NI becomes first part of the UK to offer paid miscarriage leave

Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained. The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer – but in reality they were made with AI. It is illegal…

A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients. A court in Berlin on Wednesday found the 41-year-old man, named only as Johannes M. in line with German privacy rules, guilty of murdering 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024. The authorities believe…

Fort Bend County’s population has grown in size and diversity over the last 50 years. By UTHealth Houston staffSpecial to Rice News Over the last half-century, Fort Bend County has grown from around 50,000 residents in 1970 to nearly 1 million in 2024. Despite increases in population, diversity and prosperity, however, many individuals and families…