Columbia University is bringing back masks in the classroom amid a rise in Covid cases in the student population, just as the city of Philadelphia faces critici... read more
Teenage deaths from overdosing on fentanyl have tripled over the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a new study finds. An analysis of official statist... read more
A breast cancer survivor has told how she believes wearing a sports bra saved her life. Avid runner Sandra Greene, from Essex, felt chafing on her chest whi... read more
Tobacco-style health warnings on alcohol containers makes booze less appealing and socially acceptable to young people, a study suggests. Graphic images and tex... read more
Britain’s drive to vaccinate children against Covid could see officials have to bin hundreds of thousands of doses, campaigners fear. Official figures s... read more
A couple whose baby died aged just 19 days are calling for doctors to routinely test for the common infection that took their son’s life. Craig Pollard,... read more
More scientists are calling for the reintroduction of Covid restrictions including masks and outdoor mixing a day after NHS leaders said ‘mitigating actio... read more
The family of an anti-vaxxer musician who died from Covid have paid tribute to the ‘one-in-a-million’ father as they launch a charity appeal. Marcus... read more
Family favourite cereals can be nearly 28 times saltier and twice as sugary as supermarket own-brand versions, analysis shows. MailOnline compared the nutrition... read more
A mother who was eating four takeaways a week has dropped 10st by swapping junk food for healthy home cooked meals. Hayley Pattison, 32, from Biggleswade, B... read more
Brazilian man shoves a 2kg DUMBBELL in his rectum… only for the 20cm-long weight to get STUCK – leaving doctors no choice but to pull it out with th... read more
For the past 15 years I have had two or three episodes of chest pain a year, each lasting around 20 minutes. The pain doesn’t happen on exertion but radiates ... read more
Pills containing donated gut bacteria could help treat people with food allergies, a trial suggests. The treatment is based on the theory that having the ‘wro... read more
Today, Caron Nolan is undergoing major surgery for advanced bladder cancer. The mother of two from Bexley, Kent, is having her entire bladder and nearby lymph n... read more
Blocked blood vessels cause millions of heart attacks and strokes around the world every year. However, doctors are now clogging blood vessels deliberately as a... read more
Women are more likely than men to suffer headaches… with some falling unwell for at least half of every month, study reveals Researchers found that 6 per ... read more
Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics and non-stick pans may DOUBLE women’s risk of diabetes, study claims US researchers looked at 3,... read more
Some people prefer their bananas yellow with a tinge of green, while others prefer the sugary sweetness of a banana that has brown spots on the peel. But it’s... read more
Baby born at 23 weeks weighing just ONE POUND and with an esophagus that did not connect the mouth and stomach is ‘smallest ever’ to survive the con... read more
Earlier this year, a 71-year-old man in the Swedish city of Trollhattan was shovelling snow outside his house when he suffered a cardiac arrest — his heart su... read more
A Michigan woman who was born with a severe, potentially deadly, heart defect believed it would be too dangerous for her to ever have children, but is now livin... read more
Dental nurse Caroline Heath readily admits she’d never have considered taking part in a trial for a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus if she hadn’t hap... read more
