DEAR ABBY: I have three kids. One of them, “Jake,” is in his early 20s. He has medical issues, so he has always been babied to a certain degree. Jake has struggled with jobs, drugs, friends ...

Currently, around one in four workers in the UK – around 7 million people – are only entitled to receive statutory sick pay (SSP) instead of enhanced sick pay from their employers. SSP amounts ...

More than 225 people got sick in norovirus outbreaks on Cunard Line and Seabourn ships. Among 2,538 guests on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, 183 reported being ill during its current voyage, along with ...

Major changes to sick pay rules will see more than one million people on low wages get 80% of their weekly salary from the first day of illness. Under current rules, you qualify for statutory sick ...

More than one million low-paid workers in the UK are to be entitled to 80% of their weekly salary as sick pay from the first day of illness, under government plans. Currently, to qualify for ...

The research involved collecting over 800 samples from various surfaces on the International Space Station The International Space Station may be making astronauts sick, according to a new study.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of infections, including fungi, cold sores and shingles. Researchers now think ...

They keep salad dressing from separating, ice cream from dripping and muffins from hardening. Emulsifiers, used to improve the texture of food, are in all sorts of products. But there is growing ...

The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX. Yesterday, Joe’s uncle Caleb Miligan (William Ash) was stabbed by ...

The sick person answers "Amen." All who wish to do so receive Communion in the usual way. After a time of silence, the minister says the following or another prayer: ...

The opening of Edinburgh's sick kids hospital was delayed after NHS Lothian failed to give clear ventilation requirements for the building, an inquiry has found ...