The Covid compensation bill has surged, with the NHS admitting that the number of claims had “exceeded anticipated levels”.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Large international cohort data reveal that excess body fat may increase susceptibility to severe infections and substantially contribute to global infection mortality, ...

A global study shows obesity heightens the risk of severe infections and related deaths across multiple disease types and ...

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People living with obesity face a significantly higher risk of severe outcomes from infectious diseases, including COVID-19, influenza and pneumonia, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

Adults living with obesity face a 70% higher risk of being hospitalized or dying from an infectious disease compared with those at a healthy weight, according to a large multicohort study published in ...

Hamnet traces how private sorrow moves through a family, reshaping marriage, identity, and meaning. It asks a question therapists know: What happens to love in the face of loss?

Researchers also estimated that roughly one in 10 infection-related deaths globally could be linked with obesity. Obesity is widely recognised as a driver of long-term conditions such as type 2 ...

It took the artist half a century of toil in the most remote parts of Nevada to build what may be the most extreme contemporary monument ever made. Now what?