicated to the theme ‘For Ever...

Immunity gap

VACCINES rarely make the headlines unless there is an outbreak. This World Immunisation Week, it is a moment to reflect on how one of Pakistan’s quietest public-health successes remains one of its most consequential. Since the Expanded Programme on Immunisation began in 1978, vaccines have helped avert 2.6m child deaths, protected millions of mothers and children, and contributed to a 99.8pc reduction in paralytic polio since 1994. WHO estimates routine immunisation averts up to 17pc of childhoo...