Health

Shooting at lake near Oklahoma City leaves at least 13 injured, police and hospital officials say

Updated on: May 4, 2026 / 8:12 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for spanakopita orzo

Oozy and creamy like a good risotto, this is the perfect midweek taste of Greece

Put those weights down! How ‘eccentric’ exercise opens up a whole new world of fitness

For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?

London schools trialling VR to relieve pupils’ stress

Phase Space pilot programme with NHS mental health trust used to calm anxiety around exams, ADHD and home troubles

Is it true that ... your lungs regenerate when you quit smoking?

Our lungs have evolved to heal from damage, but some smokers will suffer irreversible effects

A New Start After 60: I Embarked on a Colourful, Glamorous, Life-Changing New Career at 72

Isabel Walker has worked as a journalist, writer and co-founded her own charity, but a chance encounter led to her fourth career, in colour analysis – and she has no regrets

Spring soup and black bean and three-cheese quesadillas: Thomasina Miers’ Mexican-inspired seasonal recipes

Mexican spring soup followed by black bean and three-cheese quesadilla

49 ways to have fun right now! Skydive in a wind tunnel, count dogs and run like a three-year-old

The world often feels dominated by sadness and doomscrolling. But fun is still possible – and necessary. Here are tried and tested ways to enjoy yourself

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there are solutions

People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago. That should shock the country and prompt action

Kindness of strangers: I was sobbing with pain when a cashier gave me hot chocolate

He didn’t just shout me a drink, he made me feel understood and seen. I’ve never forgotten his gesture

Nothing prepared me for losing my mother. But in Islam, to mourn someone means keeping them alive in our actions

Mum taught us to stay kind and honest, even when things were hard. Now I feel her presence in choices that don’t feel easy, but feel right