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new video loaded: What Happens if Obamacare Subsidies Expire? Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums. Margot Sanger-Katz, a health care policy reporter for The New York Times, explains why. By Margot Sanger-Katz, Laura Bult, Claire Hogan, Zach Wood and Stephanie …

Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the system”, after it was confirmed …

A representational image of an imaginary mind. — Canva Geo.tv illustration Dear Haya, I struggle with being realistic. Every time I think about doing some work, I intend on doing it but somehow slip into unrealistic thoughts about it. I would keep imagining how something would turn out if I do it in a certain way. It’s mostly all thoughts …

A representational image of an infant drinking baby formula. — Unsplash/File Govt committed to enact effective breastfeeding legislation: minister Nationwide awareness campaign to be launched, says Dr Bharath. ‘Formula milk, baby food worth over Rs110b consumed in Pakistan’ Minister of State for National Health Services Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath said that breast milk is the optimal choice for infants, noting that …

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain up to 2kg in weight or vary heart rate by as much as …

Alison Holt,Social affairs editor and James Melley,Senior social affairs producer Family handout Cerys Lupton-Jones died in May 2022 Warning: The following article contains details about suicide which some may find distressing Cerys Lupton-Jones pauses between two doorways. One door leads into a side room in the Manchester mental health unit where she’s a patient. The other leads into a toilet. …

Getty Images Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda are included in the updated travel guidance following incidents involving Britons in those countries. The advice previously covered Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Turkey, …

Children paid a “huge price” to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young people. The former prime minister repeated an apology made previously for things the government got wrong, but said he was proud of what teachers and schools did to cope with the “unbelievably difficult” circumstances. He pushed …

BBC 100-year-old May O’Shea survived the blitz during the Second World War “I never thought I’d make it to this age,” says 100-year-old May O’Shea. “I thought I would have died by now.” May’s milestone is still one very few people achieve despite the number of centenarians in the UK doubling over the past 20 years. The latest figures from …

Contributed Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford A woman who took her own life while on a mental health ward had been threatened and bullied by staff, her family told a public inquiry. Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford, run by the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust …