Health

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Medicare spending expected to double in next decade, CBO says

Medicare spending is projected to double over the next decade due to rising healthcare costs and increased enrollment, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Mild, Wild, and Wuthering Heights-Inspired: The Sexiest Toys and Gifts for Valentine's Day

Our expert shares saucy gifts for every experience level and relationship status – from feather ticklers to Fairtrade massage bars

Gisèle Pelicot describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in memoir

Pelicot writes of ‘brain stopping working’ when police told her of crimes of man she shared her life with for 50 years

The place that stayed with me: I would not have become a writer were it not for Iceland

As a teenager I wondered what I would have in common with this Nordic island. Then my teacher gave me a book of poetry

How to use up leftover pickle brine in a tartare sauce – recipe

A creative way to use up leftover gherkin brine that can be tweaked to suit your own tastebuds through experimental use of optional extras

‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights

The radical project is an attempt to preserve wildlife in one of Europe’s most light-polluted countries, but can they persuade local people they will still feel safe?

New Medicaid work rules likely to hit middle-aged adults hard

February 11, 2026 / 5:00 AM EST / KFF Health News

Nine people killed and 25 injured in school shooting in British Columbia

A shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday left nine people dead and 25 others injured.

The mother of all meltdowns: Rose Byrne on playing a parent cracking up in her taboo-busting new film

What if loving your child is destroying you and all you want to do is escape? That’s the nightmare the Oscar-nominated Byrne faces in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The star and its director reveal why backers were scared

Some of World's Oldest Trees Hit by Climate-Fuelled Wildfires in Patagonia

Wildfires that left 23 people dead were made about three times more likely by global heating, researchers say

A moment that changed me: I wasn’t sure about my relationship. Then my boyfriend went missing on 9/11

I was quite spoiled and he could be a little dour. But on that terrible day, when he was just two blocks away when the South Tower exploded, I realised he was all I wanted