The NHS has said it will not pay for the first drug shown to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. The decision on funding lecanemab has caused upset and disappointment from those hoping the drug could help fight a horrible and devastating disease. But the decision is also not a shock. Lecanemab … Read more
This summit is just the beginning of a series of events where we will explore how AI and machine learning can be interpolated into various sectors, including pharma, education, manufacturing, and defense says Mr Sai D Prasad, Chairman, CII Telangana. CII Telangana in partnership with Google Cloud organized the Generative AI Summit with the theme … Read more
Getty Images “My gift isn’t running fast – I believe that it’s hopefully showing people that anything’s possible,” Whitehead says A reigning Paralympic champion has told BBC News that NHS prosthetics need to improve to help produce Great Britain’s “next generation” of gold medallists. Speaking ahead of the Paris Paralympics, runner Richard Whitehead said the … Read more
Phil Coomes/BBC Angela Stevens’s son Brett killed himself after advertising for a partner More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with, a BBC investigation has found. The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide … Read more
BBC Massive Attack’s Daddy G and 3D are playing their first home town show for five years Massive Attack helped redefine British music in the 1990s. Now the seminal Bristol band are trying to change the music industry’s record on climate action, which they say has been stuck for too long. Massive Attack hope their … Read more
5:18 PM Obtained sanction to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal, CBI tells court The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed a Delhi court it has obtained sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam. The submission was made before Special … Read more
BBC Marina Waldron, 21, died of complications after being given the AstraZeneca Covid jab The parents of a young woman who died after being given an AstraZeneca Covid jab have accused the NHS of failing to pass on known safety warnings about the vaccine. Marina Waldron, 21, visited hospital with excruciating headaches three times in … Read more
Getty Images A typical household’s annual energy bill will rise by £149 in October under the new price cap. People using an average amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,717 a year, a 10% rise compared with now. The cap, set by the energy regulator Ofgem, affects the price paid for each unit of … Read more
Rolling Narratives Documentary Hollywoodgate has been a hit at international film festivals In August 2021, the world watched desperate scenes of multitudes fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept into the capital, Kabul. Having regrouped in the decades after being driven out by the invasion that followed the 11 September attacks, and emboldened by the agreed … Read more
Getty Images Clade 1b has spread in eastern DR Congo since 2023, and now to neighbouring countries previously unaffected by mpox The rapid spread of mpox – what used to be called monkeypox – in parts of Africa has been declared a global emergency. A new form of the virus is at the heart of … Read more