Health

Internal emails show how RFK Jr.'s team sought to sway the CDC

June 25, 2026 / 11:24 PM EDT / CBS News

Venezuela earthquakes kill at least 235, injure thousands, with toll likely to rise, officials say

Updated on: June 25, 2026 / 11:13 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Paris to ban drinking alcohol in public as hospitals hit heatwave breaking point

Ban kicks in at noon on Friday as police chief says hospitals in the French capital have reached ‘saturation point’

Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes

US among countries sending help to search for survivors on north coast, where dozens of buildings flattened, as official death toll reaches 235

Is Europe embracing air conditioning as deadly heat waves become more common?

Updated on: June 25, 2026 / 7:37 PM EDT / CBS News

Night Swimming by Sharon Kernot review

As in Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask, the form is perfectly suited to the story: of a sleep-deprived woman unravelling as she’s haunted by her past

Your home's air is more polluted than you think. Here are three best air purifiers I've tested

Winix, Shark and Dyson all make air purifiers that can improve the quality of air in your home – and they have great Prime Day discounts

Teenage boy found not guilty of murdering Aria Thorpe, nine, in Somerset

Jury clears 16-year-old of murder and manslaughter over the death of Aria, who died from a single stab wound

The Guardian view on the Ockenden maternity review: lifting standards must be the number one priority

Families are right to be angry about devastating care failures in Nottingham. Ministers must respond fast

Tarmac playgrounds and windows that don’t open: why hot spells turn our schools into heat traps

Our schools are a dated mix of single glazing, dodgy pipes and atriums like Kew hothouses. They urgently need retrofitting for a changing climate

'Infection control becomes almost impossible': four doctors on the NHS heatwave crisis

Frontline medics describe extreme heat conditions they feel are unsafe and lacking in dignity for patients

UK and Switzerland record hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge in Europe

Temperatures linked to third child’s death in France, where three-quarters of country is under extreme heat alert