June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests: ‘…about 2,200 heat deaths occurred between 18 and 28 June, a period encompassing the peak 24-26 June period, the study indicated. About 38% were attributed to global heating, the result of the extra heat baked in by the climate crisis.’
Health
2026-07-15: Mysterious mushroom reliably induces lilliputian hallucinations
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2026-07-02: Nearly 300k more people in England may die over the next decade as a result of the US UK trade deal
2026-06-16: Explaining Social Deviance is a 10 part run-through of answers to 'what makes something deviant?'
2026-06-06: On the grimmer side of Wikipedia entries I see there’s now an official page for ‘Deaths …
2026-05-30: New genetic test reveals whether or not you'd benefit from chemotherapy
2026-05-16
Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO: ‘The international spread of vector-borne disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme weather events, global heating, food insecurity and air pollution make a Pheic necessary…’
2026-03-22
Lockdowns trigger dramatic fall in global carbon emissions: “Responses to coronavirus crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began”
2026-03-10: Noted 6 decades ago: '...extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people'
2026-02-08: A non-exhaustive list of cases where it is alleged that generative AI may have played some part in humans committing fatal violence to themselves or others
2025-12-27: The British anti-immigrant hostility threatens our health service
2025-11-21
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response: The findings of part 2 of the Covid enquiry.
2025-10-28: OpenAI estimate that a million people a week show suicidal intent when using ChatGPT
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Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news: ‘A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding - and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people’.
2025-07-20
A call for increased involvement of people with obesity and neurodiversity in policy, research, and practice: Definitely an under-studied and likely stigmatised population.
2025-07-12: The US and UK cuts to aid are a death sentence for millions of people
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2025-06-21
The Hidden Risks of Expanding Medical Assistance in Dying: ‘…ask whether it is appropriate for their government to offer easier access to euthanasia than to health care and support’