In a landmark decision for child health, the chickenpox vaccine is being rolled out by the NHS as part of the routine childhood immunisation schedule in the United Kingdom. This historic move, recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), aims to dramatically reduce cases of a common childhood illness that can sometimes…
BBC Listen to Pallab; read this article. Larissa Hope truly believes that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, helped in her recovery from depression. Back when she was 17 and starting out as an actress, she was cast in the TV drama Skins, but the newfound fame brought out a previously buried trauma….
New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has vowed to run the city “broadly and boldly” after his historic inauguration. The democratic socialist became the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor after being sworn in at midnight at the Old City Hall subway stop, which is accessible via guided tours only a few times a year. He…
Introduction China’s BYD is set to overtake Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival for annual sales. On Thursday, BYD said that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to more than 2.25 million. Tesla, which…
Distraught families are desperately searching for their children who are still missing after a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort nightclub. Authorities have confirmed that teenagers were among 47 dead and 115 injured after a massive fire broke out at a packed tourist bar in Crans-Montana. Wallis, Sign up for the Sun newsletter. Thank…
Cape Town, South Africa – Lucy Campbell, with her long grey dreadlocks, stands animated in front of the thick stone walls of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town city centre, South Africa, her small frame accentuated by their towering height. The 65-year-old activist-turned-historian has a message for the 10 American students who have…
Wide demonstrations erupted as Iran’s deteriorating economy sparked unrest in the Islamic republic’s rural provinces on Thursday, resulting in at least six deaths in the first clashes between security forces and protesters, officials said. The deaths could mark the beginning of a tough response by Iran’s theocracy to the demonstrations, which have slowed in the…
