Health

When you should and shouldn't use AI chatbots as a therapist

The American Psychological Association strongly advises against using artificial intelligence as a substitute for therapy or mental health support. Some mental health professionals say you can still engage with chatbots risk-free about certain related topics.

US agency did not perform safety checks of more than 100 food ingredients, analysis finds

Review of FDA records by the Environmental Working Group reveals firms are exploiting rule to send new chemicals in food system

A Pilates instructor thought she had the flu. Doctors found an aggressive disease: "An out-of-body experience"

Debi Weiss was annoyed but not concerned when she started feeling weak and out of breath in January 2024. She thought it was a case of the flu.

Inside the Booming Business of Wellness Third Spaces and Membership Clubs

A growing number of consumers are seeking out third spaces and membership clubs surrounding wellness, to improve their health while also socializing.

Trump administration's embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving again

Updated on: March 7, 2026 / 7:28 AM EST / AP

‘People were carrying their dogs across the ice’: Adela Ramirez’s best phone picture

Seeing people walking their pets in a snowstorm melted the heart of this New York-based photographer

‘A very paternalistic attitude’: why is female desire still not taken seriously?

In documentary The Pink Pill, the fight to provide access to the so-called ‘female Viagra’ exposes an industry that still discounts the needs of women

Fearne Cotton: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Macaulay Culkin. We have similar faces’

The presenter and writer on trying to become an air steward aged seven, daytime baths, and an on-air howler

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Arya’s birthday udon

A classic fried tofu stir-fry that’s bang-full of flavour

Country diary: Our patch of snowdrops is part of the family

Buxton, Derbyshire: Their ‘parents’ were planted 50 years ago by my wonderful late mother. Yet we all have a connection to these uplifting flowers

Three people killed and three hospitalized as Michigan town hit by tornado

Roofs torn off and trees knocked down in Union City as more than 7m Americans at risk of severe weather

FDA vaccine head will step down in April after string of controversial decisions

Vinay Prasad is leaving his post as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.