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Deprived high streets in England are populated by 70% more vape shops, bookmakers, takeaways and off-licences than in wealthier areas, a new study has found. Poorer areas also have far …
Deprived Areas Have 70% More Vape Shops, Bookies and Takeaways Read More
Nutrition expert, Stuart Gillespie, tells The Mint the food system is killing more people than hunger ever did and radical change is needed to end the carnage. In his book, …
Not broken, just wrong Read More
At a White House roundtable last Monday, president Donald Trump, alongside Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and a handful of other leaders in the government, announced a $12 billion farm aid …
How Trump’s Big Ag bailout is alienating his MAHA base Read More
LONDON — The U.K. has agreed to raise how much its National Health Service spends on new drugs, in a concession made under pressure from the Trump administration in return …
Trump admin claims win as UK bows to pressure on NHS drug spending Read More
In her nine years at the Laura Bonaparte national mental health hospital in Buenos Aires City, Julieta Chevallier has seen suffering widen and deepen. “When people finally come to see …
In Milei’s Argentina, austerity economics manifests as a mental health crisis Read More
Taiwan has announced that it is fighting back against low population growth with a new subsidy programme to encourage families to have more children. Taiwan’s cabinet on Thursday approved standardised …
Taiwan battles low birth rate with new family subsidies Read More
Mounting evidence shows that gas stoves — used in nearly 40% of U.S. homes — pose serious health risks. Now, Coloradans have a new tool to learn about the dangers of cooking with little …
Colorado now requires health warning labels on gas stoves Read More
Bangkok, Thailand – Even at the Nana intersection, a pulsating mecca of this megacity’s seamy nightlife scene, the Wonderland cannabis shop is hard to miss. Its sprawling, ruby-pink signboard screams across …
As Thailand does U-turn on legal cannabis, businesses scramble to survive Read More
Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk has pushed out CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen over concerns the company is losing its first-mover advantage in the highly competitive obesity drug market. Novo Nordisk announced …
In surprise move Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk ousts CEO amid sagging sales Read More
While the term care economy is arguably an oxymoron, Tim Jackson, best-selling author of Prosperity without Growth and renowned ecological economist, is exploring what an economy that had care at …
A care in the world Read More