Health

Are sweet potatoes healthy?

This holiday staple is also one of the world’s oldest crops – here’s what to know about adding sweet potatoes to your diet

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies

Unicef photo of the year awards 2025

The winning and commended projects from photojournalists working in Afghanistan, Gaza, India Mongolia, South Africa, Ukraine and the UK

As a child, our family Christmas photo was an annual trauma. As a parent, I understand it now

In our house, the Christmas photo still exists. But it follows a very different set of rules: Keep it quick, keep it casual, and if it’s not funny … what’s the point?

‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada

In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers

Cocktail of the week: La Petite Maison’s bikini – recipe

Clementines and cranberries sing Christmas carols in this classy festive premix

UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash

The company said it has adopted 23 ongoing "action plans" to track and implement recommended improvements, all of which will be completed by the end of March.

From a showstopping pavlova to a £7 sherry: what top chefs bring to Christmas dinner

Looking for a great supermarket champagne? Need an easy recipe to take to a party? Or just some really good cheese… Yotam Ottolenghi, Giorgio Locatelli, Ixta Belfrage and others reveal the best snacks, drinks and desserts to make and buy for the big day

The Trump Administration’s Unintended Autism Experiment

Parents are desperate to get leucovorin for their children, but promised help has not arrived.

A chef’s Christmas: Anna Haugh’s Irish family favourites

Red chicory leaves with blue cheese, honey and walnuts; a big jug of caramelised swede and honey soup; a turkey wellington with red wine gravy, cranberry relish and a hispi and sprout slaw; and a showstopping yule log to finish

They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests

In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis

May Britt, Swedish actor and former wife of Sammy Davis Jr, dies aged 91

Britt, whose marriage to Davis in 1960 provoked threats due to racism and anti-miscegenation laws in the US, has died of natural causes in Los Angeles