Matcha comes from green tea leaves, which are ground up into a powder. Ekaterina Markelova/ Shutterstock Although matcha tea has been around for centuries, it’s recently increased in popularity. This may be due to its favour with celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow, and because of its purportedContinue Reading
Containers of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson are displayed on a shelf on July 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it will pay $8.9 billion over the next 25 years to settle allegations that the company’sContinue Reading
BEFORE the pandemic, 12-year-old Liam (name changed) was a happy little boy who loved school and had lots of friends. But since November he has refused to go to class. 140,000 children in primary and secondary schools are ‘severely absent’ and miss more days than they attendGetty Mum Angie (nameContinue Reading
pixelheadphoto digitalskillet/Shutterstock Scientists have developed a wrist-worn device that could revolutionise treating heart attacks by speeding up diagnosis – without the need to draw blood (the current method). Over 700,000 people visit A&E in England and Wales because of chest pain. And they account for 25% of medical admissions toContinue Reading
Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock Think back to a night when you slept poorly. How productive were you the next day at work? Did you struggle to get started? Did the day drag on and on? Did you procrastinate on Twitter or TikTok rather than doing your work? If your answer to theseContinue Reading
THE next round of Covid booster jabs will start on Monday. Five million high-risk Brits will be eligible for a spring vaccine to keep them out of hospital. PA Older people must keep boosting their immunity because it wears off faster[/caption] Doctors will dish out doses in care homes fromContinue Reading
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts in Governor Kathy Hochuls budget on Medicare. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. states on Saturday will start to kick as many asContinue Reading
Proposed UK surrogacy law changes raise concerns over unequal treatment of birth mothers Phil Jones/Shutterstock Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple to raise, is growing in popularity. There aren’t any comprehensive figures on the number of cases (partlyContinue Reading
NEARLY all remaining Covid testing will be scrapped from Saturday under plans to live with the virus. Asymptomatic testing for patients arriving at hospitals and care homes will be scrapped from April 1, the UK Health Security Agency said. Getty Covid testing is being wound down from Saturday as BritainContinue Reading
A fungal superbug called Candida auris is spreading rapidly through hospitals and nursing homes in the US. The first case was identified in 2016. Since then, it has spread to half the country’s 50 states. And, according to a new report, infections tripled between 2019 and 2021. This is hugelyContinue Reading
