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Image copyright SECAMB Image caption South East Coast Ambulance Service said it had changed its call-handling systems since the three deaths A woman who died after waiting almost two hours for an ambulance was let down by “systemic” failings with a computer call-handling system, a coroner said. Daisy Filby, 90, was one of three people […]

The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday for the second time this year could have wide-ranging implications for consumers’ wallets. The Fed cut its benchmark rate by one quarter of a percentage point to a range of 1.75% to 2%, in a move that was widely expected as the Fed attempts to

Louisiana’s Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, moved quickly to expand Medicaid when he took office in 2016, making his state the only one in the Deep South to embrace that signature piece of President Barack Obama’s health care law. And in a conservative state that solidly supports President Donald Trump, the $3 billion-plus Medicaid expansion

Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field. The UK scientists say these early encounters with microbes may act as a “thermostat” for the immune system. And they may help explain why Caesarean babies are more likely to have some health

Perhaps it’s not the most sophisticated topic of conversation, but have you ever wondered why household cats go to the bathroom using kitty litter? Turns out they’re just following the lead of their ancestors. “They originally came from a sort of dry desert environment,” Jessica Romine, DVM, DACVIM, small animal internal medicine specialist at BluePearl

Former rugby player Gareth Thomas has said he can “never, ever, ever” get back the right to choose when to talk to his parents about having HIV after a journalist spoke to them on their doorstep. Thomas, who captained both Wales and the British & Irish Lions, said he would “absolutely not” have made his

“I just wanted to be prettier.” As a 20-year-old woman living in Seoul, South Korea, and working in the television industry, G (who has asked to remain anonymous because of contractual obligations with her employer) was determined to alter her face for both personal and professional reasons. She decided to undergo plastic surgery to heighten

Image copyright Getty Images India’s cabinet has announced a ban on the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes, saying they pose a risk to health. An executive order had been approved banning vaping products because of their impact on young people, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. It is not clear if the order will

The year is 1998. The president is denying having sexual relations with a White House intern, an abortion clinic in Alabama is bombed by the same guy who bombed the Atlanta Olympics, and it’s still illegal for gay people to get married. I’m seven years old and listening to the radio in my church parking

Zimbabwean doctors protesting the alleged abduction of a union leader have been met by a line of police in the capital as fears grow about government repression. The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association has said its president Peter Magombeyi was abducted Saturday after calling for a pay strike. The southern African nation’s health care system has