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Artificial sweetener used in thousands of products reportedly to be labelled ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’

The additive appears in most diet drinks and sugar-free products, but could now be declared 'potentially carcinogenic'

Wellcome charity and Microsoft founder Bill Gates join forces to help co-fund final clinical trials of the most promising TB vaccine candidate in a century

"I am profoundly sorry for the impact that it had, I’m profoundly sorry for each death that has occurred."

Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.

South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is a bacterial disease which spreads via the faecal-oral route mostly through ingestion of contaminated food and water. It causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration, and…

Sweat are a Swiss-American quartet whose cathartic debut album Who Do They Think They Are? is packed with the sounds of the 70s and 80s

The importance of protecting our society’s health and well-being became starkly apparent during the pandemic. People’s physical and mental health were severely impacted by the sudden changes forced by the emergent global crisis.

The Who's Pete Townshend once pondered what would’ve happened if his magnum opus, Tommy, had failed