Survey of 12,000 women also revealed severity of long Covid symptoms rose and fell across menstrual cycle Women with long Covid are prone to longer, heavier periods, which could put them at greater risk of iron deficiency that exacerbates common symptoms of the condition, doctors say. The findings emerged from...
Daily weight loss pill can help cut body weight by a fifth, trial shows
One in five people who took orforglipron once a day for 72 weeks lost 20% or more of their weight, maker Eli Lilly says A daily pill for weight loss can help people reduce their body weight by as much as a fifth, according to a trial that could pave...
UK set on resolving standoff with big pharma, science minister says
Patrick Vallance says relations must improve and NHS has to reverse decline in drugs investment The UK is determined to resolve its standoff with the pharmaceutical industry and reverse a 10-year decline in NHS spending on medicines, the science minister has told MPs after a string of drugmakers cancelled projects...
Pope praises forgiveness as mother of slain US journalist James Foley speaks of healing at Vatican
The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV
From Carter’s kiss to Trump’s step ahead: Presidential gaffes toward British royals
U.S. presidents and first ladies have had their share of awkward moments with the British royal family over the years
A car-free stretch of highway in San Francisco leads to recall vote and warning to politicians
A San Francisco supervisor who pushed to turn a 2-mile stretch of highway into a car-free park faces a recall vote in his district
Suspect in home invasions of Macklemore, celebrity athletes pleads not guilty
Suspect has been held on bail totaling more than $2 million.
Global shares trade mixed as markets eye Fed decision
Wall Street inched a tad higher as markets look ahead to what most expect will be an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve later this week
US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades
Endangered orca in Washington state seen carrying a dead calf
She is carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it.