As he sat down across from me, my patient had a rueful expression on his face. “I had a date,” he announced. “It didn’t go well.” That wasn’t unusual for this patient. For years, he’d shared tales of romantic hopes dashed. But before I could ask him what went wrong, he continued, “So I asked…
Harry Kane has said that Bayern Munich‘s Club World Cup win over Boca Juniors was played amid “one of the best” atmospheres of his career and added that he is “loving this tournament so far.” The England captain opened the scoring with an 18th-minute strike as the 2-1 victory, played in front of a full…
The tensions that flared between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun earlier in the week have subsided, but the jokes have kept coming. Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was a part a late-game skirmish after delivering a hard foul on Connecticut’s Jacy Sheldon with less than a minute to play. Sheldon immediately went after Cunningham, resulting…
Sea cucumbers are the ocean’s janitors, cleaning the seabed and recycling nutrients back into the water. But this humble marine invertebrate could also hold the key to stopping the spread of cancer. A sugar compound found in sea cucumbers can effectively block Sulf-2, an enzyme that plays a major role in cancer growth, according to…
“Would you like to listen to me?” This is the moment finance minister Mark Drakeford lost his temper with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in the Senedd on Wednesday. Members were discussing chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending review and its impact on Wales. As Drakeford explained the breakdown of £450m funding announced for Wales, he…
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust…
The Concacaf Gold Cup kicks off this weekend, marking the final major international tournament in which the United States, Mexico, and Canada will participate before hosting the men’s FIFA World Cup in 2026. Those North American teams are the only ones who have lifted the Gold Cup before. However, with other contenders coming off World…
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: wild chimpanzees filmed using forest ‘first aid’ Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants – in multiple ways – to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the animals…
Latest Travel Health News By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 — Americans planning to travel outside the country should make sure they’re vaccinated against measles — no matter where they’re headed, U.S. health officials say. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance last week to…
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The Roman frescoes reveal stunning details like this daisy Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but…
