Air pollution cuts down life expectancy by two years, despite global efforts to improve air quality

Air pollution continues to cut global life expectancy, despite efforts worldwide to improve air quality. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 4.2 million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution, making it a bigger threat to human health than cigarette smoking, AIDS and tuberculosis.    Particulate matter is a mixture of solid and liquid … Read more

Facebook restricts news outlets connected to political entities

Facebook is banning US news outlets with ‘direct meaningful ties’ to political groups from its News tab, as well as claiming news exemptions from the site’s advertising rules.  These publishers are now required to undergo an authorization process and have a ‘Paid for by’ disclaimer when running ads about social issues, elections or politics.  Such organizations … Read more

Pictured: Train driver, 45, who was among three killed in horror derailment

How the Stonehaven train tragedy unfolded today 6.38am: Despite heavy rain overnight in the area, the train left Aberdeen station as normal, bound for Glasgow Queen Street.  6.53am: The train calls at Stonehaven station as normal, before departing and heading south.  Between 6.53am and 9.40am: After leaving Stonehaven, the train continued south, before encountering a landslip, … Read more

Former Bachelor star Chelsie McLeod says hunky Locky Gilbert is more her type than Matt Agnew

Shots fired! Former Bachelor star Chelsie McLeod says hunky Locky Gilbert is more her type than nerdy astrophysicist Matt Agnew who dumped her after she won By Jade Watkins for Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:34 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 23:34 BST, 12 August 2020 She was brutally dumped by nerdy astrophysicist Matt Agnew … Read more

Meghan Markle’s birth plan made public in Finding Freedom book

Details of Meghan Markle’s birth plan have finally been made public as her explosive new biography reveals the Sussexes ditched home birth dream in favour of ‘discreet’ Portland Hospital with its underground entrance. The controversial new book written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand was released yesterday and raised eyebrows for its gushing praise and … Read more

CT scan reveals ‘tongue-eating louse’ parasite in place of a fish’s tongue

CT scan reveals ‘tongue-eating louse’ parasite in place of a fish’s tongue after sucking the organ dry of blood and mucus A biologist studying a species of fish found a parasite in the mouth The isopod had fed on the liquids in the fish’s tongue until it withered away The parasite had taken the place … Read more

Sports legend looks totally unrecognisable wearing a face mask in Melbourne

Sports legend looks totally unrecognisable as he steps out in coronavirus-stricken Melbourne wearing a rather alarming face mask By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:03 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 23:14 BST, 12 August 2020 Fans would be forgiven for not recognising AFL legend Chris Judd as he went for a stroll … Read more

Kurt Cobain’s signed home insurance policy being auctioned

Kurt Cobain’s signed insurance policy for his home in Seattle where he died in 1994 is being auctioned off and ‘could go for as much as $100K’ A home insurance policy signed by Kurt Cobain is going under the hammer  Goldin Auctions have obtained the Chase Bank insurance company letter It is an insurance letter … Read more

The Bachelor’s Paige Royal is revealed to have a ‘secret boyfriend’

The Bachelor EXCLUSIVE: Paige Royal ‘had a secret boyfriend throughout filming’ – as footage surfaces of her gushing over her long-time partner Do you have a story about a Bachelor contestant? Email us confidentially at [email protected]  By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:34 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 12 August … Read more

Lung cancer deaths have been falling by nearly 5% a year since 2001 thanks to better treatment

Death rates from lung cancer have been declining sharply in the US due to recent advances in treatments, a new study suggests. Researchers found that fatality rates for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common lung cancer, have fallen by about 4.5 percent percent from 2001 through 2016.  Additionally, the rate of cases of … Read more