Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s daughter Violet delivered a speech at the United Nations where she advocated for mask mandates to prevent the spread of long Covid-19. Addressing world leaders whilst wearing a mask and goggles, the 19-year-old said it was “neglect of the highest order to look children inContinue Reading
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email The family of a student who died from an asthma attack in a nightclub have urged university-goers to take the conditionContinue Reading
US president Donald Trump has claimed that paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) use in pregnancy is linked to autism in children, urging pregnant women to avoid the painkiller. This announcement has sparked alarm, confusion and a flurry of responses from health experts worldwide. Trump’s comments come in a long line ofContinue Reading
Donald Trump stumbled over the pronunciation of acetaminophen whilst making an unproven claim that paracetamol is linked to autism. Speaking in the Oval Office with RFK Jr on Monday (23 September), the pair suggested that the use of paracetamol – or Tylenol in the US – in pregnancy is linkedContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. are expected Monday to announce a link betweenContinue Reading
Nadiia Lapshynska/Shutterstock.com A major new analysis is drawing fresh attention to the possible links between gestational diabetes and long-term brain health in both mothers and their children. The review, which combined data from 48 studies conducted over nearly 50 years, suggests that diabetes during pregnancy may have effects that extendContinue Reading
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A Labour MP has revealed his autistic daughter’s “horrendous” experience at the hands of staff at a children’s mental health hospitalContinue Reading
