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Image copyright Getty Images Childhood obesity is a major problem. But now news has emerged that one city – Leeds – has been making some progress. Figures presented at an obesity conference suggest Leeds has managed to reduce the number of children who are extremely overweight. The data showed there had been a 6.4% fall […]

The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed Tuesday that a popular weed killer is safe for people, as legal claims mount from Americans who blame the herbicide for their cancer. The EPA’s draft conclusion Tuesday came in a periodic review of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The agency found that it posed “no risks of concern”

Image caption Ian Sandford, whose mother died in Gosport hospital, attended a meeting between police and relatives A new criminal investigation is to take place into the deaths of hundreds of patients who were given “dangerous” levels of painkillers at a hospital. An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport

Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial repercussions. Nearly 30 West Virginia hospitals and 10 affiliates in Kentucky have signed on to the suit filed Monday in Marshall County, West

Derek Martindale, who has haemophilia, was one of the first people to give evidence at the public hearings into the UK’s contaminated blood scandal. The inquiry is looking at how thousands of people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood they were given in the 1970s and 1980s. Mr Martindale was diagnosed

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a ban of alcohol advertising on city property. The ban, which takes effect immediately, applies to bus shelters, newsstands, Wi-Fi kiosks and recycling kiosks. Venues currently permitted to sell alcohol, such as restaurants, stadiums and concerts halls, are exempt. Existing ads will also be allowed to remain

Image copyright BBC/PA/Reeves family Image caption Police investigations into 92 deaths resulted in no charges Relatives of hundreds of patients who died after being given painkillers at a hospital are due to hear if a new criminal investigation will take place. An inquiry that ended last summer found more than 450 patients died after they

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The health board’s own review has been looking at 43 cases, including 25 serious incidents A major independent review is to be published into maternity services at a health board – prompted by concerns about the deaths of a number of babies. It was ordered by the health minister

Children from low income families are far more likely to face mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Blackpool is one of England’s most deprived towns but a new £10m scheme there is trying to help families cope with their hardships. Single mum Lisa describes how the Resilience Revolution taught her and her children

A federal judge in Oregon on Monday blocked a Trump administration attempt to prevent federally funded health care providers from referring pregnant women to abortion clinics, describing the new policy as “madness.” The ruling by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane in Eugene, Oregon, was the second nationwide injunction by a federal judge in the Pacific