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The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas | Devi Sridhar
He says his goal is to “Make America healthy again”. But behind the laudable slogan there’s a morass of conspiracy theories Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health…
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Backlash as San Francisco votes to transform stretch of highway into park
Opponents say closing Great Highway to cars will increase traffic as supporters argue it will mitigate coastal erosion Californians have voted to close part of a nearly century-old highway in…
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Covid denier who posted violent threats against Chris Whitty jailed for five years
Patrick Ruane had targeted individuals online including chief medical officer A Covid denier who suggested “whacking” Prof Sir Chris Whitty with a rounders bat has been jailed for five years…
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David Hare: ‘I don’t have much time. I am trying to write a lot of stuff’
Now 77, the playwright who has chronicled British life for 50 years, says he is stepping up his work rate as he has limited scope to tell important stories Sir…
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In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice
Supermarket chain Asda has joined the growing number of firms demanding staff return to the workplace. Does this signal the end for remote working or is it a new battle…
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Boris Johnson’s former aide ‘Party Marty’ gets public service honour
Covid justice campaigners criticise award for Martin Reynolds, who arranged No 10 lockdown garden party UK politics live – latest updates A former Boris Johnson prime ministerial aide who was…
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Covid bereaved angered by Badenoch’s ‘insulting’ Partygate remarks
Families group calls Tory leader ‘deeply misguided’ after telling BBC that Boris Johnson-era scandal was ‘overblown’ Families bereaved by the Covid pandemic say they feel insulted by Kemi Badenoch’s claim…
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‘Will haunt me for life’: nurse suspended over Covid lockdown baby shower in Melbourne aged care home before deadly outbreak
Father-to-be was unaware of planned party at Epping Gardens aged care facility and stayed only five minutes, tribunal hears Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
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EU emissions fall by 8% in steep reduction reminiscent of Covid shutdown
Decline over 2023, helped by switch to renewable power, means greenhouse gas pollution is now 37% below 1990 levels The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 8% last year, the European…