French police have launched a manslaughter investigation following the deaths of a British mother and her son during an avalanche in the Alps. It emerged yesterday that two skiers may have caused the torrent of snow which claimed the lives of the
A Russian lawmaker and ally of President Vladimir Putin was found dead in mysterious circumstances Wednesday after falling from the third floor of his home, Russian state media has reported. Vladimir Egorov, 46, who was a member of Putin’s ruling United Russia party,
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Under a new law that would go into effect in March, patients suffering from mental illness in
The Home Office is so concerned it has set up a taskforce to respond to the risk synthetic opioids such as fentanyl pose to the UK. Most heroin sourced in Europe comes from Afghanistan. But a Taliban clampdown has seen a 90
A statistician has been arrested in New Zealand for allegedly leaking health data connected to the rollout of the coronavirus vaccination. Barry Young, a former employee of New Zealand’s government health agency Te Whatu Ora, is accused of “unauthorised disclosure and misuse
The inquests into the deaths of four teenagers killed in a North Wales car crash will open on Wednesday, November 29. The bodies of Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17,Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, were found in a silver Ford
People who get the flu vaccine may have improved heart health, according to a recent study published in Scientific Reports. Researchers from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran, concluded that patients who received flu vaccinations had a 26%
Deaths among young cancer patients are on the decline, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center of Health Statistics. In the year 2001, the overall cancer mortality of people under 20 years of age
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the center of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths of more than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio and distributing films without
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israel’s military operations in Gaza as “clearly wrong” on Wednesday, citing Hamas-provided civilian death tolls. Guterres made the comments in an interview with Reuters, saying Israel was doing itself no favors with regard to “global public