Health

A bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, injures at least 10 others

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others, police said.

‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?

There are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who refuse to take them seriously

How to make quesadillas – recipe

A cook-your-own adventure meal, with all manner of fillings and servings to explore

Why cancer, not cost of living, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterm elections

A broad group of diseases in the agricultural powerhouse is top of mind for the midterm elections

The real back-to-school vaccine question isn't about science

Every August and September, parents face a familiar ritual: purchasing school supplies, meeting teachers, and filling out a thick stack of medical forms. For decades, the mandatory immunization checklist was the most predictable part of this routine. School nurses filed the records away, classrooms opened, and the system functioned without much noise.

It is not only a future certainty

As wildfires rage across Europe and Britain swelters through its hottest summer on record, literary fiction has a vital role to play in capturing the severe consequences of climate crisis

This is how we do it: ‘Sex was our glue

Pam and Mike couldn’t keep their hands off each other when they met. But as aging and biology have taken their toll, their sex life has suffered

We finally got Alzheimer’s breakthroughs. Why is Washington holding them back?

Alzheimer’s disease is no longer a distant threat affecting only a small segment of the population. It is a growing national crisis that touches nearly every American family in some way.

‘I thought – if I die, I’ve had a good innings’: producer James Ford on life, death and making an album from his hospital bed

The Arctic Monkeys, Pet Shop Boys and Pulp collaborator was at the height of his powers as Britain’s most in-demand music producer when leukaemia struck. ‘I realised life is exceptionally fragile,’ he says

Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 53, aftershocks hamper rescue efforts

Over 3,300 people in Indonesia's eastern Sikka region self-evacuated or were in a sports arena, the country's national disaster mitigation agency BNPB said.

AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global

Student unrest sweeps India, Portugal and Mexico as grievances and pressure for good grades in tough job market collide

Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades

Downpours in Japan’s east have snarled roads, caused power outages and destroyed homes in Chiba prefecture