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NEW ORLEANS — The first weekend of Jazz Fest at times felt like one long funeral. And by its host city's rich standards, that means it was actually a great party.

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit "epidemic proportions," with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories. In a report issued Tuesday, the UN health agency's European office said the prevalence of…

The UK ranks fourth across Europe for having the most overweight and obese adults

Health body issues stark warning as report finds disease causing 200,000 cancer cases a year in region

Scientists have been left puzzled over the mystery cause of the global hepatitis outbreak in children

Twenty-five months into the pandemic, I finally caught COVID. It turned out that two-plus years of masking and distancing, Zoom dinner parties and FaceTime holidays, canceled plans and postponed vacations only delayed the inevitable. I’m sick too.

Health officials have warned that measles cases, which can be 'very dangerous', have surged.

Obesity set to overtake smoking as main risk factor for preventable cancers in some countries, says World Health Organisation

In 2019/20, there were just over one million hospital admissions in England where obesity was a factor, a 17% rise on 2018/19.