University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million hospitalizations annually in the US. It’s a unique approach to tackling the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. With the global threat of drug-resistant infections, fungi inhabiting human skin…

James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent Jaroslav Lukiv and Jemma Crew Reuters A resident looks at an apartment building that was damaged in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 12 people, including three children,…

39 years ago today, the Hands Across America fundraising event was held, hoping to create a human chain across the entire country. Hosted over Memorial Day weekend, the hope was to raise tens of millions to fight hunger and homelessness, with volunteers encouraged to donate for a space in the chain. This seemingly fanciful goal…

Several front pages lead with stories over benefits for children and the elderly. The Observer has a full-page spread on the government’s plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap, describing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation as bowing to “party pressure”. The paper reports the Treasury has been told to find the £3.5…

Diver Dom Robinson with ship bell found on WWII wreck HMCS Trentonian SWNS A diver discovered the coveted ship’s bell from a WWII Canadian naval vessel after it was missing on the shipwreck for 80 years. Dom Robinson, who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks for over 40 years, said people have spent 20 years…

Four people, a 43-year-old woman and three boys, aged 15, eight and four, have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, at about 01:20 BST. A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with the fire and remains…

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Reuter A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s plan to strip Harvard University of its ability to enrol foreign students. The ruling came after Harvard filed a lawsuit – the latest escalation of a dispute between the White House and one of America’s most prestigious institutions. The university said the…

The Mango Project in Uganda (Courtesy of their Facebook page) In Uganda, a nurse was excited to start practicing medicine, but realized only afterwards that his patients didn’t so much need pharmaceuticals as proper nutrition. 14 years ago in northern Uganda’s Yumbe district, Francis Asiku was riding home from that nursing job having witnessed a…

Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Junior doctors have taken part in 11 separate strikes in the past two years Doctors in England are threatening strike action after they were handed a 4% pay rise. The British Medical Association (BMA), the union representing doctors, said the increase – effective from 1 April – was “derisory”…