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Dume Bera wades through waist-high weeds as he steps into his backyard for the first time in years.His children watch from inside the house, behind windows that are always shut tight. No one in Bera's household ever touches the soil.A…

Friends star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television's most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54.The actor, who was raised in Ottawa, was found dead at his Los…

Morning commuters on London Bridge going to their workplaces. — X@bloombergBritish workers have taken the most sick days in more than ten years during the past year, adding to evidence of a long-lasting rise in different illnesses…

US superstar Billie Eilish was supported by fans through her Electric Picnic gig after complaining of feeling "really, really sick".The crowd sang along to hits including Happier Than Ever after the 21-year-old told her 110…

A sick man wearing a mask while holding his head. — Unsplash/FileA recent study has named August 24 as America's most 'sick day' as most sick leaves were filed on this day this year. However, surprisingly does not correspond with…

GPs will be urged to refer patients to life coaches instead of signing them off sickLatest figures show a record 2.55million Brits are off on long term sick leaveThe move is under consideration by Department for Work and…

Spiralling sick leave is blamed on mental illness and long Covid as 36% of working-age people have a long-term health conditionThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed 2.5m people are long-term sick36% of all…

Holidaymakers have been urged to avoid contact with unwell or dead birds over fears they could be infected with bird flu.The ongoing UK outbreak — caused by the H5N1 strain — has seen up to one million birds struck down by the virus, with…

Workers making artificial-stone slabs for the most popular type of countertops sold in the United States are developing a potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease from tiny particles of toxic dust, researchers from UC San Francisco and…

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