The scent of suffocation
No matter how stifling the heat, every night Sanong Suepthai endures it -- sleeping under two layers of blankets propped up by a pillow placed on her chest, in a house with no air conditioning.
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Cities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs
The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.
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The Guardian view on nicotine: we shouldn’t buy the idea of addiction without harm | Editorial
The UN is set to review the legal status of nicotine. An outright ban would go too far, but there is no case for its easy availabilityThe health case for banning cigarettes is ironclad. As the then head of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, put it in 2000, “a cigarette is the only
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How much preventive health screening should I be getting?
Screenings can find treatable conditions before they’ve caused too much damage – but ‘overscreening’ can cause harmI couldn’t help but roll my eyes when tech entrepreneur and longevity influencer Bryan Johnson posted about his girlfriend’s “vaginal microbiome report” in April. (He said it was in the
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Lives are being ruined by undiagnosed hypermobility and lack of treatment | Letter
Ignorance around hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a public health catastrophe, say readers in response to an article on how sufferers have to wait 21 years for a diagnosisYour coverage of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is a vital start to addressing a systemic public health catastrop
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‘A genuine wildlife emergency’: everything you need to know about the arrival of H5 bird flu in Australia
What is the virus? Where did it come from? Are humans at risk? What does it mean for the agricultural sector and wildlife? Experts answer your questionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5 bird flu, has arrived on the Australian mainland
Swedish schools turn back to paper amid worries over digital impact
Sweden, once seen as a global leader in bringing laptops and tablets into classrooms, is now investing heavily in printed textbooks amid growing concerns that extensive screen use may be hurting children's learning and concentration.
Google, FBI target Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fake sites
Tech giant Google has joined forces with the FBI to dismantle a Chinese cybercrime syndicate known as "Outsider Enterprise" after the group allegedly used Google's own Gemini artificial intelligence to create fraudulent websites and swindle users out of millions of dollars.
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Jeremy Clarkson in remission from prostate cancer
The presenter shared his "aggressive" cancer diagnosis on an episode of Clarkson's Farm earlier this week.
Guru's daily horoscope for June 21
The day of the week you were born on can reveal a lot... Read on.
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‘A child goes to bed and doesn’t wake up’: the families left in shock after the sudden death of their healthy children
Sudden cardiac arrest is statistically rare but among the leading causes of death for children and young people. And families often have no idea of the risk until it’s too lateBefore Alexandra Thoms goes to sleep, she puts together a flat-pack dining table with her father, Gordon. She needs the tabl
Tha Phra Chan clings to Thai herbal traditions
“This is part of the roots of Thai culture. One day, it may no longer exist. The place where it all began is slowly fading away,” says Payao Sitthisong, 70, looking out onto the street from her herbal medicine store. “But the truth is, this is where it all started — right here at Tha Phra Chan.”
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‘It’s not science, it’s coercion’: health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine
Kennedy overrides CDC order saying American who came into contact with hantavirus can self-quarantineThe Trump administration is employing “authoritarian” and “unconstitutional” quarantine measures for at least one person who came into contact with a hantavirus patient, health law experts say.The ma
New ‘Lemon Law’ to protect buyers from faulty goods
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a draft Lemon Law aimed at strengthening consumer protection by making sellers more accountable for defective goods, allowing buyers to seek repairs, replacements or compensation more easily when products fail within a specified period.
Guru's daily horoscope for June 20
The day of the week you were born on can reveal a lot... Read on.
A new era
The Sound of Thailand Music Awards 2026 (SOT Music Awards 2026), Thailand's first nationwide music awards programme created by music professionals for the music industry, has officially announced its nominees ahead of the awards ceremony scheduled for June 24.
Where invisible virtuosity meets musical depths
The Royal Bangkok Symphony Music School launched its new Sounds On Wireless concert series at 140 Wireless earlier this month, presenting an evening that brought together an exceptional young artist, an innovative urban performance venue and a Steinway Spirio concert grand piano.
The long way home
Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus, who descended through Tartarus armed with nothing but a lyre. The Egyptians had Isis, gathering up the scattered pieces of her murdered Osiris. The Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the
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Minimum age of 11 set for UK puberty blocker trial
Gender-questioning children will have to be at least 11 years old to take part in a clinical trial of puberty-blocking drugs.
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The real reason a hantavirus disaster was averted | Letters
Dr Matthew Dryden praises an astute doctor and the value of teamwork across continents. Plus a letter from Dr Brian JonesDevi Sridhar writes about some of the global public health responses to the outbreak of hantavirus centred on the MV Hondius, but her conclusions as to how the world avoided anoth